Refuge Cities Within

Neville's Inner Vision

View the cities not as geographic fragments but as states of consciousness you inhabit. The Jordan boundary and the land of Canaan stand for the outer conditions and the inner dispositions of your mind. The command to place three cities on each side points to three stable inner stations you cultivate: a vigilant awareness that you are safe in the I AM, a just discernment that refuses guilt or punishment, and a merciful forgiveness that releases every grievance. The ‘refuge’ is not a wall but your I AM—the ever-present I AM that cannot be touched by accusation. When you feel accusation, imagine instant relocation into a refuge city; there you affirm innocence, grant yourself mercy, and feel protected as a natural quality of your being. As you linger there, your imagination acts upon events in your life, softening fear and transforming outcomes. The split between Jordan and Canaan mirrors the movement from external appearances to inner unity with God within. The true deliverance and salvation come from this interior arrangement: you are already protected, and your liberation manifests where you dwell in consciousness.