Psalms 88: Inner Presence

Neville's Inner Vision

From my vantage, the dark and the land of forgetfulness are not distant places but states of consciousness. The cry is not to a distant deity but to the I AM within; when I cry 'O LORD,' I am simply turning attention to the presence I am. The question 'shall thy wonders be known in the dark?' signals a belief that reality hides from me; the remedy is to hold the assumption that the wonders are already known, the light already active in the inner night. 'In the morning shall my prayer prevent thee' reveals a habit of mental preparation—by morning affirmation I preempt conditions, aligning with the truth that the day is the outward expression of my inner state. 'LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?' exposes the temptation to interpret experience as separation; yet experiential reality is created by moved awareness. So I train myself to experience the unseeing as a passing perception and to embody the presence right now, trusting that the wish is already fulfilled in the I AM. In that inner shift, the dark becomes a sign of release, and wonders become felt in consciousness.