Desolation to Renewal Within

Neville's Inner Vision

Let us view this scene through the I AM that is your true identity. The desolation of the land and the scattering of your people are not external judgments but the inner settlements of belief that you are separate from God. When you feel the land barren and the cities wasted, recognize that you have forgotten your oneness; the enemies dwelling therein are your doubts, your fear, your habit of limitation. Their astonishment is the alarm of consciousness, reminding you that you have the power to change the dream by shifting states. The ruler within you is the I AM, the living idea that never left perfect unity. By assumption, you can reclaim possession and restore fertility to your inner land. Do not beg for mercy from an external judge; instead, awaken to the truth that your thoughts and feelings are the true architects of your world. When you persist in the conviction that you are whole and in possession, the outer desolation dissolves and a new city of awareness rises in its place. Renewal is not distant; it is the inevitable expression of a mind that knows itself as God.