From Lament to Light Within

Neville's Inner Vision

All the psalmist asks for is to awaken from the dream of separation. The cry, How long? is the cadence of a mind that has forgotten its true identity as I AM. When you stop seeking outward deliverance and turn your attention back to your own consciousness, you illuminate the inner face of God within you. The night of sorrow is not a punishment but a movement of your inner self toward greater light. Lighten mine eyes—see that you are already loved and preserved by mercy. The enemy that exalts over you is the memory of limitation, a thought you consent to by dwelling in fear; when you revise that thought and declare, I trust in thy mercy, the heart swells with salvation and the old sleep dissolves. The psalm ends in a song because you now know that the bountiful dealing of the Divine is your daily experience. Sing as a declaration of what your inner state has become, not what the outer appears to be.