Inner Turning Luke 13:3

Neville's Inner Vision

Repentance in the Neville view is not a list of sins to confess but a revision of your inner state. The verse does not threaten a vengeful God; it reveals the nature of consciousness itself: cling to a fixed self and you perish in that rigidity, loosen that grip and you awaken. When you say, 'I repent,' you are really saying, 'I am willing to change my mind about who I am.' The act of turning occurs inside, through the discipline of imagination. See the old idea of yourself dying away as you imagine a new self taking root—the I AM who does not fear lack, limitation, or judgment. The moment you maintain the feeling of having already joined this higher state, the outer world begins to rearrange itself to fit the inner picture. Perishing is the death of the old self's claim to reality; renewal is the establishment of a fresh mental equivalent that invites new experiences. Your fate is not written apart from your thinking; it is written by the assumption you persist in.