Withdrawn Dread, Awakened I AM

Neville's Inner Vision

Fear is not an external judge but a movement within awareness. In this passage, 'withdrawing the hand' is the act of lifting your attention away from the image of threat and returning to the I AM that you are. The dread spoken of is a mental form, a recurring thought that says, 'I am touched by danger.' You are asked to let that image disappear by recognizing that you are the witness, not the event. When you identify with the I AM—the stable, ever-present you—every claim of danger loses its force. The speaker’s cry becomes a practice: revise the scene from one of fear to one of calm presence. Say quietly, 'I withdraw my attention from dread; I am safe in the consciousness of God within me.' Feel the shift in your chest as fear loosens its grip; the mind settles into a quiet, clear space where no haunting image can take root. The inner declaration becomes your outer experience: the world reflects the unshaken fact that you are, here and now, the I AM aware of itself.