The Cup of Inner Nations

Neville's Inner Vision

Take the image as a symbol of my own consciousness. The cup in the LORD's hand is my current assumption about life; the nations to drink are the many facets of my mind—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, the kings and princes—my beliefs, desires, fears, and habits. When I insist that these parts must be desolated, astonished, cursed, I project hardship into my world. The verse is not a threat but a demonstration: I am the one whose awareness can decree a different inner weather. By faith I revise: the desolation is a release of old blocks; the astonishment is the surprise of a new alignment; the hissing and curse are undone by replacing the old creed with a living sense of unity in God. In present memory I drink of a different cup, one that confirms wholeness rather than punishment. The Kingdom of God is within, and every inner nation responds to my assumption. I am the I AM, and by shifting my focus I rearrange the inner kingdoms into harmony.