Return From Reproach: Inner Light

Neville's Inner Vision

In the Neville Goddard sense, the reproach and the taunts are not out there but within. The neighbors, the heathen, the enemy, and the avenger are the different states of your own consciousness that arise when you identify with lack, fear, or separation from God. The 'confusion' and 'shame' that cover the face are simply memories of a self you have outgrown. Exile is the moment you forget that you are the I AM, the awareness in which all events appear. Return is a deliberate inner shift to a higher identification: you are not a reproached person but the living, loved center of consciousness. When you imagine yourself as already restored, the external chorus adjusts to your inner reality. The psalmist's cry becomes a waking dream of a new self, and your life follows your inner state. So practice alliances with the truth that God dwells within as you, not as separate from you. The more you dwell in that awareness, the more the mocking fades, and you walk in the light of your true identity.