Inner Almug Pillars

Neville's Inner Vision

Here, the outer ceremony mirrors an inner alignment. The almug trees are not literal timber but the rare resources of consciousness—products of a state of awareness that can crown both the sanctuary within and the life you build outside. The king, who sits in sovereign consciousness, uses these precious impressions to establish pillars in the temple of God and in the king’s house, showing that your inner light becomes the structural support of every outward endeavor. Notice that the verse also notes such trees were not seen again; Neville would say that when you insist in imagination on the self as king, external tokens may fade, but the inner arrangement remains. The true temple is your awareness; the lavish constructs are your assumed states—the disciplines of worship and leadership resting on a single consciousness. To progress, dwell in the conviction that you already possess the inner resources required to sustain both reverence and daily life.