Inner Upright Living

Neville's Inner Vision

To the awakened consciousness these verses describe a state in which uprightness is not a rule but the very pattern of inner life: truth spoken from the heart, no malicious tongue, no harm to neighbor, and a reverence for what is holy in others. When you perceive yourself as the I AM that perceives, the outer rules become reflections of your inner posture. Walking upright is the decision to align every impulse with integrity; speaking the truth in the heart is the steady inner consent to truth regardless of outward outcomes. The negative acts—backbiting, doing evil to neighbor, taking up reproach—reveal misalignment: inner conflict that repels your good. Esteeming those who fear the LORD denotes discernment and honor for righteousness; swearing to your own hurt and not changing becomes a discipline of the will, a refusal to abandon truth for comfort. In this light, the verse teaches that righteousness is an inner atmosphere that creates just relationships and a just world through imagination.