The In-Between: What’s Really Happening Before Your Manifestation Arrives

 If you’re reading or listening to this right now, I want you to know this: you are not here by accident. You were led here. And today’s episode might just be the piece you need to help you hold the faith a little longer.

Because today, we’re talking about one of the most tender, mystical, and misunderstood parts of the manifestation journey:

✨ The In-Between. ✨

This is the sacred space between the desire and the delivery.

It’s the energetic space between “I’ve decided” and “It’s here.”

The invisible stretch of time where nothing looks different — yet everything is being rearranged.
If you’ve ever been there, you know the feeling: like everything is moving beneath the surface… and nothing is happening at all.

But here's the truth:
The in-between is where everything is happening — just not in a way your five senses can always perceive.

So today, I want to walk you through:

• What’s really happening during the in-between.
  
  
• What Neville Goddard calls the Bridge of Incidents.
  
  
• Why the delay is actually divine design.
  
  
• And how to stay in unwavering belief and energetic alignment… even when your physical reality hasn’t caught up yet.
  
  

Let’s dive in.

CONCEPTION TO MANIFESTATION — THE GAP

Let’s start at the very beginning of the process.

Every manifestation begins with a thought, a desire, a vision — that moment when you say to yourself, “I want this,” or “Wouldn’t it be amazing if…?”

That moment is the moment of conception — and in the quantum world, conception is creation. It’s already done in the energetic field.

As Dr. Joe Dispenza explains, when you hold a clear intention in your mind (that’s the what you want), and pair it with an elevated emotion (that’s how it will feel when you receive it), you emit a coherent electromagnetic signal that gets broadcast into the quantum field.

🧠💓 The brain sets the intention.
💓🧠 The heart amplifies it.

This combination is what tells the universe you’re serious — and it begins to rearrange reality to match the frequency you’ve just emitted.

But here’s the tricky part:

Just because you can’t see anything happening doesn’t mean nothing is happening.

This brings us to...

The Bridge of Events or as NEVILLE GODDARD calls it, the “BRIDGE OF INCIDENTS”

Neville Goddard, one of the original masters of manifestation and quantum metaphysics, taught that once you assume the state of the wish fulfilled, reality must conform to that assumption.

But between the assumption and the arrival, something called the Bridge of Incidents must unfold.

This bridge is a sequence of events, which is why I call it the Bridge of Events. Now these events are often ordinary, seemingly unremarkable moments — that link your current reality to your desired one.

Let me give you a real-life example:

Let’s say you want to manifest a dream job in a new city.

You do the visualizations. You feel the feelings. You write your affirmations. You’re aligned. Then out of nowhere — you get laid off.

What?! You think, “This must mean it’s not working.”

But that layoff leads to a severance package. That frees up your time to visit the city you want to live in. While you're there, you attend a random networking event — and meet someone hiring for your exact dream role.

🎯 That’s the bridge.
You didn’t plan it.
You couldn’t predict it.
But it was required.

The Bridge of Events or Incidents is the universal GPS rerouting your path to meet your manifestation — and it often includes people, circumstances, ideas, or disruptions you never could’ve imagined.

WHAT THE IN-BETWEEN REALLY FEELS LIKE

Let’s be real.

The in-between doesn’t always feel fun or magical. It can feel like:

• You’re being tested.
  
  
• You’re stuck in limbo.
  
  
• You’re doing all the “right” things but nothing is happening.
  
  

That’s because your 3D reality — what your five senses perceive — is the last part of the equation to shift.

The quantum field — also known as 4D reality — is where the blueprint is being built. And it responds to who you are being, not what you are seeing.

This is an important concept to understand when it comes to manifestation: 

You don’t manifest what you want but rather who you are being. Let me repeat that,... You don’t manifest what you want but rather who you are being.

In other words:
You manifest from your identity, not your desperation.

So during the in-between, your only real job is to become the person who already has it — in thought, energy, decision-making, and emotion.

QUANTUM COLLAPSE — WHY DELAYS ARE DIVINE

Let’s bring in the science for a minute.

In quantum physics, the field contains infinite potential realities. When you hold a coherent signal long enough, that wave collapses into a particle — a thing you can touch, see, or experience. That’s manifestation.

But that collapse requires consistency of vibration.
If you keep bouncing between faith and fear, belief and doubt, joy and frustration — you delay the collapse.

That’s why Neville Goddard emphasized the importance of living in the end. If you continue to dwell in the assumption that your desire is yours — your vibration holds steady — and reality has no choice but to catch up.

The field is always mirroring your dominant signal. Change the signal, change the mirror.

So the in-between isn't a delay. It's a vibrational check-in.

EXAMPLES OF THE BRIDGE OF INCIDENTS IN ACTION

Let’s go deeper with a few more examples:

✨ Example 1: Manifesting Love

You desire a deep, conscious relationship. You visualize. You affirm. You journal.

Then your ex shows up.

It triggers you. You’re angry, confused. But in processing that situation, you heal a wound that was blocking you from receiving real intimacy.

Two months later, at a friend’s wedding, you meet someone who matches your energy completely.

🧩 The ex? Part of the bridge.
🧩 The wound? Part of the preparation.
🧩 The wedding? Part of the delivery.

✨ Example 2: Manifesting Money

Let’s say you want to manifest $10,000.

You visualize receiving it, you open your eyes and…..Nothing happens.

But then you get this intuitive nudge to clean out your garage. So, you do — and find old collectibles. You list them on eBay. Within 3 weeks, you’ve made $6,000. That burst of abundance puts you in a mindset of expansion — and a client unexpectedly pays in full for a program you forgot you pitched.

That’s the bridge.

The cleaning? The nudge? The unexpected payment? All part of the orchestration.

7 PRACTICES TO STAY IN FAITH DURING THE IN-BETWEEN

Let’s now ground all of this in practical action.

Here are 7 ways to stay connected to your faith, belief, and vibration when you're in the waiting room of your manifestation:

1. Embody Future You Every Morning
   Ask: What does the version of me who has this already do today?

Dress like her. Speak like her. Choose like her. Make it your morning ritual to channel the version of you who already received the thing.

2. Visualize the Fulfilled Desire

Spend 10 minutes a day in quantum visualization.
Feel the gratitude, the joy.  Experience it as already done.

This trains your subconscious and energetically aligns you.

3. Keep a Bridge Journal
   Track synchronicities.
   Write down nudges, dreams, intuitive hits, or signs. Over time, you’ll see the dots connect — and realize the Universe has been guiding you all along.
4. Practice “Faith Over Feedback”
   Reality may give you feedback that looks like it’s not working. Your bank account might still look low. The job might not be there yet.

But choose faith over that feedback. That feedback is old news — it’s based on your past vibration. Hold the new one.

5. Speak It Into Existence
   Use language that reflects your faith:

• “It’s already mine.”
  
  
• “The universe is rearranging everything for me.”
  
  
• “The how is none of my business.”
  
  
• “My job is belief, the universe handles delivery.”
  
  

6. Take the Next Aligned Action
   Inspired action is always part of the bridge. You don’t need the entire blueprint — just the next breadcrumb.

Is there a class to take? A DM to send? A boundary to hold? A launch to start?

That’s your piece. The universe will meet you at your movement.

7. Surround Yourself with High-Vibe Evidence
   Read success stories. Re-listen to this podcast. Follow people who normalize manifestation.

Let your mind bathe in evidence that it’s possible — and happening.

Ok now for some CLOSING THOUGHTS:... YOU’RE CLOSER THAN YOU THINK

If you’re in the in-between right now, I want you to hear this:

You’re not stuck. You’re in transit.
The plane is flying. The route is unfolding. The manifestation is on its way.

You don’t need to know every step.
You just need to keep the frequency.

Stay in belief. Stay in identity. Stay in aligned movement.

Because every sign, nudge, and detour is part of your Bridge of Incidents. And I promise — if you stay faithful, you’ll look back one day and say:

“Oh my God… it all makes sense now.”

That’s it for today.

Thank you for spending this sacred time with me today. If this episode supported you, please take a moment to share it or leave a review. Your voice helps others find this guidance too.

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And remember:
The Universe has already said yes.
Stay in the vibration — and your manifestation will come. 

With love, faith, and power,
 Dr. Alissa Esposito