Inner Counsel in Silence

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's reading, Saul's scene is a mirror of the inner mind seeking direction. The royal talk of going down at night and spoiling the enemy represents a decision formed in the street of thoughts, while the priest's ceremonial draw-near gesture signifies returning attention to the I AM. God is not heard as a distant voice; God is the awareness that you are. The silence that falls that day is not denial but a gentle invitation to shift your inner state, to stop chasing after external signs and to assume a state of certainty. When Saul asks for a yes or no, he steps outside the one presence of power—the feeling of being guided. Neville's method asks you to revise the assumption: know that guidance is already present, feel it as if it is real, and act from that inner conviction. The inner state creates the outer scene; the deliverance of Israel is the fruit of living from inner clarity rather than external consultation. Practice: fix your attention on the feeling of being led, and move forward from that certainty.