Inner Victory Over Affliction

Neville's Inner Vision

All the 'they' in this line are not distant foes but inner states of consciousness. From youth onward, affliction may press in, yet identity with the I AM keeps the final word in your favor. If you refuse to concede domination to fear or memory, you clear a space where your true being—awareness—can stand unshaken. The verse teaches that oppression cannot prevail where imagination—your living sense of possibility—dominates. Do not chase relief in external signs; instead, retrain your attention to the feeling tone you wish to inhabit. Choose a present conviction that you are intact, invincible in spirit, and the outer scene must reflect that inner reality. By repeatedly returning to a victorious state, you rewrite the memory of youth as a memory of triumph, and the impression of suffering dissolves as you embody renewed being.