Inner Jerusalem Reclaimed

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Neville's inner scripture, the verse is not history but a state of consciousness. Jerusalem stands for your inner temple; the heathen are restless thoughts and habitual conditions that have invaded your awareness. To say they defiled the temple is to name fear, doubt, and lack crowding your sacred space. The dead bodies of thy servants and the blood shed describe energy spent in defending or entertaining those thoughts, draining your life-force and leaving action without burial in your inner land. The reproach you see in your neighbors mirrors the way your own subconscious reflects your self-image back to you. The turning point of the psalm, however, is a solemn invitation: you can choose another ruler. You are not at the mercy of external events; you are the I AM, the awareness that can revise the scene. By drawing the I AM into the center of your inner city, you can witness the invaders recede and the temple consecrated again. This is a call to responsibility for the inner climate and a declaration that the divine order rests in your choice to claim sovereignty over the temple.