Inner Kingship and Brief Reign

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this line, recognize that the people who appoint a king are the many thoughts and beliefs within your own mind. Jehoahaz is the new state of consciousness you permit to reign in your inner Jerusalem. His age, twenty-three, signals the fresh vigor of a new idea, but his three-month reign shows that, without a fixed I AM sense, a change in appearance can be fleeting. To the extent you cling to the old king—Josiah—as the ruler in your inner city, you grant continuity to limitation; the outward three-month rule merely confirms that inner authority has not yet become your natural state of being. The deeper truth is that you are the I AM, and the throne remains yours to fill. When you assume a thing in imagination, you must also assume the feeling of its permanence, or it will dissolve back into the background of the mind. If you want lasting sovereignty, anchor the new ruler in the unconditional awareness that never changes, so the inner Jerusalem remains governed by the same king day after day. Let your sense of self be the constant I AM, not the shifting scene.