Inner Thanksgiving and Salvation

Neville's Inner Vision

On the inner plane, this Psalm is a map of the soul in communion with its own I AM. To give thanks is to affirm that the ground of being is eternally good, and mercy is the fabric of your inner life, never failing. When you say, Save us, you are not supplicating a distant power, but revising your inner atmosphere—calling forth a state of salvation in which scattered thoughts are gathered, separation is dissolved, and the mind rests in unity. Deliverance from the heathen becomes deliverance from opposing beliefs and fear-driven images; gathering means bringing all the mental faculties into one focus; and praising is the natural radiance of a heart fully aware of its divine origin. The Amen in the crowd is your own instantaneous assent. By assuming this state and feeling it as real, you become the living praise of the Lord God of Israel within your own consciousness, forever and ever.