Tongue's Fiery Inner Fire
James 3:6 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read James 3 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
James 3:6 identifies the tongue as a fire and a world of iniquity, capable of defiling the whole body and setting the course of life aflame; our words reveal the inner weather of our consciousness.
Neville's Inner Vision
James 3:6, viewed through the I AM, reveals that the tongue is not merely a tool but a symbol of your inner weather. The fire is the movement of your heart's images when given voice. If your words betray anger, fear, or judgment, you have allowed a petty image to roam within your consciousness and it acts upon you, defiling the body by dragging it into a discordant tone of life. Neville would say: the world of iniquity is a world of thought-states; when you speak from your true I AM, you lift your speech into harmony with divine order. The tongue does not create from nothing; it broadcasts your interior film, your assumptions about yourself and others. To transmute it, you must revise the inner scene until your words reflect the calm, assured I AM that you are. Practice imagining you have already spoken in perfect love, and feel the assurance of that inner picture settle into every outward articulation. In this way, the hell-fire dies, and the natural course of life follows your higher imagery.
Practice This Now
Before speaking today, pause and assume you already hold a calm, loving image of the situation, then revise your next sentence in your mind to match that image. Feel it real by softly saying I AM and letting that inner tone breathe into your words.
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