Inner Blessing of Philemon

Neville's Inner Vision

Read as Neville would: Philemon is not a person but the state of awareness you inhabit; Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, is your higher self tied to the service of divine consciousness. Timothy, Apphia, and Archippus become inner qualities—brotherhood, affection, and disciplined action—summoned to stand within the inner church that lives in your own house of thought. The church in thy house is your temple where ideas assemble, where you allow love to govern your reactions. Grace and peace are not distant favors but the atmosphere you choose to breathe; grace is the cherished favor of your true nature awakening your potential, and peace is the inner alignment of feeling and thought with God, the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. This blessing flows from the I AM you are, not from outside you, and as you dwell in that awareness, harmony becomes your normal condition. The verse thus instructs you to hold a unity of being—loving, laboring together within your own heart—until the vitality of Christ consciousness is your habitual experience.