Arrows, Exile, Inner Home

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the psalm, the sharp arrows and burning coals are symbols of your inner atmosphere. The mighty are not distant archers but thoughts and judgments pressing in toward your sense of self. Exile, named Mesech and Kedar, is not a geographic place but an inner posture—feeling apart from your first love, your I AM. To the I AM, you are never truly exiled; the dream arises wherever a sense of separation is entertained. You can reverse it by turning attention to the I AM that dwells at the center. See the arrows dissolve as projections of fear, and let the coals of juniper burn away the old self-image, leaving a quiet, secure heartbeat. By imagining yourself as the dwelling place of God, you rewrite the scene from exile to union, here and now. The practice is to hold this revised assumption until it feels like memory rather than belief, until your present awareness becomes the home your senses recognize.