The Merry Heart Practice

Neville's Inner Vision

Your outer days may seem evil, but Proverbs invites you to shift inner weather. I AM—the awareness you call God—remains constant while moods rise and fall. When you assume a merry heart, you are not denying reality; you are declaring the truth that imagination fashions the world you inhabit. A merry heart is the inner alignment with life, a continual feast, not a barren season. Sorrow of the heart is simply a mistaken image that can be revised by the power of assumption. The heart that understands is the one that seeks knowledge, not to feed on noise, but to discern the truth of abundance you already possess. The mouth of fools feeds on foolishness; likewise, your words are born of your inner state. Even when affliction appears to last, you can entertain a new story in which joy reigns. Practice this: assume the cheerful mood, feel it in your bones, and notice how your world begins to shift to match the inner feast.