Marvel, Then Return to Truth

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the verse becomes a mirror of the inner states we all inhabit. The words spoken reveal a truth that could upend the ordinary posture of the mind; yet the hearers’ reaction is not belief but marvel, a momentary awe that does not unify with the truth. In Neville's psychology, such marvel marks a split in consciousness: a part of you recognizes the presence of God and another part retreats to safe, familiar concepts. The 'left him' indicates the impulse to disengage from the living word and resume the old scripts of separation. When you study this, you are asked not to condemn the marvel, but to notice that true acceptance requires a steadiness of I AM, a decision to remain in the one consciousness that speaks. The inner listener can revise the scene by declaring: I am the one hearing this truth; I am the I AM; I remain in presence as the words are spoken. The moment of choice is yours to make, here and now, by shifting allegiance from the crowd's doubt to the divine within.