Daily Offerings of Imagination

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Neville Goddard’s psychology, Ezra’s temple becomes a state of consciousness. The 'bullocks, rams, and lambs' and the 'wheat, salt, wine, and oil' are not cattle and grain in a courtyard, but movements of energy and attention you consecrate to your inner altar. The appointment of the priests at Jerusalem embodies the rules and habits you establish in mind—the rhythms you allow to govern your page of experience. When you hold these offerings day by day, you saturate your atmosphere with a sweet savour, a sign that your I AM is fully aware and engaged. The prayer for the life of the king and of his sons translates to a prayer for vitality and flourishing of your outer life—your projects, goals, and relationships—through the life that animates your inner God. The command to provide without fail teaches constancy: your assumption that you are cared for and empowered by divine presence becomes the seed that grows form. Trust that inner supply births outer order, if you keep the altar trimmed and your attention anchored in the I AM.