The Inner Needle Gate

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, the kingdom is not a distant city but a state of consciousness—the I AM. The 'rich man' stands for a mind identified with possession, the belief that wealth measures your worth. The eye of the needle and the camel symbolize the stubborn gate of attachment through which the self must pass. When you awaken to the truth that you fashion both your life and its bounty by your inner state, wealth ceases to block you. Entering the kingdom, then, is a discipline of consciousness: you revise the idea that lack defines you, and you assume the feeling of your being already abundant. In practice you do not chase riches; you end the chase by recognizing that the kingdom is present wherever awareness is clear. Let your I AM declare, 'I am wealth; I am enough; I am in the kingdom now,' until appearances rearrange to reflect that interior truth. The law of mind is gentle but exact: your attention and belief generate the world, so you may choose the state that renders wealth as a natural expression of who you are.