Inner Discernment Against Smooth Talk

Neville's Inner Vision

Within your consciousness, the smooth talker is the appetite clothed in words—greed, protection, status—using flattering phrases to bind the mind to the 'belly' rather than the Lord. Romans 16:18 reveals that deception flows from permitting such voices to govern the inner state. If you assent, the heart grows simple, and you serve not Christ but appetite. The remedy is purely internal: assume the I AM as the sovereign speaker; let the imaginational self be the witness who does not bow to appearances. When you identify with awareness itself, the clever rhetoric loses its grip, and you discern motive rather than applaud it. The 'simple' not as naivete, but as a purified attention ready to be ruled by truth. Practice the reversal: inhabit the state of discernment, revise any belief that convincing words prove reality, and feel the truth that your consciousness is Lord of your world.