Cedar Beams of the Inner House

Neville's Inner Vision

I hear the line as an invitation to become aware of the architecture of my mind. The cedar beams are my steadfast nature, rich with fragrance of truth, enduring through time. The fir rafters are my disciplined thought, straight and supportive, spanning the distances of doubt and fear. To declare, 'The beams of my house are cedar, and our rafters of fir' is to acknowledge that I am the builder of my own world; my awareness—the I AM—takes the role of architect, not the weather of circumstance. When I dwell in this vision, events arrange themselves to reflect the inner order. If unsettled feeling arises, I revise by affirming, 'I am secure; my inner structure is complete and strong.' The act of imagining the house already standing invites experiences that harmonize with that design. The inner kingdom you seek is the order you claim within, and you become its master by continuously tending this house with wisdom and discipline.