Vine and Fire Within

Neville's Inner Vision

To the observer within Ezekiel’s vision, the vine is a symbol of your living consciousness—potential energy among the trees of form. The fire that devours its ends and the middle is the fiery testing of belief, the inner pressure that reveals what you have assumed to be real. When God says the vine is given to the fire for fuel, He is not lamenting a loss; He is inviting you to recognize that your present state, unless consciously revived, has no utility in the business of your true work. The Jerusalem spoken of is your entire habit of reacting to appearances, your outward life as it seems; but the inner possibility remains intact in the I AM, the awareness that never burns itself out. The function of this fire is purification, not punishment, and its effect is to show you that you are the one who can decide what becomes fuel and what becomes nourishment. Thus, you are invited to discover that the power to transform any circumstance lies in your assumed truth.