Temple Ruin Inner Awakening

Neville's Inner Vision

See the temple not as a place but as your current state of consciousness. The disciples’ gaze at marble and stone mirrors the attention you give to outer forms when you mistake them for security. Jesus’ statement that not a stone will be left upon another is not a prophecy about a city alone, but a description of inner movement: when you shift your identification from form to the I AM—your awareness—the old arrangement of thoughts dissolves. The ruin of the outer temple signals the collapse of a belief that the world can save you or define you apart from your I AM. Yet what endures is the I AM, the still, knowing presence that animates all appearances. The inner kingdom remains intact even as your old patterns fall away; you are invited to revise by imagining yourself already dwelling from that awakened consciousness. Practice faith not in stones but in the awareness that witnesses their dissolution and then rebuilds within you a temple that cannot be shaken.