Eyes Fixed on the I Am

Neville's Inner Vision

I do not seek deliverance from a distant God; I turn my attention to the I AM, and in that turning, the net of fear loosens. Mine eyes are toward the LORD—my consciousness is the one that plucks my feet from the net. When I say, 'Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me,' I am simply shifting my inner state toward the awareness that already loves me. The troubles of my heart enlarge in the absence of awareness; when I accept the I AM as my only reality, those troubles shrink, and forgiveness arises as the natural radiance of perception. Look upon my affliction and my pain; forgive all my sins by recognizing them as stories in the waking mind. Consider my enemies, as the doubts that hate me; yet I am kept and delivered by the I AM, not by outward circumstance. Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait on the I AM. Redeem my consciousness out of all troubles, and Israel—my inner kingdom—rises free and unashamed.