The Inner Altar of Peace

Neville's Inner Vision

From the Neville lens, the altar is not a place out there but a state of consciousness within you. When David built the altar and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, the story describes a turning of your inner climate toward mercy. The land of Israel stands for your life—its abundance and its fragilities—while the plague represents the mind’s fear, guilt, or division. The acts of sacrifice symbolize a deliberate shift of state: to burn away ego’s noise and to dwell in a higher harmony with the I AM that you are. The staying of the plague comes as the inner agreement that you have moved into that higher state, and you live from the consciousness that gives rise to all appearances. Therefore, the practical path is a spiritual revision: assume you are already before the inner altar, imagine the accepted sacrifice, and feel the relief as mercy governs your world. The event is not historical so much as a proof of your own awakening: by choosing and feeling the higher state, you soften the sense of separation and enable the desired condition to manifest.