Return to the Inner Temple

Neville's Inner Vision

In the text, the cry 'I am cast out of thy sight' is the stubborn belief of separation, a state of consciousness that feels cut off from God. Yet the pivot—'I will look again toward thy holy temple'—is the only real act: a decision of attention that reclaims the steady awareness I AM. The waters encircling the soul and the depth closing about the head reveal the storm of thoughts and subconscious programs pressing in on consciousness. They are not forces acting on a distant you, but movements in your own inner state. When you refuse to identify with that tide and return your gaze to the temple within, you alter the alchemy: feeling and imagination become the map by which you re-sensitize to God as your continuous I AM. The trial is not punishment but a doorway, a visible symbol of turning from identification with circumstance to the unchanging presence that you are.