Wormwood of False Prophecy

Neville's Inner Vision

Within your consciousness, the 'prophets' are living states of mind—patterns of speech that pretend to speak for God but have become corrupt. When the Lord says He will feed them wormwood and make them drink the water of gall, He is describing the consequence of listening to bitter, untrue assumptions that travel from one inner voice to another. The land of your being becomes profane when such thoughts go forth, tainting every region of your inner world. In Neville's terms, the true reality is your I AM, the always-present awareness that can revise any thought. These bitter voices reveal a state of consciousness insisting on doom, guilt, or external blame. You are not condemned, you are invited to awaken to a higher state. The act of substitution—replacing the lie with the truth of your divine identity—transforms the effect. The worms of bitterness dissolve when the new assumption takes root: I am the I AM; this consciousness knows only life and purity; I drink only the water of life from the fountain within.