Inner Rescue When Waters Rise

Neville's Inner Vision

These lines are not about external danger but about interior states. The ‘wrath’ kindles, and 'they swallow us up' are the dramatizations of fear and lack running through consciousness. The waters overwhelm the soul because we identify with the stream rather than with the I AM that watches it. In Neville's psychology, the scene is always inner: places become dispositions, events become inner movements. So, imagine: you awaken to the fact that you are the consciousness that births the scene. You revise the meaning by affirming, 'I AM the presence that survives the flood.' The flood loses its bite when seen as an imagination, and your awareness remains intact. Therefore, the relief is not escaping the water but realizing you never left your essential self. The moment of recognition dissolves the power of the illusion. With practice, you learn to feel real the feeling of safety while the inner waters pass by.