Inner Boundaries in Leviticus 18:19

Neville's Inner Vision

In the kingdom of your mind, Leviticus speaks not of external rituals but of the state you occupy. To 'not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness' while she is set apart for uncleanness is a symbol for when your consciousness is veiled by a perceived uncleanness—desire, fear, judgment—do not press toward the other to violate the sacred boundary of your inner space. The command is a teaching: guard the sanctity of your awareness until you have transfigured the sense of uncleanness by awareness. Uncleanness is not a fact about the other; it is a belief you hold about your own state of mind. When you feel separation or impurity, you withdraw the impulse to collide with another's vulnerability; you revise your state by affirming, 'I am the I AM, and I choose purity of consciousness.' Your inner acts, not external law, create reality. By maintaining the boundary, you allow the weariness of impulse to pass and invite a higher alignment to emerge.