Inner Fire and Innocence

Neville's Inner Vision

In the Neville Goddard frame, the lines reveal that the true battleground is consciousness. You are not dealing with a distant moral law but with states of mind you entertain. Carrying fire in the bosom represents indulging a forbidden image in imagination; the clothes burning and feet scorched symbolize the inner consequences that follow from harboring such thoughts. The neighbor’s wife is the symbol of an image you prize over the integrity of your own I AM presence. When you identify with that image, you ignite an inner fire that scalds your life, regardless of external circumstances. This is not a punishment from without, but a natural reflection of your inner state. The remedy is to awaken to the power of your own awareness, to revise the image, and to dwell in the fidelity and purity of the I AM. By maintaining a steady state of integrity, your outer life conforms to that inner truth, and harm recedes as you align with pure consciousness.