Cleansing the Inner Temple

Neville's Inner Vision

Your temple is a state of consciousness; the traders are restless thoughts, attachments, and desires that claim sacred space for profit. When you read John 2:14, do not picture a street market outside; sense the inner market where beliefs barter for attention and appearance. The oxen and sheep signify the 'goods' you value—comfort, status, certainty—while the money changers signify the fluctuating values by which you measure yourself. The cleansing is the I AM reclaiming sovereignty of awareness: not distant justice, but an inner decision that this sacred space is reserved for truth, not for the commerce of fear. As you awaken to the fact that you are I AM, the traders lose their power because you cease paying them with attention. You stop turning inner worship into a transaction and begin offering reverent attention to the one presence that never changes. The result is a purified sense of self and a clearer field for imagination to create from certainty rather than compromise.