Inner Life vs Eternal Punishment

Neville's Inner Vision

From my vantage, the words do not describe a future heaven or hell; they reveal your present mind at work. 'Punishment' is the currency of a consciousness that believes in separation, lack, and judgment; 'life eternal' is the natural and continuous state when you awaken to the I AM, the one awareness that you are. When you imagine yourself as separate from God, you experience the illusion of punishment as if reality were punishment outside of you. But the mystery is that God within never judges; it is your own imagining that creates your experience. The condemnation you fear is the residual effect of a mind trained to fix identity on fear. The eternal life is not a distant fate but the ever-present consciousness that says, 'I am.' To choose life eternal, you must assume that you are already in that state, and your acts will align with that memory of reality. The two heads of the same coin—punishment and life eternal—are only the states of your attention. Shift your attention, revise your assumption, and your life reflects the change as if by magic.