Inner Zion Abundant Planting
Jeremiah 31:5-6 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Jeremiah 31 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse speaks of restoring abundance in the mind's mountains and a call to ascend to Zion. It portrays a move from exile to return as a present inner reality.
Neville's Inner Vision
Within the dream of Jeremiah, the mountains of Samaria are not stone but states of consciousness where vines may be planted. The planter is your imaginal faculty; to plant is to invest attention with life, and to eat them as common things is to accept everyday abundance as a natural outgrowth of your inner weather. The watchmen on the mount Ephraim cry, 'Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God'—this is the inner invitation to awaken from forgetfulness and ascend into the one God within, the I AM. Exile is the sense of separation from that I AM; return is the recognition that the Kingdom of God is within, that Zion is the consciousness of God in you. The day is now. When you assume the vision of abundance—vines on the mountains of your mind—your imagination revises reality, and the external world follows. You are not seeking a future; you are becoming the inner state that makes the world you inhabit.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: assume the state of abundance—plant vines on the mountains of your mind and feel the ascent to Zion as already complete. Let the imagined reality prove itself in daily experience.
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