Quiet Fire, Quiet Mind
Proverbs 26:20 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Proverbs 26 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
When there is no talebearer to feed it, the fire of conflict dies down; similarly, without voices that fuel dispute, strife ceases within the heart and space becomes peaceful.
Neville's Inner Vision
Consider this not as an outer rule but as a shift of inner state. The 'fire' and the 'talebearer' are your thoughts personified. If you permit a voice of gossip to enter, you feed separation; if you withdraw the feed, the flame loses its fuel and dies. The I AM, your pure awareness, does not condemn or justify the words of another; it simply is the quiet witness that is not stirred by them. When you assume the feeling that all is one, you become the silent grounds upon which harmony rests. The other person, the quarrel, even the word talebearer, appear as colors in you that can be softened or removed by a single act of imagination: stop giving energy to dispute by repeating it inwardly; revise your mental scene to one of unity. By feigning the peace you wish to see, you revitalize your environment; the external strife diminishes because the inner state has shifted. You are not changing others; you are changing what you allow to burn inside you.
Practice This Now
Assume the peaceful state now: picture the room without anyone speaking ill and revise your inner dialogue to, 'We are one; harmony fills this space.' Feel that unity as real.
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