Inner Branches of Joy

Neville's Inner Vision

In the desert of your consciousness, Leviticus 23:40 is not an external festival but a map of inner worship. The 'boughs' are the allied states of awareness you choose to embody: joy (palm), steadiness (thick trees), and fluidity (willows by the brook). When you 'rejoice before the LORD your God,' you are not performing for a distant deity but aligning your attention with the I AM — your eternal presence. The seven days correspond to a deliberate rhythm of attention, a consecration of your inner space until the sense of separation dissolves. Gather these branches within as you would collect them outside: imagine taking them into your chest, letting each branch symbolize a truth you insist upon in imagination. As you dwell in that holy space, you begin to feel that the divine agent is not apart from you but your own awareness acting as God in you. This is true worship: not ceremony, but consciousness choosing a state and letting it govern your perception.