Sorrow Refines the Heart

Neville's Inner Vision

In the language of the text, sorrow is a better teacher than continuous mirth because it calls you to the stillness where truth is disclosed. In the Neville Goddard sense, sorrow is not punishment but a sign from your I AM, the conscious center you truly are, that your inner state needs revision. The heart is made better by the sadness you permit on the face because whatever you imagine about yourself becomes your reality. When you pretend you are unaffected by feeling, you project a rigid world; when you acknowledge the feeling and turn your attention inward, you raise your vibrational rate. The I AM uses the outer countenance as a map of your interior weather. By choosing to rest in the belief that you are already whole, loved, and wise, you allow the heart to purify itself. Decide to imagine the next moment from the end: a heart that sees beneath appearances and acts with calm discernment. In that practice, sorrow becomes wisdom and the laughter of habit yields to the quiet radiance of your true self.