Inner Temple of Your Mind

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the verse the walls of the house within are clad with cedar boards, the floor and the ceiling covered, the interior fully prepared. This is not a mere building of timber but a revelation of your own consciousness. Cedar signifies nobility, steadfastness, and a barrier that holds fear out; the floor anchors your life in a stable ground—the present I AM. The ceiling marks the boundary of heaven on earth, pointing to the horizon of awareness that you constantly revise by imagination. To worship truly is to set apart, to consecrate your sensory attention to the divine I AM, not outward rites. The internal covering mirrors the discipline of thought and feeling; you cover the inner space with a single quality such as love, faith, or gratitude. The absence of exterior structure does not matter; what matters is the interior separation from misbelief, the setting apart of the mind for God. The inner temple is already built by your assumption; the walls are your convictions, the floor your foundation, the ceiling your openness to higher truth. The Presence of God is not a place but the awareness that you are; you are the temple, and the temple is you.