Inner Generosity of Proverbs 31

Neville's Inner Vision

Verse 20-22 presents a figure who acts from an inner state rather than mere circumstance: she stretches out her hand to the poor, and her household’s needs are met with a richness she calls forth from within. In Neville’s language, the 'I AM' is the branching root of all giving; charity is not charity to something outside, but a revelation of your own consciousness as abundance. The snow and fear spoken of are not weather but the freezing thoughts of limitation. To be not afraid of the snow is to trust the inner treasury that never dries up, a treasury that clothes the whole household in scarlet, in other words, in the confident aura of sufficiency and beauty. The feminine imagery of tapestry, silk, and purple stands for the refinement and order that arise when consciousness operates in perfect proportion to its desires. When you enter this scene, you are asked to recognize that the act of giving and the presence of provision come from the same interior source, and you can enact them now by turning attention from lack to inner abundance and inviting it to express itself as conditions in your life.