Inner Captivity to Conscious Return

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's vision, captivity is not a geographic relocation but a state of consciousness. Jerusalem stands for your central I AM, the unshakable awareness that you are. Babylon is the dream of separation, the belief that power and identity reside outside of you. Jehoiachin, the king, his mother, wives, officers, and the mighty represent facets of self—authority, memory, status, and force—that in a moment of distress appear to be dragged away by circumstance. The exodus to Babylon signals a temporary collapse of the sense of wholeness; yet this is not judgment but an invitation to revise your inner scene. By acknowledging that your awareness is the true ruler, you can let the dream of exile dissolve, returning decisively to the I AM and to the felt reality of your sovereignty. The verse thus becomes a map: displace the belief in external captivity by reigniting the inner king within—where you are always free and complete.