Inner Leaven of Doctrine

Neville's Inner Vision

Jesus’ question shows that the real battle is not over bread but over the state of mind that reads the world. The leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees symbolizes a persistent pattern of thought—a doctrine—within consciousness that quietly inflates, pretends virtue, and clouds discernment. In Neville’s terms, the outside has no power over you except as you permit an inner belief to take hold. The disciples’ failure to understand arises from treating outward circumstances as primary; the true danger is an inner narrative that contradicts the living truth of your I AM. To awaken, one must shift attention from appearances to the inner law—that is, to the consciousness that gives form to all things. The remedy is not argument but revision: confess that the only nourishment you trust is the inner bread of revelation, and invite a state in which truth, faith, and obedience are inner harmonies, guiding perception with certainty rather than fear.