Foundation Stones of Inner Kingship

Neville's Inner Vision

Where the verse speaks of a king, recognize the inner ruler within you—the I AM awakening consciousness. The great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones symbolize the images and beliefs you choose to use as the building material of your inner temple. To lay the foundation of the house is to fix the base upon which every experience will rise. When you command, you are not directing others; you are directing your own state of awareness. Choosing large stones means you insist on sturdy, substantial assumptions; costly stones mean you prize feelings and ideas worth cherishing; hewed stones mean you shape and refine your images until they fit together in a coherent pattern. The foundation determines what can be built above it—whether your life aligns with your deepest sense of truth or shows cracks from neglect. By laboring to establish a solid inner foundation, you invite a stable, enduring presence of God as your awareness. Obedience and faithfulness, in this light, are simply consistent attention to the inner state you cultivate. The temple exists as the condition of your mind, not a place in time.