Inner Wealth and Fleeting Merchants

Neville's Inner Vision

In the quiet of your own consciousness, the verse speaks of multiplying merchants in the sky of your mind—images of wealth and achievement that seem to outshine the stars. Yet the cankerworm that spoils is the creeping belief that supply comes from outside you, from outer markets, reputation, or possessions. When you equate your worth with that outer triumph, your inner state becomes vulnerable to decay; the worm eats away the sense of a permanent, sufficient self, and wealth flees as fear or judgment arises. Nahum’s image invites you to notice where your true wealth resides: not in merchants or markets, but in the I AM—awareness that you are the source and observer of all forms. By shifting from a being who buys and sells to one who imagines and holds forth, you reverse the decay: you become the current that nourishes rather than the product that is consumed. Your task is to release the old signs and invite inner abundance to appear as your lived reality.