Inner Captives to Riblah

Neville's Inner Vision

Your outward city is a figure of your inner life. The officer over the hosts, the five in the king's presence, the chief scribe, and the sixty others are the beliefs, habits, and memories you have allowed to run your army. Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, removing them to Riblah, represents a cleansing movement of your consciousness toward a higher alignment. The king of Babylon stands for the governing order you submit to in this moment—not an external foe but the law of cause and effect at work within you. By gathering these inner governors and presenting them at Riblah, your I AM reorganizes your dispositions, freeing you to rule from a broader self. The exile you perceive is the inward rearrangement of states of mind into a sovereignty that corresponds to your true self. When you recognize that your outer circumstances reflect your inner order, you become the author of a new scene by the power of your present assumption.