Rod or Love: Inner Discipline

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner theater of your mind, the 'rod' is not a weapon but the old identity of judgment you still wear. The I AM within you is consciousness; through imagination you sculpt reality. When you confront others, you are really choosing the state you inhabit. If you answer with love and meekness, you invite healing and harmony, not punishment. Correction then becomes a merciful refinement of your own dispositions—replacing fear with compassion, confusion with discernment. You are not disciplining another from without, but aligning your inner state so that the world reflects that gentleness. The divine corrective is a gentle reordering of your thoughts, a cultivation of mercy, wisdom, and self-ownership. So the question, 'What will ye?' is really: what state of consciousness will you abide in? The answer, already within, is love-led, meek, and wise.