Inner Reproof, Outer Wisdom

Neville's Inner Vision

Proverbs 17:10 reveals that reproof penetrates the wise man while punishment fails with the fool. In the consciousness Neville calls the I AM, the wise man already stands in a state receptive to truth. Reproof, then, is not a blow to the ego but a vibration that you allow into your inner air, a correction of the self-concept rather than a wound to the body. The 'hundred stripes' represent external penalties that attempt to bend behavior by fear; the wise man bends inward, aligning his sense of self with the truth of I AM. When you hear a correction, heed it as feedback from your inner governor, not as condemnation from without. The moment you interpret critique as a disclosure of what your mind is believing, you can revise that belief and come to embody wisdom. By feeling the revised self as real here and now, you invite external life to reflect that inner state—greater discernment, truthful actions, faithful character. The miraculous fact remains: you are not trapped by the old pattern. You are the I AM, and reproof is its friendly steer toward present illumination.