The Ditch and the Garment Within

Neville's Inner Vision

Job's line reveals not a punishment meted by God in space, but a disturbance of consciousness. The ditch is the mind's valley of separation, where awareness forgets its source. The clothes that abhor me are the judgments of others and the self-accusations that cling to a momentary image I call me. In truth, the I AM is always present, the quiet witness that clothes me with life and light. When I feel cast out, I am only revisiting a former state of self that believes in loss. By turning away from the apparent scene and turning within, I discover that the shameful garments are relics of a past I no longer need. The self that never dies remains intact; I am the beloved of God, in God and God in me. The ditch dissolves as I accept the end: I am reconciled, whole, and immune to condemnation. Suffering and trial then become signals to revise the inner stance rather than chase external proof.