Bethel Within: A Stone of Presence

Neville's Inner Vision

Read with the inner eye, the outer acts become movements of your consciousness. The stone is the fixed idea you choose to hold in mind; the oil is the sacred sealing of that idea—anointing your attention and making it real by feeling. Bethel is not a distant city but the house of God within you, the recognition that the I AM is present wherever you are. Jacob’s Luz was the old sense of self; Bethel is the new allegiance—the sure knowledge that God is present as your awareness here and now. This is covenant loyalty: you commit to dwelling in the truth that God is active in your life, not confined to external signs. The ceremony expresses the inner work: the outer ritual is but a symbol of your decision to live from a living consciousness. When you accept this, your life becomes a continuous return to the inner temple, where God’s presence remains constant, waiting for your next inner shift.