Awakening the Inner Mountain

Neville's Inner Vision

All of this passage is a map of inner states. The act of forsaking the LORD is when the mind turns from the I AM to the world and its proofs. The 'holy mountain' is the sanctuary of awareness within; the 'table for that troop' and 'drink offering unto that number' symbolize worship of crowds, numbers, and external idols. When you are called—when the inner voice speaks—you did not answer, because you believed sensation and circumstance were more real than your inner reality. You chose what delighted the senses, not what delighted the I AM. The 'sword' is the waking discipline of consciousness that comes as you revise your state. The cure is simple: assume the state that you are the I AM, that you hear, and that you answer. Build the inner temple so solidly that your outer world arranges itself to the feeling of that presence. In this revision, the 'judgment' is not punishment but a clearing of thoughts until only the Presence remains, and true worship flows again.