The Inner Veil of Divine Practice

Neville's Inner Vision

Exodus 36:35 presents a veil woven of blue, purple, scarlet, and linen, with cherubim wrought in cunning fashion. In Neville’s psychology, that veil is a fixed belief in separation—the boundary my I AM mind has drawn between God and myself. The colors are symbolic states I must observe within: blue for faith and steadfast awareness, purple for divine royalty or authority claiming the inner throne, scarlet for ardor and vital energy, linen for purity of perception. The cherubim stand at the threshold as the guard-beings of my dream, while the craft behind the veil is my own imaginative making—the cunning work by which I have persuaded myself that I am apart from the Presence. The moment I recognize the veil as a product of imagination, I can revise by assuming the truth of oneness: I am the I AM, here and now, and the Presence fills the temple of my mind. As I dwell in that assumed state, the veil loses its power and the divine reality becomes the vivid scene behind it.