Cutting the Cords Within

Neville's Inner Vision

The text reveals the inner governor, the I AM in you, who cuts the cords of limitation fashioned by fearful thoughts and self-doubt. The 'wicked' are not distant forces but beliefs and habits opposing your inner Zion. To hate Zion is to resist your own sacred center; to confound these foes is to acknowledge their powerlessness before your awareness. The image of grass on the housetops withering before it can be gathered signifies the emptiness of external success attained by force or by clinging to appearances. The mower who cannot fill his hand indicates that effort-driven harvests fail when drawn from the old self; true harvest comes from the inner soil of consciousness. By abiding in the state of righteousness—an unwavering sense of I AM—you dissolve the illusion of separation, and the outer world reorganizes to reflect the inner liberty you have affirmed. This is not about fighting others, but transforming the mind that interprets life as a series of opposing forces. In that transformed consciousness, Zion thrives unthreatened by former foes.