Under The Eye Of Mercy

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine the 'eye' as your own I AM, the waking awareness that never slumbers over you. When you 'fear' the Lord, you are not quaking before distant gods, but yielding to reverence for the divine self within. To 'hope in His mercy' is to trust the mercy inherent in your being—the quiet assurance that you are not abandoned. The verse declares that this eye rests on such souls to deliver them from death, meaning the inner death of despair, fear, and separation, and to keep them alive in famine, the sense of lack and want. The observer inside you—your constant, tender attention—can reorient the inner weather: by choosing thoughts that align with the feeling of being cherished, you can imagine the merciful eye guarding your every breath. As you dwell in that inner stance, your imagined state becomes your living state; scarcity loosens its grip, and the soul is renewed, restored, and empowered to act from a place of immutable worth.