The Inner Garden Union

Neville's Inner Vision

In the verse, the cry of the speaker questions where the Beloved has gone, yet the return is not to an external place but into an inner garden. You are not chasing a distant lover, you are tracing the movements of your own I AM. The Beloved descending into the garden is the soul’s turn inward, where impressions, scents, and lilies represent states of consciousness you cultivate with imagination. The beds of spices signify inner nourishment—joy, praise, purity—each lily a radiant thought you choose to feed upon. When you say, “I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine,” you declare the unity of your awareness with the divine I AM; the two become one function, one vibratory state. In Neville terms, your current feeling tones are seeds; as you dwell in this inner garden and tend the lilies, you are literally feeding your reality with what you imagine. The verse invites you to revise any sense of lack by returning to this garden, selecting fragrant states, and affirming possession in the I AM.