Inner Shepherds And Covenant

Neville's Inner Vision

Let Zechariah’s flock be your inner life, not a distant history. The two staves, Beauty and Bands, are your two dominant acts of attention: unity and discipline. When the prophets of fear cut off the shepherds in a month, your mind may loathe those voices; yet to resist feeding them is to awaken to choice. The moment you declare, 'I will not feed you,' you reveal that you are the one who determines what survives in your consciousness. The staff Beauty is split, symbolizing the release of a covenant you’ve bound to appearances; the thirty pieces of silver you price your attention with are the energy you’ve handed to external conditions. Cast these tokens back to the potter, and notice the word of the Lord returning as your present awareness. The second staff, Bands, is broken to reveal the false unity between Judah and Israel—your perceived divisions within your own mind. A foolish shepherd follows, promising power but starving the flock; an idol shepherd then turns life into wound and spectacle. But the oracle ends with a simple truth: you are the shepherd of your world; return to the straight, single line of consciousness where the flock is fed by love and truth.