Mastering Speech, Mastering Self

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that James warns against many masters, for to seek outer teachers is to rent your life to countless opinions. The greater condemnation is the return of your own inner state in outward form. When you offend in word, you reveal the prevailing mood behind your thought. Speech is not mere sound; it is the outward sign of the inner posture. If you would be a 'perfect man'—one who can bridle the whole body—you must begin by ruling your inner sentences, your habitual self-talk, your vivid images. In Neville's view, God is the I AM, the awareness through which life unfolds. By assuming a new state—calm, loving, precise speech—you invite the body to follow and your world to respond. The discipline is not punishment but alignment with your true self. When you imagine yourself as master of words, your inner conditions shift and the world follows. Your consciousness creates; your speech becomes the flag you raise in the theater of life. Practice this now: let your next utterance arise from the awareness that you are already whole, and watch the outer move to fit the inner.