Lofty Ego Grounded by Awareness

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, the 'lofty city' is not a place but a state of mind—a belief in separation, status, and control. When the I AM, your awareness, speaks, it humbles the ego by dissolving its seductions. The verse does not threaten you; it reveals a natural correction in consciousness: when you cling to grandeur, you are simply rehearsing a fall; when you yield to the one life that you are, all towers descend as you recognize unity. The "dust" is the reminder that true power is not in outward height but in inner clarity. To interpret this, revise the story of yourself from 'I must achieve' to 'I am that I am.' In that revision you live from the inner center rather than from fluctuating appearances, and your world mirrors the change: people, events, and fortunes align with the quiet center of awareness. The transformation is gentle, rapid, and permanent because it occurs in consciousness. So, let the proud image bow before the I AM, and welcome the humbled soil of your being as the ground for real manifestation.