Inner Cast Lot: Two Goats

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner meaning, the two goats reflect two streams of your consciousness. The lot cast by Aaron is the moment you decide which state you will nourish with your attention: the divine state of immediate awareness (the LORD) or the old sense of guilt and separation (the scapegoat). When you choose the LORD's lot, you align with the I AM within, and your life becomes a sin offering—a symbolic clearing of misperception through dwelling in the truth that you are already forgiven, already one with God. The scapegoat, presented alive, embodies the belief that error can be carried away by a separate agent; Neville would say this is the dream of separation, an old story that you now consign to the wilderness. The act of atonement is not punishment but the inner reconciliation of consciousness: the moment you regard yourself as the living temple of God, the guilt is released, and the self and God are one again. Thus, the ritual becomes a daily discipline: cast your lot toward the divine I AM, and let the mistaken self wander off into the wilderness of your imagination.