Mercy From Captors' Hearts

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the I AM, the scene of captivity dissolves into a movement of consciousness. The verse declares that the heart of those who carry us is moved to pity, not by force but by a spiritual adjustment that God works within the inner man. Your true situation is an inner state you inhabit, not merely an external condition. When you acknowledge that you are the perceiver, you invite the action of mercy by imagining the captors already softened toward you. Do not seek to change them as separate beings; you are changing your belief about who you are. The hidden Providence operates through the conviction that life answers mercy with mercy, and you are its agent. So practice by assuming the attitude that you are pitied—feeling the softening of another's heart as a present fact in your own inner world. Dwell in the certainty that the I AM is the source of all pity and grace, and the outer scene rearranges to reflect that inner realization. The moment you rest in this truth, the law of consciousness brings you into harmony with compassionate response.