Fear Not: Inner Witness

Neville's Inner Vision

Isaiah 44:8 speaks to the living within. Neville would say that God is the I AM that you are aware of, not a distant deity but the very act of awareness itself. The verse commands you to fear nothing because the truth has always spoken ahead of your thoughts; you have been told from time, in words that echo in your own consciousness. 'Ye are my witnesses' points to the inner evidence you and the world bear of God as consciousness, not as a person apart. There is no God beside me becomes There is no other God beside the I AM you are. In practical terms, every anxious thought is a misreading of your state of consciousness. When you identify with the outer scene—job, health, appearance—you forget that you are the witnessing presence creating or discarding these images by your belief. The line 'I know not any' is the assertion that no rival reality exists in your mind; only the one Life, the one God within. By assuming the end—your life as complete expression of the I AM—you revise fear with confidence, knowing your experiences are the occasions for the increasing awareness of your divine unity.