Inner Desolation, God Within

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Ezekiel’s desert of Egypt, I hear the whisper that desolation is not punishment but a profound clearing of consciousness. The land that seemed full—power, security, image—must be emptied so the real agent of life can stand forth: I AM, the Lord within. When I smite the old dwellers of the heart, the outer forms fall away, and the inner vision visits with clarity. The lament of the nations becomes your inner chorus of recognition: you now know that the LORD is within, not out there. The "I" that calls itself separate begins to realize it is the same I that breathes, imagines, and creates. The external calamity is the interior dramatic timing of a shift in state of consciousness. As you hold the state of I AM, you cease chasing after the fading images of Egypt and watch them dissolve into awareness. Then the inner king rises, and the lament turns to praise as every apparent lack is disclosed to be the doorway to the inner kingdom.