Sanctifying the Inner Altar

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Neville's frame, the altar is not stone but your present state of awareness. Each daily bullock is a turning away from mistaken identities, a sacrifice of the old I AM that believed itself separate from God. The cleansing of the altar after atonement is the mental revision that purges fear and convinces your attention to rest on the I AM—the one reality. Anointing it signifies setting apart your consciousness for holiness, a deliberate act of consecration in how you attend to thought and feeling. The seven days of atonement echo ongoing practice: repeat this revision until the sense of separation dissolves and the interior becomes a sanctified shrine. As you inhabit this new state, whatever touches the altar—your thoughts, judgments, or sensations—will carry holiness because they are colored by the renewed awareness. This is not external ritual; it is the inner transformation: when your I AM is sanctified, life itself reflects that sanctity in every event and encounter.