Inner Defilement, Inner Worship

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Hosea’s stark line lies a mirror of your own inner sanctuary. The 'house of Israel' is your consciousness; Ephraim’s whoredom is the mind’s temptation to worship images instead of the living I AM. When you mistake outward forms or a chorus of opinions for the presence of God, you commit inner adultery—your attention travels to idols of fear, reputation, or ritual, and you feel defiled because you have separated yourself from the infinite Now. Yet the defilement Hosea names is not externally inflicted; it is a call to awaken to your real state of awareness. The cure is simple and immediate: assume the truth that you are the I AM, that this very awareness is spotless, unchanging, and all. In this reinterpretation, defilement dissolves as you cease projecting divinity onto things and begin recognizing divinity as your own consciousness. See every texture of life as a revelation of your inner worship. When you dwell in the solitude of the I AM and feel its wholeness, the 'horrible thing' vanishes from the inner temple, and you stand undefiled in God.