Inner Reign and Inner High Places

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville Goddard’s imagination, this scene speaks to the inner man. The king’s outward righteousness mirrors a state of consciousness aligned with the divine pattern, yet the high places—inner altars of habit and belief—were not removed. The text does not condemn movement toward virtue alone; it reveals the truth that true worship begins when the inner temple is consecrated. The high places symbolize stubborn inner loyalties that persist while you perform pious acts outwardly. To Neville, change is not found in more doings but in an awakened inner state. If you desire a different outcome, you must revise the inner vision: identify the high places as beliefs you have outgrown and declare them removed by the I AM. In that assumption, you awaken to a reality in which the temple is cleansed and your prayers align with the one Reality within you. Your life reflects a single, sovereign consciousness—God as I AM—shaping experience by what you accept as true in feeling and imagination.