Jacob's Inner Gift of Peace

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the outer act of the patriarch—gifts, caravans, and careful speech—is but the symbol of an inner movement. The 'Esau' represents a former self, a resistance in your consciousness to be healed; the 'present' is a new state you offer to that resistance. By sending the gifts ahead, Jacob imagines the reconciliation before the meeting; the space between droves mirrors the spacing of beliefs that would separate your present experience from its fulfilled image. The declaration 'thy servant Jacob is behind us' is your identification with the offering, not the fear of loss. When he says, 'I will appease him,' you hear the law of assumption: you assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled, and the outer scene must follow. Notice the faith in the unseen order: the gift goes before, and the self prepares the meeting with Esau by the light of your inner vision. Practice this: gift, state, and supreme assurance that peace is already established in your heart as you move toward the appearance of harmony.