Inner Cry, Night Listening

Neville's Inner Vision

Verse 22:2 speaks to the inner theatre of consciousness. The cry is not aimed at an external judge but arises from a conviction that I am separate from the Answer. When I claim 'O my God, I cry,' I am naming a state of longing, a belief that hearing comes from outside. Neville would say: shift the scene from the sound of the world to the sound of the I AM within. The day scene and the night scene are only the rhythms of attention. If you insist that you are unheard, you maintain a mental atmosphere in which God is distant. But if you accept that the I AM is always listening, you revise the condition. Assume you are already heard; feel the presence answering you as you breathe, imagine the conversation occurring inside, and let the feeling of being answered dominate. In time, the external circumstances reflect this inner hearing, and the cry becomes a peaceful assurance that you are, at this moment, heard.