State of Unrepented Living

Neville's Inner Vision

Verse 9:21 exposes not merely acts, but a mind identifying with those deeds as the final self. In Neville's interpretation, these are states of consciousness that persist in violence, illusion, lust, and lack, and so the inner weather never shifts. True repentance is not guilt over past acts, but a radical transformation of the state you occupy. See that 'murders' and 'thefts' are inner acts—projects of judgment, fear, and grasping—about which you once believed you must remain guilty. The 'sorceries' are the intoxicants of imagination that enchant you into fear; the 'fornication' is a misalignment between your true being and its desires. When you acknowledge that the I AM can imagine differently, you revoke the old contracts. Your awareness can choose a nobler version of yourself and dwell there until it becomes the default. In that quiet, righteousness, justice, and fidelity are not distant duties but living qualities born from within, guiding every choice and re-forming your world.