Inner Atonement With One Goat

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner school, the verse converges on the truth that the offering is not a physical beast but a belief you place on the altar of your awareness. The 'goat' represents a former sense of guilt or separation, and the 'atonement' is the restoration of unity with your true self. You are the I AM; forgiveness is an adjustment of state, not a payment outside yourself. When you imagine performing this offering, you are really revising your sense of self—placing the old self on the altar and allowing it to burn away in the fire of awareness. As you witness the old thought dissolve, your consciousness returns to its natural oneness with God, and salvation unfolds as a felt reality within. The outward ritual becomes a guide for how you rewrite the inner story: shift the belief, feel the release, and watch the sense of separation dissolve into light.