Mercy Heals the Soul

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the speaker does not plead to an external deity so much as to the inner great I AM that you truly are. 'Be merciful unto me' is an instruction to yourself to dwell in your rightful state of compassion, grace, and acceptance. 'Heal my soul' means heal the inner mind—the series of states and memories that have claimed you as separate from your Source. When you acknowledge 'I have sinned against thee,' you are not pleading guilt before an angry judge, but naming a stale pattern of consciousness you have outgrown. Sin is a mistaken identification, a thought-form you now refuse. The moment you refuse it, you release it from your inner weather; you awaken to your true being, already intact and whole. The healing comes as you assume the feeling of mercy toward yourself and the world, as if your entire being were being renewed by the awareness of unity. Your imagination is the instrument: image yourself washed, renewed, and resting in the I AM, and you will find the outer circumstances begin to reflect that inner restoration.