Ravished Heart, Inner Garden

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's terms, the ravishing of the heart is a decision of consciousness. The 'one eye' and 'chain of thy neck' symbolize a single, focused look of awareness by which your inner state is captured by the image you entertain. When you call your heart a garden enclosed, you name the condition of your inner climate: a space safeguarded from discord, where love, purity, and loyalty grow in quiet abundance. The verse proclaims that love is sweeter than wine and that fragrance—what you imagine you are, and what you perceive—surpasses outward spice. Your task is to entertain the idea that your entire world is the outpicturing of a single joyous state: I AM love, I AM fidelity, I AM the garden gate that shuts out fear. The honey on the lips and the aroma of your garments are the sensory evidence of an interior shift: you are the fragrance Lebanon within. The garden enclosed is your immediate reality when you accept that God as I AM radiates as your experiences of beauty, loyalty, and praise.