Jeremiah 42:18 — Inner Exile And Return

Neville's Inner Vision

Jeremiah 42:18 speaks in the language of judgment, but in the Neville mode it speaks to your inner state. The Egypt is the old pattern of fear and lack you would return to when you abandon your present awareness. The anger and fury poured out upon Jerusalem are your own violent, unconscious thoughts that arise when you imagine yourself separated from the I AM. If you spiritually reenact this decree by dwelling in old stories, you will feel exiled from the place you now stand in consciousness. Yet the law remains constant: you are the I AM, the witness who creates by attention. To reinterpret, do not fear the decree; instead, revise it by assuming the person you desire to be is already there, dwelling in the inner Jerusalem, not in the Egypt of craving or blame. See this place as a state of mind that you can choose to inhabit right now. When you hold the conviction that your present consciousness is the fulfilled result, the old exile dissolves. Your future is your present assumption; the exile ends as you awaken to the truth that you are always where you imagine yourself to be.