The Inner Eyes and Ears

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the verse as a declaration about your inner state. The eyes of the LORD are the awareness you are, the righteous are those in right alignment with your current assumption. When you cry, your petition is heard by the ears of God—your own I AM listening without judgment. In Neville's language, the external world is an invitation to turn within and regard your inner atmosphere as the throne of action. Your attention is the eye that beholds situations, and your feeling of being heard is the living proof that the I AM is present in you now. Therefore, imagine that you are already attended by God, that your needs, wants, and prayers are answered in the mode of inner certainty. Not as waiting for future favors, but as a shift in state of consciousness: you acknowledge that you are seen and heard, and the world manifests according to that awareness. The cry becomes a note in the music of your inner life, a signal that the divine presence is your ongoing atmosphere.