The Inner Psalm of Trust

Neville's Inner Vision

Your distress is not in opposition to God; it is your present state of consciousness. When you ask, how long shall I take counsel in my soul, you are naming a habit of the mind, a recurring belief. The answer is not in changing outside circumstances, but in changing the inner posture: trust in the mercy that is your own I AM. The enemy that exalts over you is fear and doubt; lighten your eyes by acknowledging that you are the very light of God, the awareness that saves. When you feel the weight of sorrow, you can revise the scene: the sleep of death is the old belief that you are a separate body under time; awaken to the truth that salvation is already present as your state of consciousness. Then your heart rejoices not because the air around you changes first, but because you have recollected your divine identity. In this light, mercy becomes your habitual mood, and salvation your realized condition.