Apple of the Eye Prayer

Neville's Inner Vision

Psalm 17:8 speaks in the language of inner sight: keep me as the apple of the eye and hide me under the shadow of thy wings. In the Neville lens, the apple is the center of consciousness where God, the I Am, dwells as awareness. When I align my attention with that inner center, protection unfolds as a natural condition of being, not a request for favors. The wings symbolize the shelter of awareness that surrounds every thought and moment. Providence, mercy, and grace are the outward expressions of this inward state. The verse invites a deliberate revision: I am not a separate, vulnerable self but the very act of perception through which the world is seen. By living from that I Am center, I experience guidance and safety as constant, because they are the nature of my awareness. As I dwell there, fear dissolves and I move with the quiet confidence of one under divine protection.