Morning and Evening Imagination

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this psalm your mind is being invited to a constant posture of I AM awareness. The morning and evening are not clocks, but states of consciousness: morning is the refreshing recognition of God’s lovingkindness as the first assumption you make about yourself, night is the grateful acceptance of God’s faithfulness as you close the day. The 'instrument of ten strings' and the harp are symbolic of the inner orchestra through which you re-create your life—every feeling you nourish, every image you dwell upon, becomes a note in the song of your being. When you declare, 'Thou hast made me glad by thy works,' you are affirming that your inner experiences — the scenes you imagine, the decisions you feel, the trust you maintain — are the works of your divine hand. The line 'O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep' points to the depth of ideas available to the aware mind; the 'brutish man' and the 'fool' represent the old doubt that does not yet understand. Yet in this very moment, the inner man can awaken, recognize unity with the I AM, and triumph in the works already wrought by consciousness.