Inner Well of Seeing Birth

Neville's Inner Vision

Beer-lahairoi is not a geographical marker but a state of consciousness—the moment you become aware that the living presence you seek is your own I AM looking through your imagination. Between Kadesh and Bered, the narrative places you at a crossroads where a new sense of self may be born. In Neville’s terms, the well is your imagining in which you revise the scene until it reflects faith, not fear; Hagar’s encounter becomes your felt reunion with the presence that already sees you. Ishmael, the child named by Abram, points to the birth of a new idea or nature within you—an aspect of yourself that is heard and acknowledged by the All-Knowing I within. The outward event—the birth of Ishmael—becomes a symbol of inner birth, a shift in disposition from lack to assurance, from wandering to belonging. When you dwell at Beer-lahairoi in imagination, you align with mercy, grace, and Providence, and your external circumstances begin to change to reflect that inner awakening. The 'seen by God' moment is not outside you; it is your awareness becoming fully alive and fruitful.