Inner Sanctuary Threshold

Neville's Inner Vision

From the Neville Goddard perspective, Numbers 18:22 becomes a map of consciousness rather than a rule about place. The people are states of awareness; the tabernacle is the inner sanctuary where the I AM—your true self—dwells. To approach that sanctuary while clinging to guilt or separation is to imagine sin and thus dim the light of consciousness; you 'bear sin' in your idea of yourself as apart from God, and you feel as if you must remain outside or face spiritual 'death.' The decree then signals a shift: entry into the holy presence is not earned by external rites but by a shift in imagination—from separation to oneness. When you revise your self-concept and assume the state of the I AM as now true of you, you no longer fear damage or loss. You enter by feeling the reality of unity; you inhabit the sanctuary as your natural condition. The boundary becomes a gentle invitation to discipline your imagination and live from the consciousness that the presence is always with you.