Inner Reverie of Lamentations

Neville's Inner Vision

From Neville's perspective, the 'anger' and 'cloud' are not outside judgments but inner states your consciousness has believed. The cloud that blocks prayer is the mental weather you have produced by identifying with fear and separation; the 'offscouring' and 'destruction' are the felt consequences of an abandoned mind, the sense that God has withdrawn. Yet the I AM, your true awareness, never leaves. By recognizing that these conditions are not enemies outside but images you have rehearsed in your own heart, you can reverse them by an act of assumption: declare that you are the unchanging, all-sufficient I AM and that prayer passes through your inner sky unhindered. When you persist in the conviction that God’s presence is the constant, the you that experiences fear dissolves; the tears become a sign you are releasing a false identification and returning to unity with the divine. The 'daughter of my people' is your own inner sensitivity—when restored to consciousness, desolation yields to a new harmony and strength.