Inner Zeal and Reproach

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, Psalm 69:9-12 invites you to see zeal not as outward zeal for a temple, but as the fiery energy of the I AM within. When the psalmist says the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up, you are learning that the inner conviction can consume the old self until it no longer governs you. Reproaches from others are not punishments but weather in the psyche, moving you to re-align with your true state. The fasting and sackcloth symbolize a chosen withdrawal from restless thoughts and external applause, a cleansing of the mind so that the light of awareness can shine more clearly. As you wear humility as a garment and become a proverb to the world only in so far as your inner state testifies to your divine nature, you discover that the gate conversations and the song of the drunkards are simply inner dialogues—voices about your worth—being returned to you for reclamation. Let the inner zeal that eats at you reframe every accusation into devotion, and know that your imagination is the conductor of reality; through it, the I AM creates a new chorus within you.