The Unchanging I AM Within

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the structures of your own conviction. In this light, all creation is a state you hold in mind, a pattern of thoughts and feelings you have consented to as real. The verse says these things shall perish and wax old; that is to say, the changing forms of life—people, bodies, circumstances—are only the garments consciousness wears. Yet Thou art the same, and Thy years shall have no end. That unchanging Thou is the I AM within you, the living awareness that does not age, does not fear decay. Therefore, identify with the constant Self, and let the transient world pass as you remain the permanent observer. When you feel the world aging, revise: I am the same I AM behind every image; the forms are not real but temporary costumes. By dwelling in that steadiness, you awaken to a new order wherein impermanent appearances yield to enduring peace.