Inner Speech and Wise Living

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville's ear, this passage speaks not of princes and beasts but of your inner state. Excellent speech is the outer echo of an inner alignment; lying lips reveal a consciousness that forgets its divine I AM. A gift, seen as a jewel in the mind, prospers wherever it is turned by awareness, for imagination is the currency of reality. When you cover transgression in your heart, you preserve love; when you repeat a matter, you separate friends, because you dwell in a state that erodes unity. A reproof enters a wise mind more deeply than a hundred stripes into a fool, since the inner sun of understanding shines on a willing heart. An evil man seeks rebellion—that is, a mind identified with fear—and the universe returns correspondences that mirror that inner revolt. The bear, robbed of her whelps, is only nature’s dramatic image reminding you to awaken to your divine nature; you are the I AM, not the fool. If you desire the outer world to reflect wisdom, become the inner verb of wisdom—assume it, feel it real, and let your life follow.