Inner Obedience and Mercy

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the commandment not as an external rule but as a state of consciousness you inhabit. When you keep the commandment, you are guarding your own soul—the living, aware I AM—because you are in harmony with law, with right inner motion. To despise the ways is to live as if your awareness were scattered and dying; life withdraws where obedience is neglected. The second line speaks in the same rhythm: when you move with compassion toward the poor, you are lending to the LORD, for your inner currency is faith, generosity, trust. What you give in feeling and intention is not lost; it returns as a payback from the Self you truly are. In this light, the LORD is your own higher state of consciousness acknowledging your care as divine credit. The verse invites you to see that every act of kindness is a reciprocal law at work, not a transaction, but a substantiation of your real nature. So the path to life is simple: align your inner senses with obedience and mercy, and your world follows that inner alignment.