Trust Beyond Princes

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, this verse is not a rebuke of rulers but a reminder that you have mistaken outward power for the source of your life. To trust a prince or a man is to misplace the I AM, for their breath is brief and their thoughts perish in the very moment you seek help. In truth the life you seek is the awareness you already are, the I AM within you that neither ages nor falters. When you imagine yourself at the mercy of others, you are simply asleep to your own divine sight. The practice is to awaken by assuming the feeling of the I AM—here, now, as the ruler of your inner kingdom. Announce to yourself that you need no external aid, for the universe of your experience is formed by your consciousness. Revision follows belief: see provision arising from within, not arriving from without; feel the power of inner guidance arranging people, events, and timing according to your true state. When you persist in this inward posture, what you call future peace is a present fact, here and now.