The Refining Fire Of Praise

Neville's Inner Vision

In the quiet workshop of your consciousness, praise acts as the fining pot and furnace; it shows the metal of your soul by casting back your true state. You are not moved by praise so much as you imagine you are the I AM behind it, the awareness that never changes. When praise heats you, notice what arises: pride, insecurity, humility, gratitude. Do not resist or chase praise, but let it reveal and refine. The heat is not punishment but invitation to revision—the imagined state you accept becomes real. If you want to be free, assume that you are the I AM who uses praise to expose your current consciousness and then deliberately revise it toward humility and generous acceptance. Your reality is not in the words others speak, but in the consciousness that receives them. So you stand, unmoved and luminous, while the gold of your being is refined by the social fire that comes as praise.