From Fruitful Land to Inner Wilderness

Neville's Inner Vision

Jeremiah’s picture is not about geography but the inner condition of consciousness. The 'fruitful place' is the mind when it yields abundant images and desires in alignment with the I AM. The moment the presence of the LORD—your awareness—enters, the inner weather shifts; what seemed fruitful collapses into wilderness if your assumptions cling to separation or fear. The 'cities' are the habitual beliefs and structures of self-image that clothe your life; when anger is stirred within, they crumble, not as punishment but as the remodeling of your mental city into a state that can receive the divine. In Neville’s terms, the whole scene is an inner demonstration: change the state, and the landscape changes. You are not at the mercy of external destructions; you are encountering the dissolving of old images that no longer serve the I AM. The remedy is to change your inner pictures, to fix your attention on the I AM, to imagine in the end-state of wholeness already accomplished, and to let imagination do the work of realignment.