Inner Boundaries of Consciousness

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, the map in Deuteronomy is not a crude atlas but a map of your waking mind. The tribes and their borders stand as inner states of consciousness: Naphtali, Ephraim, Manasseh, and Judah mark distinct attitudes of attention, each bounded by the 'utmost sea' of your current imagination. The south and the valley of Jericho symbolize the hidden, fertile regions within where memory, habit, and desire reside. When you recognize that these territories are not out there but within you, covenant loyalty becomes a practice of steady assumption: dwell in the Presence of God—the I AM that you are—by choosing to claim and occupy a new mental terrain. The boundaries invite stewardship of your inner world, acknowledging that every feeling and thought contributes to the Covenant’s land. As you align your inner state with a fulfilled reality, you see the outer world follow, like a map responding to the imagined terrain, reminding you that your life moves in accord with your inner unity with God.