Whispered War of the Mind

Neville's Inner Vision

Remember that the 'enemies' and their 'swords' are not distant attackers but patterns of thought arising in your own awareness. The tongue whet like a sword and the bows bent to shoot bitter words represent the customary judgments you have about yourself and your world. They shoot in secret at the perfect—your present I AM, the indwelling awareness that defines you—because covert beliefs can be held without open confrontation. Fearlessness in the text arises only when you distinguish between the wind of opinion and the rock of your real state. When you fear the blade, you reinforce the illusion that you are separate from your goal. When you persist in the conviction that you are the I AM, the hidden arrows lose their sting; the 'perfect' stands steady as the observer, not the target of attack. Your assumption of the wish fulfilled acts like a counter spell, dissolving the purported hostility. Practically, dwell in the feeling that the state you desire is already true in your awareness, and let that inner reality reinterpret every spoken bitterness into blessings and your world will align accordingly.