Tongue as Tree of Life

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider that your tongue is the instrument of your inner life. A wholesome tongue is a tree of life because it flows from a unified I AM—feeling, imagination, and word acting in harmony. When you let fear, pride, or cunning twist your words, perverseness blooms and a breach opens in the spirit, separating you from your own life-force. The 'father's instruction' is your higher self’s guidance—the inner parent who disciplines your thoughts and speech. To despise it is to break the connection, to keep the life-force from circulating freely. But he that regards reproof is prudent; he allows correction to prune and shape his consciousness, so his words become nourishment rather than poison. Practically, you are asked to view every critique as a mirror of your inner state and to revise accordingly: shift your assumption, feel the truth in your heart, and let your speech reflect that truth. Your outer world will follow the inward alignment, as words become seeds of life, not wounds drawn from fear.