The Inner Law, Inner Life

Neville's Inner Vision

In this verse the flesh is a state of consciousness, not a cursed body. The motions of sins are habitual thoughts and impulses that seem to arise from an external law, feeding a sense of separation. When the mind identifies with that law, these internal movements steer actions and feelings, yielding what looks like death in life—fear, limitation, fracture. Neville would teach that the law cannot sanctify; it simply stirs the old life by highlighting what you lack. The true agent is the I AM within, the unwavering awareness that you are already whole. By recognizing that the law is a projection of your own consciousness, you can reverse the motion by assuming a different state: the awareness that you are the I AM, and that these impulses are clues guiding you to a fulfilled desire you already possess. In such a shift, the fruit is transformed from death to life, born not of external duty but of inner attention redirected toward your divine nature.