Inner Zion and the True Sacrifice

Neville's Inner Vision

Your divine nature does not crave outward ritual; the verse declares the sacrifices God desires arise from a broken spirit. In this light, Zion is not a place in Jerusalem but the state of conscious awareness you inhabit. The 'burnt offerings' are the old dramas of ego; when you consent to a contrite heart, you begin rebuilding the inner walls of Jerusalem—your discipline of thoughts, compassion, and integrity. As you persist in this inner repentance, the external acts shift; you feel led to do good in your own good pleasure toward others, and the mind offers righteousness as the true altar. The Father within, your I AM, attends to this inner city and accepts such sacrifices as your genuine turning. Your imagined acts of kindness become the soil where harmony grows. The shift is not in the external ritual but in your state: you no longer fear loss, you live from peace, and in that living you see the outer world align with your inner vision.