Inner Governance of Integrity

Neville's Inner Vision

Seen through the inner eye, the old governors are not men but states of consciousness that tax the inner commonwealth with fear and self-interest. The contrast with Nehemiah’s reform is not political but perceptual: the fear of God is inner discipline—reverent recognition of the I AM that rules the mind. Nehemiah’s restraint and generosity reveal a new governor within, one who does not lay heavy burdens on the people of his mind or claim the bread and wine of others. When he declares he did not act thus because of the fear of God, he is naming a readiness to obey a higher law in consciousness. To practice this now, you must revise any ruling impulse that demands more from others than you freely give; imagine yourself as the inner governor whose authority comes from love, justice, and the presence of God. As you dwell in that state, your outer circumstances align with fair dealing, and your thoughts of others are no longer parasitic but nourishing.