Singing in the Strange Land Within

Neville's Inner Vision

Exile in the Psalms is a state of consciousness, not a geographical fact. The LORD's song is the I AM within you, the living awareness that cannot be banished by any outward land. To sing in a strange land is to recognize that your worship does not depend on place but on the reality you claim as true in imagination. When you feel exile—longing, lack, or separation—you are only projecting a limited story onto space. The cure is simple and immediate: assume the feeling of your true self already singing; declare with conviction that you are the song right now, and let that inner note vibrate through your body until it feels real. Each imagined verse reclaims your identity; each heartbeat of reverent imagination reshapes your surroundings to mirror your inner harmony. The exiled child of God becomes the king who commands from within, turning the foreign land into a temple of awareness. In this reversal, you do not wait for liberation; you already are the liberating note, and thus you create the return with every kept dream of the I AM.