Inner Ark Awakening

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the outward service of doorkeepers and trumpet-blowers marks a single inner discipline: to guard the sacred space of awareness and to announce its awakening. The ark stands for the I AM, the living Presence within. The doorkeepers are inner habits that keep the door of consciousness clear of distraction; the priests who blow the trumpets are inner affirmations that vibrate the field of awareness, calling forth the Presence. When Berechiah, Elkanah, and the others stand at the doorway, they symbolize not a crowd, but the disciplined states of mind that allow God to enter. The trumpet blasts before the ark signify sound-as-imagery - imagery that stirs feeling and attention toward the inner shrine. Obededom and Jehiah at the door remind us that attentive watchfulness is not enforcement but devotion; holiness and separation are achieved by aligning with the inner truth that I AM is here now. The narrative shows that worship is not distant ritual but the conscious arrangement of mind to host God within, through steady attention, reverent feeling, and steadfast inner keeping.