Linen Garments of Inner Worship

Neville's Inner Vision

Say to yourself: the gates of the inner court open not to be proven but to be revealed. The linen garments are not fabric worn on the body, but the consciousness you wear as your reality. Linen, without wool, speaks of purity: the mind unclothed of sweat-born toil, free from the fever of effort to prove itself. When you enter in your imagination, you minister from a state of integrity, not from struggle. The linen bonnet and breeches signify order in perception—the thoughts you allow to govern you are aligned with your true you, the I AM, the stillness behind all activity. This is true worship: a steady, clean state of consciousness through which events in your life are not forced by outward ritual but arise from inner decrees. As you practice, you do not abrade the body with sweat of fear; you instead abide in awareness, and the outer world reflects the purity of your inner dress, the function and vocation you accept as supported by your inner state. Your ministry then becomes a natural expression of consciousness, rather than a performance.