Sacred State Of The Priest's Daughter

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the priest's daughter as a symbol of your own inner state—the I AM that stands behind every thought. When she is 'married to a stranger,' she represents a mind yoked to alien beliefs, foreign authorities, or the separation that comes when you identify with something other than your true self. In that imagined condition, she cannot eat of the holy things, for she has surrendered the temple to appearances. But when she is a widow or divorced and returns to her father's house 'as in her youth,' she reclaims her place in the house of God; she may eat of her father's meat, because she now remembers who she is and where she belongs. The 'no stranger eat thereof' is a reminder that, in true worship, you guard the inside boundaries of your sacred life—no external image can partake of your inner manna unless you give it permission. Your practice is to shift your awareness back to the Father's house, to assume that you are always fed by your own consciousness, and to revise any belief that denies your rightful sustenance.