Inner Hearing Psalm 86:1

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, Psalm 86:1 is not a cry for help from without but a conversion of inner state. 'Bow down thine ear' is a posture of receptive awareness; the 'LORD' is the I AM within you, the steadfast listening Presence. 'Hear me' sharpens attention to the answer that already lives in your consciousness. 'For I am poor and needy' is a humble admission of forgotten abundance—an invitation to awaken to the wealth of awareness you already possess. In this light, the petition dissolves into a decision: you are heard because you are the hearing. The moment you assume the state of being heard, you entrench yourself in the very condition that drew the response. Practice this by closing your eyes, breathing, and mentally declaring, 'I am heard; I am enough; I have all I need.' As you dwell in that felt truth, the imagined response becomes your living sense of reality, and lack recedes into memory.