Temple Within: Beautified by Imagination

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider that the 'glory of Lebanon' and the noble trees are not distant landscapes but inner dispositions seeking expression. In Neville’s terms, the sanctuary is your own consciousness, and the 'place of my sanctuary' refers to the ground you stand upon within awareness—the foundation from which every sense of life arises. The verse invites you to allow beauty to enter by aligning with the I AM—the undeniable, present awareness you are. When you imagine the fir, pine, and box trees coming to beautify this inner room, you are not decorating an outward temple; you are revising your state of being. Imagination is not frivolity here but a law: what you dwell on in feeling becomes your reality. So, you embrace the feeling of the space as already glorious; you feel the weight and the light of divine presence resting at the base of your awareness. The promise that God will make the place glorious becomes a confirmation of your own inner achievement. Begin from inside, and outward appearances follow as the temple shines with inner beauty.