Inner Righteousness Outshines the World

Neville's Inner Vision

Take the line as a description not of outward neighbors, but of states of consciousness. The 'righteous' is the quality you awaken in awareness, a state that radiates and makes your world respond to your inner tone. When you dwell in that state, you become more excellent in your own eyes and in the sight of others, and the 'neighbor' appears more luminous by reflection, not competition. The 'way of the wicked' seducing them is simply the pull of old images and fear-based identities vying for attention. You are not fighting them; you are renaming the inner weather. By assuming the end you desire as already yours, you align your imagination with the truth of your being. The world follows the interior conviction. Your influence grows not by external effort but by the consistency of your inner state, and others—though they cannot name it—are drawn toward the brightness you habitually assume.