Inner Righteousness and Trust

Neville's Inner Vision

To see this text as Neville does, you must realize the 'good man' is a state of consciousness. When you imagine yourself freely giving and lending, and guiding your affairs with quiet discernment, you are not performing outward charity but settling your mind into an inner balance that mirrors right order. The acts of mercy you perform become evidence of your inner riches; as you disperse to the poor of your mind, your own righteousness endures. The fear of evil tidings dissolves as your heart remains fixed in I AM, the LORD within; you are not swayed by external events because your security rests in awareness. Your heart becomes established and you remain unafraid until your desires appear, even against imagined enemies, for you have disciplined attention to the good that already is. This is the living Psalm: let imagination rule, assume the state of this man, and the outer world will follow in its due season.