From Inner Night to Dawn

Neville's Inner Vision

Job's lines are not a report of a man marching through trial, but a map of a mind asleep to its own power. The dragons and owls are inner states you entertain in the night of consciousness—fear, loneliness, suspicion—that appear to dominate you. The phrase 'my skin is black' denotes a perception that has darkened the outer feel of life; 'my bones are burned with heat' speaks of a pressure of imagination pressed against you from within. The harp turned to mourning and the organ to the voice of them that weep symbolize your inner instruments of joy being repurposed into lament because you imagine you are separated from life. Remember: the I AM, the awareness you are, is the sovereign viewer of these scenes. By recognizing that you are not their captive but their author, you may revise the scene and choose a new vibration. Imagine the inside world shifting: the dragons bow, the owls listen, the dark skin becomes luminous, and the song of your heart is restored as praise. The moment of revision is the moment of healing, here and now.