Inner Shield Against Temptation

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that the term 'she' in this line signifies a state of consciousness rather than a person. When you identify with the belief that life is found in outer pleasures, you cast down your strong faculties—your discipline, your clarity, your endurance—and you become wounded by distraction. The verse invites a psychological turn: you are not under judgment from an external temptress, but under the sway of a thought-sense that tempts you away from your true I AM. To reverse the scene, inhabit the unshakable awareness that you are the I AM, the constant consciousness that cannot be touched by fleeting allure. As you dwell there, the lure loses power and the dramatic 'slain' mark fades from your inner landscape. The many are saved by a deliberate revision—refusing to identify with lack or need and affirming inner sovereignty. Imagination, properly directed, rearranges conditions until temptations dissolve into self-control and vitality returns to the strong man within.