Inner Mountains of Praise

Neville's Inner Vision

Mountains, hills, fruitful trees, and cedars are not external scenes only; they are the inner dispositions of consciousness. The psalmist invites us to witness the entire system of creation as an inner choir standing in praise to the I AM that you are. When you behold the mountains within, you are acknowledging your fixed, enduring state—an unshakable awareness that cannot be moved by circumstance. The hills are the rising thoughts in your mind, the verdant trees the seeds of growth planted by your attention, and the cedars the strength and nobility of your life—each declaring, 'God is present here.' In Neville's terms, the world of forms responds to the state you assume. To live as the mountains and trees is to know that creation follows from your inner conviction; order arises where you center your attention in the I AM. Here, worship is not ritual separate from life, but alignment of feeling and assumption with the truth that you are awareness savoring the divine activity within. Your prayers are the steady, inner chorus that changes what you experience by changing what you hold as real.