Suffer It to Fulfil Righteousness

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed inwardly, the scene is a drama of consciousness. John’s resistance and Jesus’ yielding reveal two faces of mind: the ordinary self clinging to form, and the I AM consenting to truth. The baptism signifies a cleansing not of dirt but of conditioning—an inner surrender to the divine order already established in you. When Jesus says, 'for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness,' he names a law of being: righteousness is not earned by works but realized as you align with the inner pattern. To 'suffer it to be so now' is to allow your awareness to prevail over doubt, to let outward symbols confirm an inward declaration. In that single consent, fulfillment flows as a natural response of your consciousness: you are the righteousness you seek, already enacted by your inner willingness. The outer rite becomes a visible sign of an unseen shift, a reminder that you move through life by the truth you assume in imagination.