Inner Mercy Triumphs Over Wrath

Neville's Inner Vision

From the Neville perspective, the 'I will not' is a turning within: you can stop letting the inner man govern you with anger. 'I am God, and not man' points to your true identity as the I AM—the persistent awareness animating every feeling. The line 'the Holy One in the midst of thee' identifies the sacred center inside your mind where imagination and choice reside. When you accept this, you refuse to 'enter the city' with wrath, choosing instead to let mercy rule your inner weather. Patience becomes the law of your consciousness, and accountability shifts from punishment to awareness. By maintaining this state, you revise your experience: external threats fade as inner calm reconditions outcomes, transforming what seemed destructive into a softened, redirected flow of energy that comes from within.