Valleys of Pride and Return

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's view, the 'backsliding daughter' is a state of consciousness clinging to external security and status. Pride in the valleys signifies a belief that true safety comes from outward treasures rather than the I AM within. The cry, 'Who shall come unto me?' exposes a self-sufficient ego that overlooks the unity of being. God’s speaking of fear and exile is a psychological corrective, an interior shaking that moves the mind from attachment to form toward inner awareness. This is not punishment but a natural alignment returning the individual to the living consciousness that animates every part. The exile represents the removal of false supports, and the line about none gathering the wanderer shows that the inner unity remains intact even when forgotten. The remedy is to re-anchor trust in the I AM, the eternal governor of all states, and to return to covenant loyalty with that center by imagining and feeling from it as already real.