The Inner Hearing Of Prayer

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine the LORD as the I AM within you—your continuous, silent awareness. When you dwell in the 'wicked' state—fear, guilt, separation from your true self—divine hearing seems distant. But the moment you shift to the 'righteous' state—an inner alignment, a steady assumption of wholeness—the inner ear is open and your prayers are heard. The verse is not about external distance; it is a teaching that proximity is a mental condition. The 'hearing' is the alignment of your vast I AM with your requests, so your desires appear as already true in imagination. Your prayer is answered because you have become the state you seek: you have assumed the end, felt it, and let it dwell in your consciousness until it manifests outwardly. Therefore, you are not asking the LORD to come to you; you are becoming the vessel through which the I AM speaks and acts. Treat every moment as a reaffirmation of right-relationship with your inner divine. Then the sense of distance dissolves and what you prayed for returns to you as your own inner reality.