Inner Appetite Mastery Proverbs 23:2-3

Neville's Inner Vision

Let us step inside the line, not as a threat, but as a revelation of your inner state. The knife upon the throat is your mind’s symbol for disarming the aggressive appetite that would drive you into action without thought. When you hear, 'if thou be a man given to appetite,' hear it as a reminder that you are the I AM, the awareness that can withhold and decide. The dainties are not food, but pictures in consciousness—desirable scenarios, clever justifications, the glow of transient ease. They promise fullness while slicing away true freedom. The deceitful meat is not a banquet, but a belief that pleasure equals happiness. Your work is to revise the inner picture until restraint feels natural and desired, not punitive. See yourself already free, standing in quiet discernment, choosing the wiser nourishment of integrity and clarity over momentary lure. When you imagine the feast, imagine a boundary of love around your appetite, a boundary that holds and returns you to the I AM who knows what serves life.