Heart's Turning, Inner Covenant

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Neville's frame, the verses reveal a truth about consciousness, not geography. 'If thine heart turn away' points to a shift in your inner state, a turning from the living I AM to the image of something other than your true self. 'Worship other gods' means you cling to beliefs, pictures, or conditions as if they were the source of life, drawing your attention away from the one omnipresent God within. When you do this, you 'perish' in the sense that your vitality and potential expression shrink, and the land you cross—your current life and capacity—loses its fullness. The healing is immediate and intimate: return to the awareness that you are the I AM, the sole governor of your inner kingdom. When you acknowledge and dwell in that perpetual present, your outer life begins to reflect that inner sovereignty, as if you were reclaiming a long-lost inheritance. Your days extend not by chance, but by the renewal of consciousness itself.