Inner Babylon, Inner Return

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner theatre, the siege and judgment described in Jeremiah are not about geography but the mind's weather. Babylon is the old state of fear and domination that would keep you in bondage, the habit of thinking you are your lack and exile. When the text cries out for siege and vengeance, hear it as a call to rearrange your inner furniture: put yourselves in array against the belief that you are small, align your attitudes round the truth of I AM, and shoot toward freedom with the straight arrows of attention. The foundations fall not to prove a history but to reveal that your old identity is unstable; the 'king of Babylon' is the habit that swallows your energy, and Nebuchadrezzar is the stronghold of doubt that breaks your bones only in your own dream. Then comes the promise: I will bring Israel again to his habitation; you will feed on Carmel and Bashan, and your soul will be satisfied on Mount Ephraim and Gilead. This is your inner restoration: when you stop seeking outward conquest and affirm the lasting possession of your true self, forgiveness follows as a natural consequence.