Inner Pit, Captive Mind

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the Jeremiah drama, every detail is a state of consciousness. The pit is the mind’s burial ground for fear; the dead bodies are past actions you have refused to feel and transform. Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, embodies a restless habit that fills that pit with old grievances whenever threat arises. The pit Asa built to fear Baasha becomes the stage on which your inner drama plays out. When Ishmael carries away the remaining people—king’s daughters and others—your inner qualities are taken into exile, and you feel your life thinning as if external powers control your fate. But this is only a story your imagination tells about yourself. The I AM, your awareness, can revise it: acknowledge the fear, release the grip on the narrative, and invite the captives back into Mizpah as aspects of your own creative self. By choosing awareness, you reclaim every part of your being and return to peace, even amid seeming conflict.