Inner Trials, Unyielding I Am

Neville's Inner Vision

All that affliction is but a memory-born momentum in your mind. 'From my youth' marks a persistent habit, not a real wall. In your present I AM, you are the unchanging state that does not bend to such shadows. When you say, 'they have afflicted me,' you empower a past impression, yet the truth remains: nothing in you is defeated by a dream. The Psalm invites you to shift your allegiance from the old story to the steadfast I AM within. You are not the sufferer; you are the awareness in which appearances arise and dissolve. By assuming the ruling state—calm, unshakeable, trusting—you rewrite the outer scene as the effect of a new inner mood. Thus history becomes memory and memory becomes springboard. The sources of trouble loose their grip as you refuse to identify with them, and your inner Israel perseveres, not by fighting, but by remaining awake to the I AM that cannot be overpowered.