Sanctuary Of Praise

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the words as a map to the inner man. When the psalmist says, 'Praise ye the LORD,' he is not calling you to beg from without but to awaken to the I AM already enthroned within. 'In his sanctuary' becomes the awareness you cultivate in the quiet temple of your mind; 'in the firmament of his power' is the vast atmosphere of your own consciousness—the clear sky of awareness in which thoughts and feelings move. The 'mighty acts' and 'excellent greatness' are the recurring demonstrations of your inner nature, not external favors. Each act you call forth from within—patience, courage, compassion, a vision—are God’s acts unfolding through the vessel of your consciousness. To praise is to align yourself with the truth you already are: "I am that I am," the living, imagining I who creates experience. As you dwell in that inner temple and lift your regard to the power within you, you consolidate a vibrational stance from which life can naturally disclose its abundance and order. Praise thus becomes a practice of becoming aware of the divine presence and allowing it to shape sensation into reality.