Wheat, Oil, and the Inner Temple

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the I AM, Ezekiel's figures translate into an inner discipline: the sixth part of your mental ephah of wheat and barley is the deliberate allocation of thoughts you nourish with attention. The tenth part of a bath of oil is the anointing of your awareness—wisdom you apply to your choosing, to your feelings, to your seeing. These measures are not external rules but inner movements of consciousness, a way of consecrating the ordinary into sacred use. When you attend to a fixed proportion of your mental content and your energy, you become the temple where God is recognized as I AM rather than as an outside authority. The grain speaks of nourishment for the mind; the oil speaks of the vitality you pour into life. By practicing a steady revision—assessing what you entertain and what you release—you create a holiness that is practical, present, and personal. The oblation becomes a daily act of becoming more aware, more faithful to the truth that the I AM is within you, and that your inner worship aligns you with a 'holy' state wherever you stand.