Silencing Self-Justifying Thoughts

Neville's Inner Vision

Zophar's cry is not a person outside of you; it is a state of mind within that believes it must defend its rightness. The line 'my thoughts cause me to answer' exposes a separate center of certainty—the 'spirit of my understanding'—as if wisdom itself were a voice that commands you to speak. Neville would tell you that you are not at the mercy of such thoughts; you are the I AM, the awareness that observes them. When you identify with that awareness, the urge to justify recedes and you hear a deeper, nonjudging stillness. The apparent reproach you feel is only a sound in the mental atmosphere you have accepted as reality. You can revise it by assuming the feeling of already knowing the truth: you are hearing from within, not being driven by outer proof. Imagine the inner teacher as your own higher self, and let the mind’s 'spoken' defense collapse into quiet acceptance. In that moment, your true discernment arises—not from argument, but from the settled awareness that already knows.