Mercy Over Sacrifice, Inner Knowing

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, Hosea's cry is not against sacrifice but against the belief that ritual alone conveys worship. The verse says: I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. In Neville's terms, the 'I' you call God is the I AM—the awareness that never sleeps. Mercy is a state of consciousness, a frequency you inhabit when you choose to see through forgiveness, patience, and tenderness toward all. When you align with this inner disposition, sacred acts fall into their proper place as symbols rather than substitutes. The knowledge of God becomes not a distant doctrine but the felt sense of divine presence within, here and now. Trials and judgments soften as you hold the assumption that God is within you and all around you, knowing you as you truly are. Practice, then, is not performing ceremonies but revising your inner orientation. Assume the feeling: I AM mercy; I KNOW God now. Let that certainty saturate your thoughts, until your outer life reflects compassionate discernment rather than mere ritual.