Within the Sword of Fear

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's language, the 'sword' is not an external weapon but a movement of your own consciousness, a fear that disrupts your sense of wholeness. You fear the sword, and so you invite a sharp separation into the life of your mind. The line, 'I will bring you out of the midst thereof,' becomes the coaching of your inner self to leave the crowded center of old beliefs and step into a clearer field. 'Deliver you into the hands of strangers' signifies being handed over to alien thoughts—the doubts, the memories, the attitudes that do not belong to your true state. 'Execute judgments among you' are the inner verdicts you pronounce and hold onto until you revise them. The 'border of Israel' marks the edge of your present consciousness, where you either cling to limitation or finally meet the LORD within. When you cling to fear or to the old image of punishment, you feel exile; when you turn your attention to the I AM that you truly are, the LORD becomes the governing reality now. The happenings then reveal that you are not at the mercy of a distant God but one with your own awareness.