Inner Eden Manifestation

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the story is not about geography, but about the climate of your own mind. The LORD God planting a garden is the moment consciousness grants itself a hospitable inner environment; 'eastward in Eden' signals alignment with rising awareness within you. The man formed represents your present sense of self, placed within this inner garden to dwell and tend. The trees that grow—pleasant to sight and good for food—are the perceptions and feelings you permit to flourish in imagination. The tree of life in the midst stands for living consciousness that is ever-present, while the tree of the knowledge of good and evil marks your freedom to discern, choose, and experience. When you accept this scene as your inner state, you recognize that God is not distant but the I AM you are now. Your garden is Providence made visible through your thoughts, feelings, and choices; order arises as you attend to what you nourish in awareness. The act of planting is a revision of consciousness, a reaffirming that life flows where attention goes. You are the gardener, and consciousness is the soil in which your reality grows.