Inner Mercy Through Repentance Practice

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the scripture, the house of Judah is not a people afar, but a state of awareness within you. The 'evil' I purpose to do unto them is the stirring of inner events—consequences that arise when consciousness forgets its unity. The invitation, 'that they may return,' is the turning of the mind from its wayward thoughts back to its original, obedient alignment with the I AM. In Neville's sense, mercy is not a distant act but the natural response of your I AM when you revise your self-image to include the end you seek. Forgiveness of iniquity and sin is the inner cleansing that follows a decisive revision: you stop resisting your own good and claim the new state as your present fact. The moment you imagine you are forgiven, you enter the feeling of exemption from past limitation, and the outer world aligns with this inner reconciliation. The verse is an invitation to revision: assume the end, feel the mercy, and let your inner man respond as if the merciful I AM has already acted.