Inner Hearing and Mercy Realized

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this psalm, the speaker does not petition a distant God but speaks from the inner court of awareness—the I AM that hears. When he says, 'I cried unto him with my mouth,' the emphasis is not volume but inner alignment; the tongue bears witness to a state of consciousness already present. If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me—this is the moment of truth in Neville’s terms: guilt or separation blocks the receptive channel of mind. Yet 'verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer' shows that a listening, uncondemned consciousness meets every sincere request. The mercy spoken of is not merely an old favor but the persistent mood of inner being toward you. By refusing to turn away from the prayer, you keep the channel open and invite the miracle of perception. The scene shifts from external events to your inner condition: when you fix attention on the I AM as the living receiver, your prayers feel answered now, and mercy flows as your habitual state.