Palm and Vine Within

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this lyric, the palm tree stands as your own steadfast I AM, a symbol of inner dignity and the strength of consciousness. The grapes signal the rich fruit born of love when imagination is fed with faith. When you hear 'I will go up to the palm,' translate 'go up' into the ascent of your awareness to a higher state of being. The act of 'taking hold of the boughs' becomes the deliberate assumption that you are already what you seek, not as an external event but as an inner realization. The line that 'thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine' reveals the abundance that follows when the heart stays aligned with the Presence of God within—the Imago Dei inside you. The 'smell of thy nose like apples' is the sweet perception of right belief; in Neville's terms, sensation confirms the conviction that the inner state is your outer scene. Purpose: return to the inner garden of consciousness, tend the vine of love, and you shall witness the world blossom to reflect your inner fullness.