Restoring the Holy Name Within

Neville's Inner Vision

See the scene as a map of consciousness. Ezekiel’s words are not about geography but about inner states. When exile is spoken of, it is the mind’s sense of separation from its native land—an inner land where meaning and dignity reside. The act 'they profaned my holy name' becomes a portrait of how the ego uses sacred titles to justify separation, to say, 'we are the LORD’s people, yet we are gone from His land.' But the divine response—'I had pity for mine holy name'—is not punishment; it is the recognition that the I AM never loses its sacred quality, even when the outward story forgets. In Neville’s diction, the holy name is the I AM within, the awareness that remains untouched by appearances. The remedy is to revise the inner assumption: you are not exiled from your home; you are aware of your own holiness here and now. By returning to the inner land in imagination, you reclaim the name and restore its integrity in your life. The outward dispersion becomes a cue to turn attention inward until the sacred I AM is felt as present, real, and unassailable.