The Inner Priest's Burnt Offering

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this Levitical image, the priest who offers in his stead stands as your higher self—the I AM—anointed within your consciousness. The offering itself, the meat, is not for consumption by the ego but sacrificed to the flame of awareness. When the text says it is a statute forever, it is naming a law of your inner state: you decide, in imagination, that a certain movement of energy belongs to the divine purpose and is not to be fed by fear or appetite. The instruction that the meat offering shall be wholly burnt signifies the victory of attention over appetite; by burning it away, you convert the energy into pure consciousness, not private gain. The anointing of the inner priest in your stead speaks of a permanent ruler within you who acts through imagination, not through external rites. If you accept this as your living law, your ordinary thoughts and deeds are offered into the flame and return as renewed being, free from the ego's dependence. Practice this as a living state of awareness, and you will see the inner world align with your desired outer world.