Ark Within: Kinds of Mind

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture the scene as a symbol of your own inner life. Genesis 7:14 speaks not of beasts only, but of patterns moving within the ark of your awareness, each creature after its kind. The listing is an invitation to notice inner states—habits, beliefs, feelings—that you have allowed to stand and move in your psyche. The flood outside mirrors the necessity to renew outer circumstance as your inner order is kept intact. In Neville’s language, God is the I AM you are, the awareness that names and shelters. When you observe these inner creatures with the conviction that they belong to a single, illuminated kind, you begin to see that order arises not from struggle but from alignment. Each kind has a rightful place in the ark; you simply choose which kinds you will support with your attention and embrace with your life. By recognizing that your thoughts arrange themselves into a coherent procession, you let the inner order govern the outside. The ark becomes a sanctuary of faith, where intention and awareness preserve the forms that harmonize with your present state.