Inner Idols, Inner Worship

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's voice: Verse 115:4 invites you to notice that the idol is not 'out there', but the mind's projection—the silver and gold fashioned by men's hands are the correspondences of your own beliefs about value, safety, and identity. Idols are acts of worship you perform when you mistake form for power. They are the 'work of your hands' because you have shaped them with attention, memory, and desire. Do not battle them; return to the I AM—your uninterrupted awareness. In that state, the idol dissolves as you realize you are the source of all appearance. The gold and silver melt when you claim you are the living, loving awareness that precedes any image. Practice: assume, 'I AM' and feel it as your immediate experience; rest in that consciousness until the sense of lack vanishes. Then observe how the external idol loses its grip, revealing true worship as inner reverence to the eternal self.