The Law as Inner Love

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this psalm, the law is not a distant code but the I AM stirring within you. When you proclaim, I love thy law and make it my meditation, you are not praising a rule so much as confirming a state of consciousness you already inhabit. Your enemies are the restless, uncentered thoughts that pull you away; by keeping thy precepts you establish a steady inner rhythm that dissolves their power. The testimonies you meditate upon become your inner standard, and your inner teacher speaks through them, guiding every choice. You understand more when you align with this inner order, because the inner image you hold is the image that shapes your world. You refrain your feet from evil paths not by force, but by choosing to dwell in the law; you do not depart from thy judgments because your awareness is being formed by a source that cannot fail. Sweetness of the words is the sensory proof of alignment; understanding grows as you hate the false ways from within, and your outer life testifies to the truth you now inhabit.