Silent Words, Boundless Life

Neville's Inner Vision

In James, the tongue is a tiny instrument yet it guides the helm of life. You are not merely speaking words; you are naming your inner world into form. When you offend not in word, you reveal a state of consciousness in which attention and feeling are aligned, a state that can steer the entire body toward harmony. Begin with the assumption that your inner self is the perfect speaker, the conscious I that chooses words that heal rather than harm. As you practice, you will notice that each calm word quiets the restless body, and the imagination begins to work as a rudder rather than a reaction. The perfect man is not a distant ideal but a present possibility you occupy by revision—feeling, in this moment, that your speech matches your highest state and that the body follows the mind you have assumed.