Path of Righteousness and Mercy

Neville's Inner Vision

To follow after righteousness and mercy is to align with a state you already are. Life is not a distant reward but the very sense of I AM you stand in. The words 'followeth after' invite you to turn your attention from restless striving to the nobler mood of mercy, fairness, and compassionate action—until they become your habitual way of being. When you adopt this inner state, you are not seeking life; you are recognizing life, righteousness, and honor as movements of your own consciousness. Imagination becomes the instrument by which you realize this state: you imagine yourself already living the life, already acting righteously and merciful, already crowned with honor. In this Neville method, you revise the self-conception until it matches the good you desire. The 'life' promised is the inner vitality of awareness that knows itself; 'righteousness' is alignment with truth within the mind; 'honor' arises as a natural expression of that alignment in outward results. Practice, then: dwell in the feeling of being the person who already possesses virtue, and let that state rule your daily choices.