Circle of the Earth Within

Neville's Inner Vision

In the stillness of your inner world, this chapter speaks not of distant empires but of your own consciousness. God—your I AM—sits on the circle of the earthly scene, and the inhabitants there are but your present identifications. The grasshoppers are the small fears and petty judgments that crowd the moment; the heavens stretched like a curtain are the limits you have accepted as real. The princes and judges of the earth are the opinions of power you have believed in, yet they are vanity when viewed from the throne of awareness. When you recognize that all outer tumult arises from your inner state, they shall not be planted, nor sown, nor rooted in a changed soil; they will be blown away by the wind of your revision. The whirlwind becomes a natural consequence of your inner decision. Thus the Kingdom of God is not a distant realm but the awareness you occupy. Change the state, and the world rearranges itself to reflect your new order.