Inner Beauty for Ashes

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the I AM lens, Isaiah 61:3 is not about distant acts of God, but about the state you assume in awareness. Mourning in Zion is a state of consciousness; beauty for ashes is the revision of that state into something usable by your soul. The oil of joy is not a feeling you chase, but the atmosphere you dwell in by the assumption that you are joy itself, having shed the old image. The garment of praise is your daily wearing of gratitude and praise—the habitual worship that turns outward circumstance into a chorus of life. The heaviness is the energy you leave behind when you realize you are the planting of the LORD, a stable, indispensable expression of the divine idea. When you align with this truth, you are no longer the mourner but the tree of righteousness; your identity is not earned but declared, planted and sustained by the LORD for His glory. In this way, the apparent external world becomes the fruit of your inner state. Your practice is to hold these states until they feel real.