Inner Temple Insight

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, the scene before us is a map of consciousness. The temple and its stones are not external monuments, but inner states—patterns of thought and feeling—that you inhabit as if they were lasting. When the disciple admires the stones, he points to fixed beliefs—security, reputation, separation—that seem to endure. Jesus’ departure signals that what truly matters cannot be found in brick and marble but in the I AM within you, the presence that makes you aware of the temple in the first place. Therefore, the grandeur of the stones is a reminder to turn from form to formless awareness. True worship arises when imagination is disciplined to dwell in the Presence rather than in possessions. Your covenant loyalty is the unwavering sense of I AM—that you are the living temple, and every scene is a dream your consciousness is reimagining. The inner temple is timeless; outward buildings fade, but awareness endures. Practice sees this by revising what you take as substantial and choosing the awareness that animates all.