Inner Anointing and Obedience

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the scripture the holy place is not a building but the state of consciousness that follows a precise inner order. The anointing oil and the sweet incense symbolize the blending of elevated feeling and clear awareness poured into attention, a fragrance of devotion wafting through the temple of your mind. When God says, 'according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do,' He is revealing the memory of consciousness that already knows the right decision. You are not waiting for an external command; you are awakening to the fact that I AM, your awareness, must obey the inner law you have already imagined into being. Obedience is not servitude but alignment: you revise your present sense of self to that which would enact the command. As you dwell in that revised self, the inner room fills with holy oil and incense, and the exterior world begins to reflect that sanctified air. The 'temple' becomes a mirror of inner discipline; act from the completed assumption that you already obey.