Inner Waters Sweetened by Belief

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the Red Sea crossing as your leap into a new state of consciousness, the wilderness as the crevice of lack within you. The bitter waters of Marah embody a stubborn belief that life cannot be sweetened, that your circumstances are fixed. When the people murmur, they betray the inner default that refuses to trust the I AM that is you. Moses is your higher self, your inner director, crying to the LORD; the tree cast into the waters is your act of mental alchemy: you implant a new sensation, a fresh mental image that makes the bitter drinkable. The waters become sweet, not by changing outer events, but by changing your inner state. There, the LORD sets a statute and an ordinance—the inner law you live by, a covenant loyalty to this new mental fact. The test is your willingness to maintain this state despite appearances. If you persevere in imagination, the healing and restoration promised by the text unfold as your present experience.