Inner Sin Offering Practice

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the mind’s eye, Leviticus 4:22-26 is not a historical ritual but a map of consciousness. The 'ruler' is any part of you that governs your life—your will, your attention, your self-concept—and sin is simply a misalignment of awareness. The offering of a blemish-free kid represents turning away from faulty stories and placing your faith in a higher state of being. When the ruler lays hands on the head of the goat, you acknowledge ownership of the old assumption and invoke a release. The killing of the animal in the place of sacrifice marks the decision to end that old state in your imagination; the priest's blood on the altar’s horns embodies fixing a new conviction at the center of awareness. Burning the fat signifies letting go of attachment to the old identity, and the atonement follows as your renewed inner alignment, and with it, forgiveness. In this light, forgiveness is not earned; it is the natural consequence of reassigning your state of consciousness.