From Desolation to Fragrance

Neville's Inner Vision

I hear Isaiah sounding the inner bell. The 'stink' instead of sweet smell, the rent where there was girdle, the baldness where beauty stood, are not punishments but the signs of a mind in a wrong state. When you identify with a lesser self, the outer world must reflect that misperception—swords, mourning gates, desolate ground. Yet these signs are not final; they are invitations to remember the I AM that you are and to revise your inner picture. In Neville's tongue, you are not at the mercy of fate but the dreamer of what seems to be. By accepting responsibility for the state you inhabit, you can reverse the trend: imagine the perfume returning, the girdle whole again, the gates rejoicing, and the city restored in your consciousness. Your exile is the temporary captivity of a thought; your return is the inner alignment with the living reality of God within. When you hold to the perception 'I AM,' the outer world follows the inner fragrance.