Inner Sacrifice, Inner Worship

Neville's Inner Vision

Verse after verse, I hear the inner voice: the multitude of animal sacrifices is a symbol of a mind clinging to form while the living I AM stands unrecognized within. In this reading, God is not impressed by the blood on the altar, but by the state of consciousness that offers the ritual. When the prophet asks, Who hath required this at your hand? he points us to the truth that the outer ceremony reveals an inner belief—separation, fear, and a craving for control. To me, this is a call to bring the inner sanctuary to life: substitute the picture of an ample sacrifice with the image of a faithful inner life. The real offering is obedience to the divine I AM here and now—the alignment of thoughts, feelings, and actions with righteousness and justice. The praise of the outer courts becomes the quiet, continuous flow of awareness that appears before the Self as attention, reverence, and compassionate intent. Your reality follows your inner state; change the state, and the world reorders itself.