Within the Beloved's Presence

Neville's Inner Vision

Observe how the inquiry reveals a shift in attention. The 'beloved' you seek is not a person far away but a state of consciousness you have temporarily misplaced. God, the I AM, is the presence that you are, and imagining yourself into lack is merely a false movement of your mind. When you hear 'where is the beloved,' answer with the inner certainty: He is within you, within every breath, within your own choosing. To seek Him with another is to acknowledge that awareness is shared; you and the Beloved are one in the I AM. The moment you decide that the beloved stands before you, you have not moved Him but yourself into alignment with His presence. Practically, you revise the sense of distance by assuming the state of fullness: I am with the Beloved now; we are one. Then your inner climate changes, and the outer circumstance reflects that inner unity.