Inner Wisdom Parable Listening

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture the Psalmist announcing a statesmanlike alignment of speech and inner life: the mouth becomes a vessel for wisdom, and the heart seeks understanding. In Neville's light, this is not external wisdom alone but the inward state you inhabit right now. Your speech is the outward faucet of an inner conviction; your thoughts are the meditation that yields discernment. When he says he will incline his ear to a parable, he is teaching you to tune yourself to symbolic instruction, to listen for meaning behind the surface of events. The dark saying opened upon the harp is your imagination: when you soften, imagine a harp within, and allow your unconscious to translate intimations into words you can utter. Know that the world you see is the echo of your inner state; if you wish to alter circumstance, alter the inner listening and the inner speaking. Step into the feeling of being a wise speaker now, and let the heart’s understanding illuminate the page, the day, and the path you walk.