Firstfruits of the Inner Temple

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of this command as a map of your inner economy. The firstfruits are the leading edge of your present moment, the finest feeling and belief you offer to the I AM within. The house of the LORD is the temple of awareness where you attend to imagining. To seethe a kid in his mother's milk is to blend two incompatible states—the vitality of your new self with the old, nourishing it with doubt, habit, or fear. When you treat the firstfruits with reverence, you are claiming that a higher state of consciousness can stand alone, unheated by the prior self. Each day, you are asked to present the best of your inner life: a clear intention, a vivid feeling of having already arrived, and the quiet certainty that this state is your reality. By not boiling the old and the new together, you keep the sanctity of your worship intact and allow the new self to mature, guided by awareness rather than struggle.