Breastplate of Inner Names

Neville's Inner Vision

This text is not distant ritual but your inner state. The breastplate is the chest of your consciousness, where the names—the many selves and relationships you hold—are inscribed as a constant remembrance before the I AM. The 'breastplate of judgment' marks the heart as a tribunal of awareness, where you observe every movement of mind without condemnation, guided by the inner light of Urim and Thummim—the symbols of illumination you place over your own heart. When you enter the 'holy place' within, you enter a sanctuary where you bear Israel's judgments before the LORD continually, i.e., you hold the effects of your thoughts and beliefs in the living presence of God. The Presence of God is internal: the I AM you are aware of; your imagination becomes the instrument by which you shape reality. By assuming states of fulfillment and revising outworn beliefs, you illuminate the path for every part of you and for others.