In The Rock, Glory Passes

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Neville's framework, Exodus 33:22–23 reveals a state of consciousness rather than a distant event. The 'rock' is your interior state, the place where the I AM can withdraw from the hurly-burly of personal identity so the divine radiance may pass unblocked. When God says, I will put thee in a clift of the rock and cover thee with my hand while I pass by, it is instructing you to protect the persona you project and let the current of awareness move through the nerves of life. The moment of 'seeing my back parts' represents the impression left on your mind—the memory of the divine encounter—rather than a literal unveiling of God. The 'face' that shall not be seen points to the limitation of mere form-consciousness; full, face-to-face knowing requires a state of consciousness beyond ego, so revelation comes as a felt shift in your inner atmosphere. Trust that the glory is always coming and going within your I AM; revelation is the change of your sense of self, not an external spectacle. You are being reconditioned into a greater nearness, one that remains even as you return to ordinary perception.