The Inner Oracle and the Ark

Neville's Inner Vision

To the one who reads this through the I AM, the text is not about architecture but about states of consciousness. The 'house within' is your inner sanctuary; the 'oracle' is the disciplined imagination you refine there. When Solomon prepares that oracle to set there the ark, he is pointing to a primal act: you choose to house the covenant in your own awareness. The ark stands for the I AM presence—the eternal truth you carry into every moment. By placing it in the inner sanctuary, you declare that your loyalty is to this ruling awareness, and that holiness is a separateness of mind from fear and noise. Practice the assumption: you already carry the covenant within; feel that God is with you as your own I AM. If you persist in this feeling, the outer becomes a reflection of your inner order. The temple need not be grand in stones; it is the clarity of consciousness in which you dwell, and in that dwelling, the presence of God becomes tangible and real.