Inner Reality Beyond Public Prayer

Neville's Inner Vision

Remember, the outer judges are but states of consciousness that dress themselves in robes of tradition. The 'scribes' are not men with robes but the habit of self-display that loves titles, applause, and privilege. When you believe the world owes you position, you are seeking to consume others by your appearance, your prayers as performance, and your pretend piety. The widow's houses symbolize the tender, dependent aspects of your own being—those innocent parts you pretend to protect with show and sound. In truth, what is devoured is your own aliveness when you try to earn love and status by law, ritual, and public display. The 'damnation' spoken of is the inevitable inner consequence: a soul cut off from its true source, the I AM, whoring after images. The remedy is not to deny the form but to return to the inner reality: your awareness as the I AM, which makes all things real through imagination and assumption. When you stop performing and start acknowledging your true nature, the self-image dissolves and the inner temple fills with light.