Inner Thanksgiving Sacrifice

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, the Levitical rite is not external ritual to be performed apart from you; it is a map of consciousness. The thanksgiving offering becomes your decision to dwell in the sense of I AM — aware, sufficient, complete. The unleavened cakes mingled with oil are pure thoughts anointed by attention; the oil stands for the living presence that breathes life into your mental bread. The cakes mingled with oil of fine flour, fried, and the leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving show how gratitude enlarges the self, yet remains part of the same inner state of worship. The act of offering one part as a heave offering unto the LORD is your deliberate lift: you take a fragment of this inner reality and offer it up to the Source within you, the priestly function of translation into daily life. The priest sprinkling the blood of the peace offerings signifies the inner acceptance, sealing the truth in your bloodstream of consciousness. When you inhabit this inner pattern, your thoughts align, your feelings settle into peace, and shalom becomes your habitual atmosphere. Remember: the law in the text is a practice you can perform now in imagination, thereby creating the world you intend.