Morning Chastening, Inner Realities

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that the 'plague' and the 'chastening' are not external judgments but pictures in your own consciousness. The psalmist is you, arguing with the restless mind. When you say, 'If I speak thus, I should offend the generation of thy children,' you are recognizing a resistance to sharing your inner state; you fear the social reaction to your new perception. In Neville's method, all that plagues you is a mis-timed movement of imagination, a belief in separation from the I AM. The moment you withdraw your attention from the problem and align with the I AM that constitutes your real being, the morning chastening softens, and the pain of inquiry becomes the growth of trust. The 'too painful' thought is the birth pang of a higher understanding: you are not the subject to be chastened, you are the awareness that chooses what to feel. Allow the current of light to revise the scene: see yourself as the one who already embodies wisdom and Providence, and the world will reflect it.