Exile Within: A Psalm Reflection

Neville's Inner Vision

To the inner reader, this psalm is not a history lesson but a map of consciousness. When you feel scattered among the nations, you are simply noticing a belief that you are separate from your I AM. 'Thou hast given us like sheep' speaks the drama of vulnerability in the thinking mind, a scene where attention is prey to fear, scorn, and doubt. The lines about being sold for nought and becoming a reproach mirror the self-image that has allowed external judgment to define worth. The reproach, derision, and byword are not forces arrayed against you; they are the old voices you have entertained. The miracle lies in recalling that the I AM is unchanging awareness and that imagination creates reality. By choosing a new inner state—refusing to identify with the role of the scattered sheep, and instead affirming wholeness—you reverse the script. Wealth and standing no longer come from others’ opinions but from your recognition of yourself as the I AM. In that inner act, exile becomes a return to your true condition, gathered by your own consciousness.