Inner Idols, Divine Gifts

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Ezekiel’s piercing verdict you hear the cry of consciousness itself. You took the jewels of your inner awareness—the gold and silver of gifted attention—and you dressed them for idols. You formed images of men and set them before your life’s screen, and you called that substitute worship. The oil and incense you were given to lift prayer you offered to these imagined deities, and the bread and honey you were fed became a sweet savour for counterfeit gods. The inner state is judged because loyalty to the I AM is pledged to substitutes rather than to the one Self. Yet notice: the One Presence never left you; you left it for a glittering appearance. When you observe yourself reverencing an idol, you are witnessing a long-standing habit of consciousness in motion. The remedy is simple and immediate: return your entire attention to the I AM, affirm that these gifts exist to serve consciousness and not to feed images, and dwell in the feeling of devotion to the One. In that turning, the inner throne is reclaimed and true worship resumes within.