Soft Answers, Wise Tongues

Neville's Inner Vision

Your inner world is the I AM that thinks and feels; your spoken word is the outer sign of that inner state. When you answer softly, you are not placating others so much as aligning with the presence that governs all—wrath cannot take root where you stand in stillness. The tongue of the wise uses knowledge aright because it is not a weapon but a tool of life, formed in the imagination that has become conviction. The eyes of the LORD are the all-seeing awareness within you, observing every thought and choice, beholding both the evil and the good you entertain. A wholesome tongue is a tree of life when your speech springs from a healthy inner conviction; perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit only as you depart from your unity with your true self. To regard reproof is prudence, a signal from your higher self to revise your inner picture. Practice the feeling of already embodying tranquil speech, and watch your world respond with calm.