Inner Gateways of Worship

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this text I hear the gate not as brick and mortar but as a door in your consciousness. The three little chambers on each side symbolize three steady states you must cherish: reverent attention, purified motive, and the presence of God within. The fact they are of one measure shows these states belong to a single field of awareness, not separate rooms to explore. The breadth of the entry (ten cubits) and the length (thirteen) sketch the ground you walk in imagination—the space your I AM may fill with purpose. The little spaces before the chambers are invitations to pause, breathe, and choose your next gesture from a centered awareness. The six-cubit chambers indicate stable, practiced attitudes within that sacred corridor, while the posts of sixty cubits around the court remind you that your surrounding inner air—your mental atmosphere—guards the holy circle of consciousness you enter. Seeing the gate as a door through which God enters, you recognize that all external form responds to the dimension you occupy in awareness. The temple is your own mind illuminated by a single, unchanging I AM.