Tongue As Inner Snare
Proverbs 18:6-7 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The passage warns that a fool's rash words invite quarrel and bring self-destruction. What you utter exposes inner conflict as if the world turns against you.
Neville's Inner Vision
Within these lines, the fool is not a distant character but a state of consciousness that speaks before it has been governed by wisdom. When I forget that I AM, I identify with the voice that complains, judges, or rushes to strike, and so my lips become a trap that constrains my soul. The remedy is to return to the I AM, to refuse to engage in contention from fear, and to imagine from a state of wholeness. By assuming the feeling of the wish fulfilled, I revise the scene by speaking from discernment rather than impulse. My inner speech shifts from accusation to alignment, and the external scene follows suit, as if the world were mirror reflecting a more harmonious inner condition. The destruction lies not in the other’s words but in my belief that I am separate from the unity of consciousness. When I practice silent I AM-ness and permit a loving authoritative voice to lead, the snare dissolves and the soul rises into freedom.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, breathe, and imagine your next spoken word arising from the I AM in a calm presence. Revise a reactive thought by affirming, I speak from wisdom and love, and feel it real.
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