Hidden Weight Behind Laughter

Proverbs 14:13 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Proverbs 14 in context

Scripture Focus

13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
Proverbs 14:13

Biblical Context

Proverbs 14:13 shows that outward mirth often masks inner sorrow, and the apparent end of joy may leave the heart heavy.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Neville's vision, the line speaks to the separation between surface mood and the living I AM that you truly are. The heart’s heaviness is not a judgment on laughter; it is a sign that your present state has not fully awakened to the joy you wish to feel. Laughter may move the face and voice, yet it cannot touch the root of the feeling unless you acknowledge the belief that makes sorrow seem real. Remember: God is the I AM, and you are the thinker who calls forth your life through imagination. If you insist you are joyous while your inner weather remains heavy, you create a split between appearances and identity, and the mirth ends only to expose what you have not revised. The practice is simple: revise the scene. Accept that you are the perceiver who has already included both light and shadow within the same I AM, and feel the shift as the heaviness loosens, not by denial but by consent to a new, truer state of joy.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and revise the inner scene by declaring, 'I am the I AM, and my heart now registers true joy beneath every surface mirth.' Feel the heaviness dissolve as you dwell in that acknowledged state.

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