Inner Forgiveness Lesson

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you the parable unfolds as states of consciousness. The first servant represents a punitive, grasping mind that, having been forgiven in one moment, now grips another's expression and says, 'Pay me.' The fellow servant who pleads is the mercy waiting to be born in you, the seed of love asking for time to breathe. The master stands for your I AM—awareness that forgives and cancels the past—yet your current state clings to the debt. When you identify with the forgiving state, you understand that grace is your essence, and to release another is to release yourself. By revising the scene inward, you choose patience, mercy, and neighbor-love as your operating principles, establishing a circle of grace rather than a chain of debt. The practice is simple: treat the other as you would be treated, and affirm the inner truth that you owe nothing to anyone that would diminish your wholeness. In this way, love of neighbor dissolves judgment and returns you to peace.