Inner Awe and Divine Presence

Neville's Inner Vision

Fear and rumor in Luke 1:65–66 are not external troubles, but the tremor of a new state of consciousness awakening in you. The people hear the reports, they store the sayings in their hearts, and ask, What manner of child shall this be? In Neville’s sense, that question marks the birth of a surprising possibility authorized by your inner I AM. The awe that realises the hand of the Lord with him is the inner assurance that your present consciousness is already in harmony with the fulfilled idea. When you imagine a future outcome as if it existed now, you stabilize the impression that the child is born, and fear recedes as the mind accepts the truth of the vision. The "hill country" becomes your inner field where conviction travels and rumor fades into the background noise of the old self. By choosing a state of imaginal certainty, you enact the inner visitation that the text signals: God with you, now, as you dwell in the feeling of the wish fulfilled.