Inner Sacrifice, Atoning Mind

Neville's Inner Vision

Observe that the fat taken from him is not nourishment but the weight of an old self—the mental clutter, fears, and judgments that cling to identity. Burning it on the altar is a symbolic surrender to the I AM within, the unchanging awareness you truly are. Do with this bullock as you did with the sin offering: lift your attention to the inner temple, and let the priest of your consciousness pronounce forgiveness, not as a bargain but as the remembrance of your native freedom. In this light, the carrying forth of the bullock outside the camp becomes the act of leaving behind the external story of self and stepping into the open field of pure being. It is a sin offering for the congregation—a declaration that the whole state of your mind can be reconciled when you align with the one Life within. The rite points to a simple practice: revise your sense of self by the assumption that you already are forgiven and always intact in God.