Herbs Over Abundance

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the verse, the dinner of herbs is not a meal for the body alone but a symbol of the state of consciousness. A dinner of herbs where love is indicates that the inner atmosphere—the I AM—prefers unity, forgiveness, and quiet joy over the glitter of abundance and hostility. When I, as the I AM, assume the feeling of love and consider that all that seems scarce or lacking is only a mistaken image, I find that the 'stalled ox' — the heavy, unyielding sense of separation — becomes fluid, dissolves, and migrates into the flow of peace. The world rearranges itself to reflect this inner disposition. The herbs are what you cultivate as attention: daily acts of kindness, patient listening, and transparent affection. If you have built a worldview around lack, you can reverse it by making the implicit assumption: Love is here now; my meals are full with harmony. The sensation of sufficiency arises as you actually feel love in the room, and the external circumstances gradually align with that.