The Inner Vine of Worship

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider Hosea’s vine as the image of your own consciousness. The fruit you seem to produce outwardly is the ego’s display, directed to self, not to the Divine I AM. The abundance of altars and ornate images reveals that your awareness has scattered into many forms while the core is still divided. The 'heart is divided' is a mind split between two centers of attention: the I AM, the present and indivisible awareness, and the little I that seeks approval, status, or external validation. When the inner state remains double-minded, the outward life cannot be single, true, or steady. God is not out there; He is the I AM within you, the one who sees and creates. The promise to break down altars and spoil images is not punishment but a withdrawal of misplaced importance; you are invited to collapse the outer symbols and redirect your attention to the single consciousness that causes all images to appear. In such alignment, the vine bears fruit for the whole, manifesting peace, integrity, and a return to your inner garden where you know yourself as the one I AM.