Inner Spoils, Inner Victory

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of each city as a state of consciousness you carry within. The spoil and cattle are inner riches—beliefs, talents, and energies you claim as your own, not as conquest of others. The act of smiting with the edge of the sword signifies cutting away stubborn doubts, stale stories, and limiting identifications that drain your vitality. Leaving none to breathe means you refuse to grant fear any lingering presence; you clear space for the new you who already stands in a land of fulfillment. In Neville's terms, God is the I AM within, and imagination is the instrument by which you decree what you are and possess. Read as inner drama, this passage describes deliberate awakening: you take the inner spoils, you destroy the habits that keep you small, and you affirm a total, breathless achievement at the level of being. The outer narrative becomes a mirror of your interior victory, a reminder that every conquest begins as a revision in consciousness.