The I Am Against Sin Within

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you lies the state of consciousness that turns the good you aim for into its opposite. The I that sincerely desires holiness is not inherently at odds with righteousness; rather, the mind has become identified with a belief (sin) that distorts your activity. In Neville's phrase: God is the I AM; imagination creates reality. When you notice the impulse to do what you hate, you are simply seeing a thought-vehicle, a presently dominant state, that must be revised. Do not judge yourself; instead, assume you are already living from the completed action in consciousness. By assuming the end you seek—health, virtue, or obedience—you awaken that state as your present reality. The old man of sin dissolves when the new consciousness takes root: you begin to do what you intend, not because you change external rules, but because you align your inner speech, feeling, and images with the desired state. The paradox clears: it is no longer you who struggles; it is the old belief clinging to you and the I AM, the true you, calmly acting from within.