Inner Path of Proverbs 4:14-15

Neville's Inner Vision

To the mind that asks, the 'path of the wicked' is not a road in a desert but a state of consciousness—the habitual thoughts and feelings that align with fear, aggression, and self-will. In this sense, entering it is an inner agreement with a reality you do not want. Proverbs bids you to refuse the invitation, to pass by the doorway of temptation, to turn from the impulse and pass away. In Neville's method, you do not fight the outer consequences but revise your inner assumption. The I AM that you are—your present awareness—does the choosing. When you become aware of the feeling tone behind the suggestion to sin, you can declare, 'I AM the steady observer; I choose wisdom, integrity, and peace.' By imagining yourself already standing on the other path, you endorse the opposite state; you 'pass away' from the old image and fade the urge. The more you dwell in the feeling of your own wholeness, the less the old pull holds. The law of imagination makes the inner move your outer scenes, and you gradually live from the end, not toward it.