The Inner Lion of Psalm 10:9

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, the lion in the den is not a creature in the world but a mis-taken state of consciousness called fear. When you identify with the sense of being poor the self feels weak, and this inner lion springs, pulling you into a net of limitation. Yet awareness itself, the I AM, stands beyond attack and rescue, ready to dissolve the trap the moment you return your attention to it. Deliverance begins with a deliberate revision: assume a new mood, feel the reality of your wholeness here and now, and see the net collapse as your awareness expands. The predator loses power the moment you see it as a pattern of thought rather than a reality. The poor are simply those parts of you that have believed in lack; by using imagination to re-create them as strength, you restore balance, justice, and neighbor love from within. In practical terms, you meet the moment with the consciousness of abundance, and the threatening lion becomes a harmless shadow, returning to its den where it belongs.