Inner Cities Of Refuge

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that the three cities are not places on a map but states of consciousness prepared by the I AM. The 'way' you lay out is the pathway of your imagination--how you align your inner weather so a reckless act does not become a permanent record in your heart. When you act ignorantly or fall into a moment of heat, you are not condemned by a fatal external verdict; you are invited to withdraw into a safe interior refuge where the memory of the event loses its sting and loses its claim on your identity. The avenger in this drama is the heat of reaction--the old guilt that would chase you into bondage. By imagining a city that you can inhabit--where thoughts can be examined, revised, and forgiven--you prevent that chase. The state of your I AM is the refuge; by quieting the mind and repeating, 'I am the sheltering presence,' you live as the man who survives not by avoidance but by inner alignment. This is not about geography but about the consciousness that, once established, no act can overturn.