Shining Face Within Mercy

Neville's Inner Vision

To the awakened mind, this line is a call to turn from separation and rest in the consciousness that you are seen by the I AM. The face that shines is not a distant orb but the illumination of awareness flowing through you, a sign that you are in harmony with your own divine nature. When the psalmist asks to be saved for mercy’s sake, he is naming the one merciful nature within you as the source and ground of every rescue. Mercy here is not pity from without but the steady, unclenched love of God as your own self-concerned awareness. As you assume this state, you become the one who is saved—not by chance but by your own revision of consciousness. Imagine the merciful gaze resting on you, and feel the anxiety melt into confidence, fear into love, scarcity into abundance. In such a mood, the noise of the world quiets; you experience a Presence that forgives, guides, and sustains. The outer circumstances then reflect your inner revelation: your face shines, your heart is steady, and salvation manifests as a natural, ongoing awareness of being God's beloved.