Inner Covenant of Truth

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture the temple and the heaven not as places apart from you, but as inner postures of awareness. When you swear by temple, or by heaven, you delegate your authority to an external sign; Neville would say you are inadvertently naming your awareness as dependent on something outside. The truth is that the temple is the body and the heaven is your throne—the I AM that already dwells and sits within. The moment you realize that the throne is personal and immediate, your promises cease being outward rites and become internal declarations of truth. You are not bound by ritual; you are bound to the one Presence within. If you catch yourself making a vow that contradicts your inner state, revise it in your imagination to reflect your inner authority: you are the governor, not a subject, of your own consciousness. In this way, the sacredness you seek outwardly becomes the power you awaken inwardly.