Inner Rods of Imagination

Neville's Inner Vision

Jacob's rods are not charms but symbols of mind in action. The flocks do not respond to wood; they respond to the inner weather of belief you cultivate. By placing the rods before the drinkers, Jacob is training his attention and imagining a future birth into the present. The white stripes signify a desired pattern you seek to see in your life, and the water troughs become the channel through which consciousness speaks to form. When the flock drinks, the inner state—an assumption of the end already real—feeds the moment with the possibility that births become reality. Providence here is the reminder that you are the I AM, the creator who can imagine and thereby incline events toward your favor. The outer scene mirrors your inner distribution of attention; tune it with a clear image and a felt sense of completion. Practically, if you seek a certain outcome, assume it now, feel the thrill of it as if it already happened, and dwell in that state until the external aligns with the inner vision.