Dust, Wind, and the I AM

Neville's Inner Vision

The passage invites you to discover that your true self is the I AM, the constant awareness behind form. Outward appearances—your body, your circumstances, the day’s events—are like grass that withers when the wind passes. The wind is not death but changing thoughts and beliefs that shape experience. If you cling to the changing scene, you identify with impermanence and fade with it; if you awaken to the fact that you are the witnessing I AM, you hold a steadfast, unalterable reality that nothing in time can erase. By recognizing consciousness as the sole substance through which all forms arise, you reverse the fear of mortality. You can live from the inner kingdom, not from the weather of externals. The verse becomes a gentle reminder that the enduring you is the awareness that examines and uses form rather than the form itself.