Inner Desolation, Divine Presence

Neville's Inner Vision

Do not let anger rule your mind; the memory of sin is not a truth about you. The 'we' in the verse is the single I AM addressing itself, the one consciousness that calls itself 'thy people.' When you see 'Thy holy cities' in the desert, you are looking at the inner states of awareness—peace, worship, and beauty—that have become barren because attention has drifted to the past. 'Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation' is the inner weather—your attention is scattered, your inner temple has felt fire, your judgments burn and leave ashes. Yet the line 'Our holy and our beautiful house' is not gone from God; it is the inner temple awaiting recognition. The true worship happens when you refuse to retreat into grievance and instead acknowledge the one consciousness that dwells in you as the world is renewed by your recognition. The movement from desolation to presence is a shift in awareness, not in geography; you awaken by affirming 'I am thy people' and by feeling the city rebuilt within.