Jeremiah 23:39 Inner Presence

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner light, Jeremiah’s words declare that I, the I AM, will forget and forsake the city. But remember, the words are spoken within consciousness, not about an external reality. 'God' is the I AM that witnesses every state of mind. The city is a pattern of thoughts, a habit of mind you have mistaken for your identity. When you feel forgotten, you have staged a separation in your own awareness. Yet the I AM cannot forget itself, for awareness is singular; to be forgotten is to fall into a dream of forgetfulness. The so-called exile corresponds to a transient shift in focus away from the presence you truly are. The remedy is not to argue with the outer world, but to revise from the inside: assume that you are forever in the presence of the I AM, and feel that presence now as your own. In that act, the intention to be remembered renders itself; you awaken to the truth that the city you inhabit is sustained by consciousness itself, and you are never cast out from your own being.