Beloved's Mutual Nourishment

Neville's Inner Vision

To the watcher within, 'I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine' is not a marriage of persons, but a recognition of state. The I AM, your constant awareness, claims ownership of its own beloved ideas and experiences. 'Beloved' stands for God-consciousness, and 'mine' is the sense of ownership that comes from realizing God as your inner reality. The line 'he feedeth among the lilies' becomes your inner scene of nourishment: the divine presence feeds you with beauty, clarity, and joy while you dwell in purity—the lilies representing the serene, undefiled nature of higher awareness. This is not future hope but present tense realization: you are within a realm where love and life flow together, where the self and the divine attract, feed, and flourish. When you hold this vision in the imagination, you are not changing facts of the world; you are reconditioning your inner state so that your external experiences align with the feeling of being beloved and nourished by God.