I Am: The Inner Resolve

Neville's Inner Vision

Here, the verse is not a condemnation but a map of inner law. The 'in me (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing' names the habitual identification with a limiting self. The line 'to will is present with me' reveals a dormant seed of good, a will that desires right action. But 'how to perform that which is good I find not' points to the method, not the power. In Neville's language, the 'I' you call God is the awareness that creates; your present difficulty arises from insisting you are the body-mind and its past results. If you persist in the old identity, the good never materializes. The remedy is to assume a state of being where you already perform the good you seek; revise the inner picture until you feel it real, I am the man who acts with integrity, or I am the faithful one, now. As you dwell in that I AM state, the external behavior follows, and holiness becomes your natural disposition rather than a struggle. The flesh is simply a stage in your inner drama; you graduate by aligning with your higher self.