Mercy Heals Your Inner Flesh

Neville's Inner Vision

Mercy is not something you give to others as a distant charity; it is the condition of your own consciousness. When you hold a merciful thought toward another, you are essentially blessing your own inner atmosphere, for you are the I AM that perceives. The verse tells you that the merciful man does good to his own soul, and that cruelty toward others is a wound you carry in your flesh. In the realm of imagination, the body responds to the tone of your inner state. If you dwell in harsh judgment, you cultivate a body of tension, fatigue, and resistance. If you practice mercy—imagining the good of all in your circle, blessing rather than blaming—you collapse the separation between yourself and life, and your sensations soften, harmonize, and heal. Mercy is not moralizing from without; it is a keeping of your inner door open to the possible good you are and always have been. As you imagine mercy, you awaken the healing power already within you, restoring vitality to your very flesh.