No Sanctuary for Violent Minds

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's terms, the 'man' is a state of consciousness, and the 'altar' is an inner sanctuary—an image of self-justifying belief. To 'take him from mine altar' is to withdraw the protective illusion that one can act with violence and still remain in good standing with God. When a violent or guileful impulse arises, it exposes an inner condition that must be faced, not hidden behind ritual. The law speaks to the inner law of consciousness: the moment you stop identifying with that killer thought and refuse to defend it as righteous, the thought loses life. The die of that state dissolves as you reaffirm the I AM as the sole reality—peaceful, just, and non-violent. This is the true sanctuary: a consciousness that cannot harbor harm and that aligns outer events with inner transformation. You are invited to dwell in the awareness that you are the I AM, and through that realization, the urge to harm falls away and you walk in justice.