Inner Exile, Awake Now

Neville's Inner Vision

Judah's exile in this verse is not a distant history but a doorway into your own mind. The captivity spoken of is a state of consciousness—the belief that you are broken, subservient to harsh conditions, and unable to rest. The heathen among whom she dwells are the inner voices of doubt, the servitude a habit of thought, the 'straits' a narrowing of imagination. When you accept the appearance of limitation, the mind invites a suffocating pressure—the persecutors overtaking between the straits. Yet this is only a character you are playing in your dream. The liberator is within: the I AM that you are, your central awareness, which never truly departs from you. In inner revision, declare that a realm of peace is already established by your own consciousness; the external city will reflect that order when you hold fast to it. Begin with a simple assumption: I am at rest within the sovereignty of my mind, even while appearances argue otherwise. See the environment as a projection; let the inner light dissolve the sense of captivity. Imagination is not escape but realization—it rewrites the scene until the outer speaks the truth you have embraced inside.