The Inner Exile and Return

Neville's Inner Vision

Jeremiah's words reveal a law of consciousness: exile begins when you turn your face toward an Egypt of fear and compromise, believing safety lies outside your I AM. The remnant that goes there becomes the image you inhabit, and the sword and famine are the inevitable results of that belief in separation. The punishment is not arbitrary; it is the mind's own accounting for clinging to outer conditions rather than your inner home. Yet the text also reveals a possibility of return: none escapes but those who escape the belief that life resides outside your own consciousness. To return is to shift your state, to refuse the lure of Egypt, and to awaken to the Zion within—the I AM that never left. When you choose that inner return, the external scene aligns; the famine dissolves into abundance, the sword dissolves into harmless movement, and the reproach gives way to quiet dignity.