Inner Wilderness Cities

Neville's Inner Vision

In this moment of inner life, the wilderness is not a distant place but your current state of awareness. The six cities—Betharabah, Middin, Secacah, Nibshan, the salt city, and Engedi—become stations of consciousness that you may cultivate within. They stand as facets of mind you tend with steadfast covenant loyalty: perception, memory, intention, feeling, community, and sacred devotion. Rather than seeking God in far lands, you are invited to recognize the I AM, the presence of God within, as the ruler who moves through these cities, translating wilderness into a kingdom of God. When you remember that the land you walk is inside you, you can populate the inner landscape with order, peace, and fidelity to the covenant. Each city becomes a doorway to an aspect of your being that loves and serves the I AM. As you dwell there, the sense of separation dissolves and the divine presence enlarges your entire experience.