Inner Predators Revealed Within

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's telling, the 'enemies' are not others but states of consciousness you must own and transform. The verse speaks of those 'incLOSED in their own fat' and of proud speech; these are the egoic images you have fed until they appear to govern your steps. The gaze that 'bows to the earth' is your attention hooked to external outcomes, seeking approval from a material world. The lion imagery—greedy for prey and lurking in secret places—is the habitual mental appetite of fear, lust, and self-importance that stalks your inner city. When you recognize that these are not external foes but inner movements of consciousness, you can invert them by assuming a higher state. The I AM, your true self, does not fear or exult; it simply is the capacity to be aware, to notice, and to revise. By declaring, 'I am the unafraid, watchful consciousness that creates,' you reframe the scene. Your enemies shrink as you fill the space with the feeling of settled power, gratitude, and quiet mirth in your own invincible awareness.