Inner Psalm of Hope

Neville's Inner Vision

Your question, 'Why art thou cast down, O my soul?' reveals a state of consciousness, not a fixed fact in the world. Deep calleth unto deep, the psalmist says, and in Neville’s terms the deeper layer of awareness calls to the deeper God within you. The I AM—awareness itself—remains untouched by outward waves; it is the perceiving light through which every sensation is seen. When you remember the countenance of God, you are not conjuring something from outside; you are returning to your own inner throne. The “storm” you feel is a signal to revise your interior state, to stop identifying with the lower feeling and to imagine the end you desire as already real. Praise is not a past event but a present assumption; by dwelling in gratitude and confidence, you align your inner state with the divine, and the outer circumstances begin to reflect that alignment. Trust and hope arise from the act of imagining the God-present reality now, not from waiting for the waters to subside. You shall praise Him because you have made yourself one with His countenance in consciousness.