Inner Light and Hidden Harm

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the verse as a map of inner states. The murderer rising with the light is the ego wearing the robe of day, using the light of awareness to justify harm to the vulnerable parts of your being—the poor and needy within. When you believe the daylight ego, you may feel alert and righteous, yet you are acting as a thief, stealing peace from your inner life by projecting blame into the world. The night’s thief is the same impulse in hiding, the subconscious impulse that pretends there is no mercy and that you must protect yourself at the expense of others. The remedy is to awaken to the I AM inside you, the constant witness who does not condemn but simply observes. As you assume a state of justice that heals rather than harms, and revise the scene with the feeling that mercy is your true nature, the old drama dissolves. The murderer loses power because consciousness, not circumstances, determines reality. When you dwell in that revised light, the inner poor and needy are cherished, not killed, and the night becomes a doorway to unity.