From Cry to Inner Refuge

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville Goddard, this cry is a movement of consciousness rather than a call to an external God. 'The LORD' in this psalm is the I AM within—the awareness that hears, perceives, and can answer in the moment. When the psalmist declares his spirit overwhelmed and speaks of snares on the path, he describes thoughts that overwhelm the mind and distort action. The felt absence of reliable help—the look to the right where no one knows him— is a piercing of the old assumption that security comes from others. Yet this very experience invites a reversal: the next step is known to the inner witness, to the I AM, which sees your path even when outward signs fail. The psalm does not deny distress; it reveals that distress is a signal to revise your state of consciousness. By shifting from seeking refuge in external circumstances to recognizing the inner God as your constant presence, the believer discovers that being known is not contingent on others but on the I AM within. Thus abandonment dissolves in the realization that your life is built by inner awareness, not outer circumstance.