Hasten Into Quiet Within

Neville's Inner Vision

Verse 55:8 records a longing to flee the windy storm; I would hasten my escape. Yet in the Neville sense, the storm is the turbulence of consciousness, the wind representing thoughts and fears that sweep across the inner field. Rather than chasing a change in outward conditions, you turn to the I AM that is always awake within you. The word escape becomes a movement of consciousness— you briefly abandon identification with the storm by touching the steady, unshaken center of awareness. When you assume a calm state, you are not denying the storm so much as dismissing its power over you; you revise your story from I am being blown to I AM in command. The practice is simple: hold the state you desire (peace, certainty) as if it is already true, feel the feeling of that reality in your chest, and know that your imagination is the cause of your experience. As you persist, the inner wind loses momentum and the outer world aligns with the new mood you have created.