Inner Reverence for Parents

Neville's Inner Vision

To hear thy father is to hear the directive of your own true self, the I AM that begat your sense of identity. Your father and mother are inner states, not distant people; to hearken them is to align with the consciousness that formed you. Despising thy mother when she is old is not about a parent in time but about resisting the growth of your own inner image. You are not commanded to endure fretful memory; you are invited to accept their presence as the living law of your being. The scripture asks you to treat their aging as a gentle summons to deepen your obedience to the only ruler there is—the I AM within. When you revise your relationship with them into reverent acceptance, you revise your entire environment. The old age of 'mother' symbolizes aged mind attitudes; to honor them is to honor the evolution of your own mind toward wisdom, discernment, and harmony. Your world will reflect this inner reverence as you calmly assume the state that loves and supports both parents, realizing you are the one creating it all.