The Inner Sabbath Practice

Neville's Inner Vision

Remember that the Sabbath is not a day you keep but a state you enter. In you lies the I AM, the Lord within your gates, who rested from creation and blessed the seventh day. The six days of labor represent the busy thoughts and actions of your outer self; the seventh day is the quiet consciousness in which you cease from struggle and let what you already are express itself. When you remember the Sabbath, you recall your true identity as creator and observer; your work becomes a projection on the screen of imagination, a verification of the inner assumption you hold. The prohibition of work on this day is not a rule to enforce, but a reminder to let your attention rest in the still point of awareness, to feel the certainty that heaven and earth are within you now. Every day can be lived from that inner seventh-day stance, where holiness is a disposition of mind, borders are internal, and the blessing of the Sabbath becomes your habitual mood of being.