The Wicked Mouth Within

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, do not seek this figure outside of you. A 'naughty person' is a state of consciousness, a mind that believes in separation and insists on a froward mouth—a mouth that utters discord instead of truth. The verse names the movement of your inner self: your attention is caught by images of lack, judgment, and loud complaint, and the mouth becomes the instrument by which that belief speaks itself into form. But you are not the speech you utter; you are the I AM that hears it and reimagines it. When you discover that 'walketh with a froward mouth' means the habitual thought that life is against you and words must harm, you can reverse the current by assuming the opposite: that you ARE the living I AM, and your words are prayers of harmony, clarity, and love. In that assumption, the inner speech shifts from accusation to blessing; the outward world follows suit as pattern yields to essence. Practice the art of revision: if any phrase arises like 'I cannot,' replace it with 'I AM.' Your imagination is the creative force that makes speech into truth.