Nearness In Troubled Times

Neville's Inner Vision

Whenever trouble approaches in your day, the words 'Be not far from me' are a call to shift your inner posture. In Neville's view, the places you inhabit and the events you face are projections of consciousness. To interpret this psalm is to recognize that 'near' is not a distance you travel toward, but a state you assume. When you feel the absence of human help, you may discover the absence of awareness. The I AM—your own essential awareness—never leaves you; you leave it when you doubt. So you restore closeness by the practice of assuming presence: declare, 'I AM - here now, nearest to me than any external aid.' Then create an image in feeling: imagine a radiant companionship that is not outside you but within your awareness, sustaining you. The 'trouble near' becomes a signal to deepen your inner connection rather than to seek outside rescue. By persisting in this assumption, the apparent trouble dissolves into the certainty of divine support, and small, weathered fears give way to a quiet, empowered confidence.