Inner Reproach to Divine Renewal

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville’s psychology, the reproach of neighbors is not a social verdict but a projection of a wounded self. The words 'we are become a reproach' indicate a state of consciousness that imagines itself under judgment by the world, as if the inner I AM were divided from its own fullness. The supplication 'How long, LORD? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?' becomes a suggestion that the old sense of separation is burning away, not punished by a jealous God but dissolved by the awakening of awareness. When you practice, you must realize that you are the one who imagines and thereby creates the scene. The 'neighbors' are inner attitudes—resentment, fear, guilt—whose derision you no longer need to accept. By returning to I AM, you align with the one reality that never changes: consciousness as God, the self that knows itself as love. The moment you assume the end—beloved, chosen, forgiven, and eternal—you revise the entire scene. The outer reproach falls away as you feel the truth of your oneness with the I AM.