Inner Tests of Righteousness

Neville's Inner Vision

Psalm 11:5–7 is not a cosmic punishment scene but a law of consciousness at work. The LORD is the I AM, the aware self that tests the quality of my inner state. When I dwell in hatred of violence or entertain violence as a habit, I feel the soul turn away from its own righteousness; the inner weather becomes a storm of thoughts, images, and consequences—this is the personal 'cup' I am offered. The 'snares, fire and brimstone, and horrible tempest' are inner pictures my mind creates when I forget who I am. Yet the verse also says the righteous LORD loves righteousness and beholds the upright. I interpret this as a steady inward gaze of awareness that approves my true nature when I align with it. If I persist in assuming I am upright and that the I AM sees me in perfect integrity, the storm subsides and the light returns. The outer scene then shifts to reflect that inner alignment, not as punishment, but as the natural expression of consciousness in harmony with the divine. Judgment is internal and instantaneous, and righteousness grows where I let the light of the I AM rule.