Inner Rest for Isaiah 34:14

Neville's Inner Vision

In Isaiah 34:14, the wild beasts of the desert and the wild beasts of the island do not threaten you; they symbolize the wandering thoughts and untamed desires of your own mind. The satyr’s cry and the screech owl’s rest are not distant prophecies but inner movements: fear, appetite, memory, longing, all gathering in the theater of your consciousness. When you understand that God is the I AM—your everlasting awareness—you worship not a place but the stillness that you can claim now. The verse invites you to permit each restless creature to surface in your inner landscape, to acknowledge them, and yet not abandon the state of witness. As you refuse to deny them and refuse to identify with them, their clamor softens, and rest becomes a natural occupation of your mind. The desert and the island fuse in your awareness as you realize they are one state of consciousness, a single room in the house of your mind, where the I AM can rest and shine.