Inner Cities of the Mind

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, Joshua 19:15 is not a census of places but a map of consciousness. Each named city is a quality or state within the soul—Kattath, Nahallal, Shimron, Idalah, Bethlehem—where decisions settle and harmony takes root. The phrase twelve cities with their villages signals a complete, orderly realm—a mind that possesses its interior landscape instead of being ruled by external circumstance. The I AM, the presence of God within, is present in every corner; your birthright is to imagine and thereby realize that inner world. By imagining and affirming these inner territories, you are building the Kingdom of God within you. Bethlehem, the house of bread, nourishes you; Nahallal and Shimron stand for steadfast inner purposes; the villages denote daily, intimate movements of thought and feeling forming unity. Let the inner map become your working reality: claim and dwell in these cities with steady attention, and the sense of separation dissolves as consciousness asserts its unity. Imagination creates reality, and this interior geography is your evidence.