Refining the Heart Within

Neville's Inner Vision

Your true metal is consciousness. The fining pot and furnace are not external tools but images of the pressure your mind experiences as it is refined. Silver and gold represent the states you believe about yourself—worth, purity, trust. The LORD trieth the hearts means awareness tests what you hold to be true in the center of you. When you feel challenged, do not blame the world; bless it as the medium by which your inner convictions are revealed. As you persist in imagining yourself already the higher state—free, secure, guided—the heat of circumstance burns away the dross of old fear and limitation. In this light, trials are not punishment but calibration, aligning your inner state with your desired image. The key is to dwell in the feeling of the wish fulfilled, for feeling is the refining flame that makes imagination tangible. If you awaken to the truth 'I am,' you will discover the heart has been tested and found faithful, and your surrounding world responds in harmony with the new inner consciousness.