The Seductress Within

Neville's Inner Vision

These lines are not about a person; they are a portrait of a mind tempted to forget the home of awareness. The woman, in the attire of a harlot yet loud and cunning, is the seductive belief that pleasure can be secured from without. She is a mode of consciousness that prowls the corners of your mind—ever ready to promise peace and to repeat vows you keep as proofs of safety. The bed decked with tapestry and myrrh is the glitter of imagined satisfactions; the goodman gone on a journey is the sense that inner order is temporarily absent. The bag of money is your attention and time spent chasing shadows instead of resting in the I AM. But you are not at the mercy of such appearances. See that the scene is a script your imagination is playing, and you, with the I AM, hold the power to revise it. When temptation rises, assume the state I AM here and now. Replace the seductress with stillness, integrity, and the assurance that the day appointed is this moment. By realizing you are the one who commands the stage, you dissolve the lure of illusion.