Inner Temptation Transformed

Neville's Inner Vision

Read as a usefully symbolic psychology, the proverb shows you that the 'whore' and the 'strange woman' are inner states, not distant persons. A 'deep ditch' is the conviction that you are swallowed by appetite, a 'narrow pit' the narrowing belief that you are defined by craving. She lying in wait is the mind’s trap, an impulse poised to pounce the moment your attention overlooks the I AM. When you identify with those impulses, you multiply transgressions, for you awaken a habit that feeds on itself. Yet you are not the appetite; you are the I AM, the constant awareness that can observe and choose. In this light, the path to freedom is not uprooting others but re-anchoring consciousness in the One Power that is always present. See temptation as a signal you can revise by claiming the supreme I AM, renaming the impulse as a passing thought, and choosing a higher image for yourself. The moment you refuse to dwell in the ditch or pit, the trap dissolves and a new order of perception arises within you.