Inner Sanctuary Under Fire

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the verse as a description, not of external armies, but of states of consciousness passing through your inner room. The 'bow' is your persistent suggestion that you are separate from your own I AM. The 'right hand as an adversary' signals the self-confirming thoughts that stand at attention against a desired realization. 'All that is pleasant to the eye' stands for the joyous, harmonious experiences your imagination calls forth; when these eye-pleasing things seem to be slain, it is your inner alignment that has been unsettled. The 'tabernacle of the daughter of Zion' is your inner sanctuary, the very center of awareness where I AM rests. The 'fury like fire' is the purifying energy you feel as you claim a new interpretation. In Neville's teaching, the outer world mirrors the inner state; therefore the 'destruction' you fear is the old self dying so the new I AM may appear. You are not weakened by the attack; you are invited to revise. By identifying as the I AM, you reverse the scene and allow the sanctuary to be restored, the pleasant to remain.