Lamentations 4:16 Inner Authority Divides

Neville's Inner Vision

Fear not the word anger, for in this inward reading it is the alarm of your own consciousness when you forget the inner authorities. The 'LORD' is the I AM within you, and the division described is your mind split between what you know and what you refuse to align with. The priests and elders symbolize the faculties of discernment, memory, and reverent imagination—those inner guides you are told to respect. When you neglect them, you cut yourself off from the stream of inspiration and your awareness becomes divided, as if two selves were vying for attention. The apparent judgment is not a punishment from without, but a signal that your imagination has not yielded to unity; you have allowed old beliefs to override the present certainty of your I AM. The cure is radical simplicity: acknowledge, reverence, and align with those inner authorities as if you are already in unity. When you do, the separation dissolves and you experience the wholeness that your true self has always known.