The Wicked Vanishes Inside

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that the 'wicked' is not a man but a state of consciousness. In this inner drama, the I AM, your awareness, is the only real actor. When the line says, 'Yet he passed away,' it marks the moment a fearful or boastful image collapses under the light of consciousness. Your 'I'—the God within—does not leave; what leaves is the belief in that image's solidity. The search 'I sought him' becomes an inner inquiry: 'Where did that fear go?' and the answer is: not found, because fear was only a passing pattern. Therefore, stand present as the I AM, and revise the scene: 'That old self is gone; I remain in the unchanging Presence.' As you stay with this awareness, the weather of appearances changes, yet you remain. The disappearances you witness are not losses but shifts in the dream, revealing the steady self that never vanishes.