Inner Kinship Psalm Practice

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice how the psalmist behaves toward a companion as toward a brother, and bows as one mourning a mother. This is not mere sentiment; it is a state of consciousness. The I AM within you recognizes no real separation between friend and self. When you assume you are already in kinship with another, you invite the other into your inner family—an intimate acquaintance with your own being. The heavy bow is the inner softening of resistance, a deliberate yielding to compassion, and to the truth that you are one with every life. In that moment, suffering and humility become gateways to authentic worship—an inner ceremony where you acknowledge unity, not distance. The verse invites a practical practice: identify a person you call an outsider, and revise your sense of them as kin in your own imagination; then feel the reverent warmth of that kinship until it resides in your blood as a lived reality. Remember: your imagination is God in action; what you assume, you awaken as your life.