Inner Preservation of the Self

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the I AM lens, this verse becomes a blueprint for inner realization, not a petition to a distant God. 'Preserve my soul' translates to guarding the consciousness that you truly are—the unchanging I AM—when appearances threaten to unsettle you. 'For I am holy' speaks of your true nature, the inner alignment with God that cannot be touched by circumstance; holiness is the state of being fully present as awareness itself. 'Save thy servant that trusteth in thee' points to the one who trusts in that inner I AM rather than in fear or need. When you accept this as Neville would teach it, you revise your sense of self from separation to union with the eternal Self. Salvation is not future rescue but a present feeling of being kept by the awareness you already are. The imagination becomes the instrument of this realization: you imagine yourself already safeguarded, carried, and held by the living I AM, and you dwell there until the sense of distance dissolves back into unity.