Inner Court Boundaries of Worship

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the court as the boundary I consciously erect in my mind around the tabernacle of my life. The south and north hangings symbolize the thoughts and feelings I permit to approach my inner sanctuary. The brass pillars and their silver hooks are my beliefs—brass for tested strength, silver for purity of intention—holding the space I claim as mine. The true worship that unfolds within this enclosure arises when I treat the I AM, the awareness of God within, as the ruler of this boundary. For Neville, God is not distant; I am the God I know as I AM, and this I AM chooses what may enter the field of experience. When I imagine the court, I feel discipline and fidelity operating as structures that protect reverent attention. I do not beg the temple to grow outward; I refine the inner boundary until I sense the I AM presiding there, and every moment flows from that realized presence.