Quiet Power in Proverbs 29:8-11

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this proverb, the city is your inner state, and scornful men are the heated portraits that dart through your mental streets. When you turn away wrath, you do not retreat from life; you recombine energy back into the I AM that dwells behind every thought. A wise man contending with a foolish man—whether he roars or laughs—loses all rest because the mind splits its attention between two false kings. The bloodthirsty hate the upright because you remind them of their own fear; the just seek the soul—not the quarrel, not the loudness, but the deeper truth of your being. A fool uttereth all his mind; a wise man keeps it in till afterwards, not to suppress truth, but to let truth ripen into action from stillness. Your practice is to assume you are the calm governor, the timeless observer of the scene. When provoked, revise the moment by not speaking; feel the “I AM” settling like a quiet harbor and the storm dissolving into light. By imagining yourself already beyond the noise, you align with the unchangeable essence of life, and the outward event reflects that inner order.