Heavy Heart, Quiet Clarity

Proverbs 25:20 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Proverbs 25 in context

Scripture Focus

20As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
Proverbs 25:20

Biblical Context

Proverbs 25:20 warns that soothing a heavy heart with cheerful songs is inappropriate; true comfort arises when we honor the inner state rather than mask it.

Neville's Inner Vision

Proverbs 25:20 points to the mistake of trying to cheer a heavy heart with bright songs. In the language of consciousness, such singing is an attempt to change an inner state by external sound, like removing a garment in cold weather or vinegar on nitre: it exposes vulnerability rather than healing it. The verse invites us to recognize that each person’s inner weather reflects a state of awareness. The remedy is to revise the self to a higher state: assume I AM here as the steady presence, and let the heavy heart be acknowledged within that consciousness without resistance. When you imagine yourself identifying with the I AM, the inner heaviness fades as you dwell in the unchanging core that supports every feeling. The feeling of comfort is not produced by others’ songs but by a conscious alignment; you are the creator of the mood by what you affirm in your inner world. So, do not chase consolation externally; revise your sense of self until you feel the I AM's quiet comfort steady within the heart.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: In stillness, revise the scene by affirming, 'I AM with you; you are held by the I AM.' Feel that quiet presence wrap the heart and let the heaviness dissolve into peace.

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