Inner Discipline, Quiet Hope

Neville's Inner Vision

In this vow of Proverbs you hear a call not to loosen the line between belief and behavior but to claim your power to revise the inner state. The son stands for a habit, a part of you seeking alignment, and the window of hope marks the moment when consciousness can correct itself. Chastening here is not punishment but a tender act of choosing a new state of awareness. When you feel the crying of the ego, do not abandon the discipline you know is right; instead, assume the feeling that the I AM is guiding you, that correction flows from love, not fear. In Neville's language, the outer scene is only a symbol of inner movement. If you imagine yourself as already resolved in the loving discipline of your higher self, the inner movement settles, and the outer world aligns with that state. You are not at the mercy of circumstance but the creator of it, by attending to the internal authority that never fails.