Jerusalem Within: Mind's Principal Heads

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that this verse does not demand a historical conquest; it reveals a state of consciousness. The heads of the fathers are the chief states of awareness—the rulers of your inner government. The line 'by their generations' signals the inherited patterns of feeling and belief you have habituated into memory. 'These dwelt in Jerusalem' names your inner city, the sacred dwelling place of your I AM, where God (awareness) resides when you claim it. When you realize you are the governor of a city of mind, you stop blaming externals. You can revise by affirming that the dominant states now inhabit the capital—Jerusalem of your mind—where harmony, dignity, and unity reign. The 'Presence of God' is the aware I AM dwelling there, a continuous state you can feel as real. Practice this: assume the role of the chief man within; feel the streets of your mind already governed by wise, noble states; let them dwell there, expectantly, and watch as life follows the pattern.