Inner Priesthood and Sacred Nourishment

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the priest in this text as your inner I AM, the state of awareness that must eat what it thus creates. The meat and the holy things are the nourishment of your inner life - images, beliefs, feelings - that your consciousness permits to dwell and mature. Those born in the priest's house are the faculties permanently aligned with your sacred aim; they share in the feast because they belong to the same temple of being. When a portion of your mind is married to a stranger - concerns that pull you outward, identities not your own - the holy offerings cannot be eaten by that part, for it has allied itself with another kingdom. Yet when the priest's daughter returns - widow or divorced, with no child - and comes back to her father's house, she may again partake of the meat, symbolizing a return to the original state of awareness where nourishment is rightful and complete. The prohibition against a stranger eating is a reminder: guard your inner supply, and refuse to let a foreign significance dilute or steal your sacred ideas. Your imagination is the temple; you are the priest; the feast awaits those who dwell in the same I AM.