Inner Exile, Inner Return

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's language, the 'days come' are inner stages of consciousness. The house is your current state of mind, the things your fathers laid up are inherited beliefs and identifications. The coming of Babylon is the movement of your attention toward a broader reality, where the old sense of security dissolves. The line 'nothing shall be left' means that the old structure collapses so that you may be remade in the likeness of your true I AM. The 'sons' who shall issue from thee represent future faculties or aspects of yourself you have not yet allowed to mature—now they will be taken into exile in the palace of the king of Babylon, i.e., they are redirected to the world of appearances to be tested and purified. This is not punishment but a symbolic invitation to stop relying on outer possessions for inner identity. If you accept this shift with a prayerful imagination, you can revise the story by declaring that your inner kingdom remains intact, and by invoking the I AM as your true ruler. In that acceptance, the exile becomes a birth into a higher alignment, and the return to consciousness.