Post-ID: thread-20260928033115-ada5a04d
Created-At: 2026-09-28T03:31:15Z
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In a lecture from 1967, Neville drew an intriguing contrast:

What would be good for you? Tell me, because in the end every conflict will resolve itself as the world is simply mirroring the being you are assuming that you are. One day you will be so saturated with wealth, so saturated with power in the world of Caesar, you will turn your back on it all and go in search of the word of God ... I do believe that one must completely saturate himself with the things of Caesar before he is hungry for the word of God.This passage sounds a note that resonates through various esoteric traditions: One cannot renounce what one has not attained. To move beyond the material world, or its wealth, one must know that wealth. But to Neville - and this became the cornerstone of his philosophy - material attainment was merely a step toward the realization of a much greater and ultimate truth.
