Thinking On True Things

Neville's Inner Vision

These lines reveal a law of consciousness. The list of virtues is not a catalog of outward acts, but a map of the inner atmosphere you must inhabit. To think on what is true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report is to refuse the storm of fear and falsehood and to align your awareness with a stable, harmonious state. When you dwell in these qualities, you are rehearsing the condition in which the God of peace naturally resides within you. The phrase 'in me' points not to a person apart but to the memory-picture you hold of yourself as one whose life is governed by such thoughts. Doers of these things, as you have learned, received, heard, and seen in me, become the demonstration that peace is your constant companion. Practice is essential, but practice is not external effort; it is inner revision. By deliberately choosing a state of truth, purity, and beauty, you collapse conflicting visions and invite harmony to govern your days. Peace is not found outside you; it is the response of your changed inner state to every moment.