Inner Table of Presence

Neville's Inner Vision

In the Neville sense, these lines are not mere conduct but the inner instruments of consciousness. The dishes, spoons, covers and bowls stand for the refined vessels of attention through which the life of awareness feeds itself; gold marks purity and the uncorrupted I AM that remains unaffected by circumstance. The table on which the bread is set represents the structure of your inner thought, the place where nourishment for perception is prepared. The perpetual table before the Lord is the continuous Presence you keep in awareness, not a distant rite but a daily practice of consciousness. When you imagine these symbols, you rehearse controlling your inward state: you feed your thoughts with truth, cover them with reverence, and honor the Presence as your constant companion. Framed this way, worship becomes a way of living from within, a covenant loyalty enacted through attention and feeling. Every moment of choosing thoughts and feelings becomes a sacrament that invites the Presence to dwell as you.