Guarding Speech, Inner Silence

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider this scene as a projection of your inner state. The I is the I AM; words are the outward breath of consciousness. To bind the tongue is to bind the restless narration and to dwell in the quiet that precedes creation. When the wicked stands before you, you do not fight them; you observe the movement of your own mind and decide not to feed it with speech. By holding your peace, you dissolve old contracts with fear and judgment; your sorrow is the voice of a former self clinging to separation. Yet in that silence a new impression arises: you, the observer, can redirect the scene with a single assumption. The mouth is but a faucet of inner speech. Turn it off and let the inner vision run the show; your world will follow the vision you insist on in quiet. The practice is simple: assume you are the I AM, and that you will not speak from a shaken state; let the feeling of certainty flood your chest until the words you speak spring from inner harmony.