Inner Altar of Whole Stones

Neville's Inner Vision

In the Neville Goddard mode, this directive is not about physical masonry but the architecture of consciousness. The altar built of whole stones represents an inner posture that remains intact under all trials—unfragmented, unwavering, a living image of the I AM within. The stones symbolize fixed states of awareness: courage, devotion, trust, and gratitude—each stone kept whole, undisturbed by doubt. When you stand in the alchemical fire of imagination, the burnt offerings become not sacrifices to a distant deity but the release of egoic tendencies that obscure God within. The act of offering is the surrender of false identities and limited self-concepts: the thoughts “I am not worthy,” or “I must change before I am accepted.” In this light, the LORD thy God is your own consciousness—the I AM—calling you to fidelity to that inner covenant, to worship not with ritual, but with unwavering alignment. External forms become symbolic: your room, your day, your breath are altar and offering if you remain consciously aware.