Temple Within, Night Visitation

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through Neville’s lens, the finishing of the house is the mind settling into a fixed, workable state. The 'house of the LORD' becomes the sanctuary of awareness within you, while the king’s house represents the outer life brought into alignment under that inner light. When 'all that came into Solomon's heart' is the stream of imaginative acts and inspirations you entertain, and they are prosperously effected, it means your inner planning harmonizes with the divine pattern and your outer world follows in order. The night visitation, 'the LORD appeared to Solomon,' is the I AM revealing itself to your attention as the self-aware consciousness that you are. Your prayers are not mere words but the very vibration of your state, and to say 'I have heard thy prayer' is to know that in this state, prayer is already answered. The declaration that this place is 'a house of sacrifice' designates your inner sanctuary as a site where ego-will yields to divine will. Practice is simple: enter the present moment and assume you are already in such a temple, feeling the I AM witness your thoughts and ready your life for sacrifice to divine purpose.