Encircled by Protection: Psalms 17:9

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville’s ear, this line is a naked whisper of the inner battle: the 'wicked' and 'deadly enemies' are not others but states of consciousness—fear, doubt, lack, habit, and habitual reaction—that circle the aware I AM. The feeling of being pressed from every side reveals the inner disposition that believes in threat. When you understand that places are inner states and events are inner movements, you realize the exterior war only mirrors your present inner posture. The remedy is not to chase enemies away in the outer world, but to revise the condition by affirming the I AM as the surrounding, indwelling reality. Declare, with feeling, that you are unassailable because you are one with the Source within; see the circle of protection closing in as your attention rests in the I AM. In that trust, the compass of fear dissolves; the sense of siege collapses into serenity, and deliverance is the secularized term for awakening to your true, undivided nature.