Inner Altar on the Mountain

Neville's Inner Vision

Take the scene as a parable of inner life. The mountain stands for a higher state of consciousness Abram climbs to; Bethel and Hai mark inner dispositions. When he pitches a tent, he stabilizes a temporary dwelling in the mind, a sanctuary where attention can rest. The altar is the decision to worship the LORD within, the deliberate turning of attention toward the I AM, the Presence that already is you. Calling upon the name of the LORD is not begging but recognizing the name of the I AM within as the true reality. In this light, the journey is not geographic but psychological: you move from the familiar exterior into a higher vantage, establish a fixed point of awareness, and invite the Presence to inform your thoughts, feelings, and actions. The eastern ascent symbolizes rising above limited self-conceptions; the westward Bethel is the remembered truth you carry. When you assume this inner altar and call upon the LORD, you begin to broadcast that Presence into every situation, quietly reshaping experience from the inside out, until your external world yields to the sign of this inner worship.