Inner Temple of Awe

Neville's Inner Vision

She enters the scene as every reader who discovers the alignment of inner faculties with outer forms. The wisdom of Solomon, the house he built, the table, the attendants—these are not merely stones and schedules, but symbols of a mind ordered by deliberate image. When she beholds the outer temple, the inner Self is moved to a moment of surrender, and 'there was no more spirit in her' becomes the moment when the old self dissolves before the Majesty of the Presence within. In Neville's sense, God is the I AM perceiving through imagination, and the whole procession of wealth and ceremony points to one truth: the inner state produces the outer scene. If you can conceive an inner temple, cultivate the feeling of its sovereignty, and assume that such magnificence already attends you, your senses will reflect that reality. The queen's astonishment is your cue: awaken to the inner palace, and your outer life will bear witness to its Presence.