The Inner Return From Egypt

Neville's Inner Vision

Jeroboam in this record is not merely a man but a state of consciousness that fled into Egypt—the habit of yielding to fear and old loyalties. When it hears the signal, the signal is awareness awakening to the I AM, the self that never left its throne. The return, then, is interior, a turning back toward sovereignty rather than a physical move. Exile and return describe the inner geography: exile is the sense that you are distant from power; return is the recognition that power resides in your own I AM, in your imagination, which creates reality. To the student of Neville, the moment you imagine you have already returned, you have. The hearing is the moment of revision, where you accept that you are king of your inner kingdom and commander of your life. The verse invites you to revise the sense of self from exile to ruler, to honor the sovereign I AM as your cause rather than the outer scene as your effect. By this, your outer events begin to harmonize with your newly assumed state.