Dwelling in Babylon Within

Jeremiah 29:28 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Jeremiah 29 in context

Scripture Focus

28For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Jeremiah 29:28

Biblical Context

Jeremiah 29:28 invites those in exile to settle into life as it is: build homes, plant gardens, and enjoy their fruit. The passage frames captivity as a long process in which inner cultivation matters as much as outward conditions.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your Babylon is a state of consciousness; the command to build houses and plant gardens is a directive to establish a steady inner village. When you accept that captivity is long, you are invited to take responsibility not for changing the outer timeline, but for fashioning a durable inner life. Imagine you are the I AM, the aware presence that never leaves your side. In that awareness you plant visions, tend to them with steady attention, and eat the fruit of their realization as if it were now. The endurance spoken of is training in allegiance to the end you desire, not a resignation to lack. Each building, each garden corresponds to a habitual feeling, a belief you cultivate until it becomes your atmosphere. As you dwell in this inner city, the world without begins to respond, aligning to your inner plan. The long captivity dissolves as your imagination becomes the author of your circumstance, and you move through time convinced that you have already arrived.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you are already living in a house you have built in your inner life; plant a garden of clear intentions and eat from its fruit. Feel the I AM presence as real now and repeat I AM until the sense of separation dissolves.

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