Fortified Cities Within You

Neville's Inner Vision

These fenced cities are your inner dominions of consciousness; each gate is a choice of attention, each wall a boundary you honor in awareness. The names you read are not separate towns but facets of mind: calm and courage, patience and discernment, loyalty and love. The surrounding villages are the daily expressions—habits, relationships, and activities—that spring from those inner centers. The nineteen speaks of wholeness: a complete interior kingdom, presently claimed by your I AM. In this light Joshua becomes a portrait of your waking mind surveying its own territory and declaring this is mine. The Presence of God dwells within these fortifications, not outside you, and your imagination is the architect that sustains and enlarges them. When you assume a state of consciousness as if you already possess these cities, the walls relax, the gates yield to new idea, and your entire life moves to harmonize with that assumed reality. Practice this inner survey and let your feeling of ownership deepen the impression of the kingdom within.