Breathing Into Inner Righteousness

Neville's Inner Vision

In this inner reading, the kingdom is a state of consciousness, not a distant place. The scribes and Pharisees represent outward righteousness—bits of rule-keeping and a self-image crowded with appearances. Your true entrance requires an inner transformation: the I AM within you, your real I, awakening to its own reality. Exceeding their righteousness means lifting your inner standard until your thoughts, feelings, and desires correspond to divine truth. The I AM is your constant presence; it sees you as beloved, capable of obedience and holiness from the inside out. When you assume you are already that righteousness, you invite grace to move within you—conviction, compassion, steadiness, reverence. External rules fade as your inner life bears witness to the truth you affirm, and you walk into the Kingdom within.