David's Night of Faith

Neville's Inner Vision

From Neville's vantage, the scene is not a distant event but a map of inner states. David’s fasting and night-long petition symbolize turning the mind away from outward proofs and toward the I AM within, the only true source of life. The earth on which he lies is the solid ground of awareness beneath every thought of lack. The child represents a conceived state—the belief that life is contingent, that loss is final. By refusing food with those who seek to comfort him, David refuses to nourish the old belief any longer; this act is a deliberate correction of feeling, a decision to remain in alignment with the inner fact that life is God’s expression. The seventh day marks a completion: the old wrong assumption falls away just as the old kingly fear would have fallen if kept alive in consciousness. The fear of disclosure by the servants shows the inner voice of doubt, and yet the focus remains: the I AM is the living reality, and imagination is the instrument by which that reality is made manifest. The intended result is not a child’s physical return but the renewal of consciousness itself.