Inner Guidance from the Donkey

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that the Lord opens the mouth of the ass, not to show cruelty, but to awaken Balaam to listen. In my reading, the donkey is your body and the day's events—a symbol of the inner state you inhabit—spoken into life by your I AM. Balaam’s sword-wielding fear is the old you clinging to control; the true miracle is consciousness hearing its own inner speech and turning toward a new direction. The donkey’s question, Am I not thine own? is a mercy lesson: circumstance is a messenger certifying what you already know in your heart. When you treat every clash as an invitation to revision, you discover that the miracle was never outside, but the refinement of your awareness. Providence guides you through gentle correction, leading you away from resistance and toward a quiet, confident acceptance that you are always being spoken to by your inner I AM. So practice imagining the scene as already done: your state of alignment is spoken into form by the very events you meet.