Presence Within: Exile Reversed
Jeremiah 23:39-40 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Jeremiah 23 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse speaks of God withdrawing presence and casting the people out, bringing enduring reproach and perpetual shame as a consequence of turning away.
Neville's Inner Vision
Jeremiah’s harsh words describe a moment in your inner life when you identify with separation from the I AM. The ‘forgetting’ and exile are not a distant judgment but a turn of consciousness away from your true being. The city and the presence symbolize your habitual thoughts and the sense of self that feels distant from divine awareness. By recognizing that exile is a mental state you can revise, you reclaim your unity with the I AM. When you deliberately refuse the story of separation and align with the unchanging presence within, you dissolve the sense of being cast out and the weight of perpetual shame. The awakening is always available in your own awareness, here and now, through the choice to hold the I AM as your constant reality and to let the imagined distance dissolve into light.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes, breathe into the I AM, and revise the sense of exile by affirming, I am the I AM here now. See the inner city fade into light as you rest in your unshakable presence.
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