From Foolishness to Inner Wisdom

Neville's Inner Vision

In the heart of this verse, the speaker discovers that their former self—a fool and ignorant—was a beast, a life-laden image in the presence of the I AM. Neville would say: you are not distant from God; you are the I AM, and the so-called ignorance arises from a misalignment of consciousness rather than a broken nature. When you hear 'before thee' as before awareness, you recognize that the beast is the old, unexamined mind clinging to separation. The moment you acknowledge this and choose differently, humility becomes power, not penalty; meekness is the posture of inner discernment. By turning toward the one within, you invite wisdom to reframe your conditions. The self that feels foolish is the old story you resign; the present you, the I AM, rises to lead and correct the movement of life. The verse thus invites repentance not as punishment but as a turning of attention from surface appearances to the inner kingdom, where all true seeing begins and ends in God.