The Inner Prison and Release

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine the city as your own state of consciousness. Jeremiah’s court of the prison is not a place but a disposition of attention—stopped by circumstance, yet alive to the I AM within. The fall of Jerusalem is not a punishment but a signal: the outer scene mirrors an inner move. For in the Goddard view, God is the I AM, the awareness that never yields to appearances. Jeremiah endures, not as a victim, but as the faithful witness who refuses to abandon the inner calling while the world seems to crumble. The prison becomes a sanctuary where you continue to perceive the truth you intend to manifest; the taking of the city reveals that the moment of realization was already present in consciousness long before any outer change. When you hold to the inner fact that you are the observer, your thoughts, feelings, and circumstances begin to realign with that truth. Imagination creates reality, and as you dwell in that inner state, the outer ruins recede and a renewed inner city quietly arises, waiting to be lived as your day-to-day life.