I Acknowledge My Transgressions

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville's ear, Psalm 51:3 is not a courtroom verdict but a diagnosis of your inner weather. 'I acknowledge my transgressions' becomes: I acknowledge the thoughts, memories, and impulses that have seemed to define me. The sin 'is ever before me' is the stubborn inner reminder that a former self still lurks in my awareness. Yet the I AM, my true consciousness, is already free of it. When I accept that this sense of guilt is a state of mind, I can turn away from identification with it and imagine the present moment as the truth of who I am: a creator existing in mercy, not condemnation. The move is not to deny past acts, but to revise the state that gave them reality. I awaken the feeling of forgiveness by dwelling in the assumption that I am loved, justified, and purified by the same I AM that holds all, and the old 'sin' dissolves as a shadow when the light of awareness shines on it. So the verse invites a practical inner transformation: to replace the memory of transgression with the awareness of the I AM.