Enemies as Inner Strength

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this psalm, the enemies who are lively and strong are not external people but inner states of consciousness I have allowed into my awareness—fear, grievance, the old self-image that says I am assailed. In Neville's psychology, every outer pressure is a mirror of what I previously imagined and still entertain as real: the multiplying hate is the multiplying belief that I am vulnerable. The remedy is to awaken to the I AM, the steadfast awareness that never shifts with appearances. I revise by declaring that those adversaries exist only as temporary movements in consciousness, not as independent power over me. I choose a different thought, a stronger feeling of wholeness, and I feel the scene rearranging itself to reflect that sovereignty. When I insist on the truth of my indwelling strength, the so-called enemies lose their grip, and their activity wanes, replaced by a calm, fearless sense of being. The verse becomes an invitation to turn inward, to reshape the inner weather until the outer world follows.