Inner Edom, Inner Fire

Neville's Inner Vision

Amos 1:11-12 invites you to examine the Edom within—those stubborn, wrathful stances you hold toward a supposed other. The three transgressions and the fire bursting upon Teman are not distant judgments but inner movements of consciousness: a decision to separate, to condemn, to withhold mercy. When you cling to the belief that you are separate from another, you ignite an inner flame that consumes your peace and seals your heart in perpetual wrath. Yet the oracle also offers a reversal: that same fire can be redirected, transforming perceived enemies into mirrors of your own awareness. The I AM—the living awareness you are—is the judge, the fire, and the warmth that dissolves walls. By recognizing that your reality is self-generated through imagination, you can revise the scene from punishment to unity. In this light, Teman and Bozrah become symbolic rooms within you where old grievances burn away, revealing the palaces of mercy and compassion that were always your native state. The prophecy thus becomes an invitation to awaken to the unity of all life in the I AM.