Mercy, Truth, Inner Riches

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine the passage as a map of inner states. To devise evil is to dwell in a fear-based plan that closes you off from the mercy and truth you are; but mercy and truth come to the one who devises good, for good is an inner alignment with your I AM. In this sense, the 'labour' spoken of is inner discipline: a steady, imaginative act of revising yourself toward benevolence, truthfulness, and helpful intention. When you persist in that inner labor, profit follows—not as worldly money alone, but as a richer sense of wholeness, clarity, and stable presence. The 'talk of the lips' that leads to penury is inner speech without conviction; replace it with words that reflect your desired state, and your outer world shifts accordingly. The crown of the wise is their riches because wisdom resides as inner sovereignty; as you inhabit wise dispositions, your surroundings reflect the wealth of inner order. This is not scarcity but a shift in consciousness: God, the I AM, is your awareness, and imagination fashions the world you live in.