Incense of Inner Prayer

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's framing, the psalm is a map of inner states, not distant acts. Prayer is the I AM within you taking on a fragrant, ceremonial form—incense rising from the centre of consciousness—and your raised hands symbolize the decision to dwell in a higher, unyielding state of awareness. To set a watch before the mouth is to govern your inner speech, refusing thoughts and words that betray your chosen premise. Inclining the heart toward evil or against integrity means stepping out of the desired state; hence the admonition to resist the company and 'dainties' of iniquity—the temptations that entice you away from your true self. Neville teaches that you become what you imagine; the incense is the visible sign of the assumption you are already living in alignment with divine perception. The dainties are not merely food or pleasure, but the small agreements with fear that sustain a lower self. By daily alignment with a higher idea, you cultivate a life that resonates with inner sanctity and integrity.