Inner Palaces Overgrown - Isaiah 34:13

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the eye of consciousness, Isaiah 34:13 reveals not a geography but a state. Palaces stand for inner dispositions; thorns and nettles are persistent beliefs; dragons and owls are fears that roost where attention lingers in lack. The decay and ruin warn you that a new inner state is needed. Yet this ruin is not a sentence but a signal, inviting you to revise your sense of self. When you imagine differently, the outer scene of judgment is overturned by your inner alignment: you become the one who dwells in the palace, not the wanderer in the ruin. The exile is the mind’s wandering away from the I AM; the return is the conscious reassertion of that truth. By refusing to feed the old drama with your attention, you dissolve it; by assuming a fresh feeling-tone, you awaken to the palace already established in you.