Neville Goddard on Genesis 8:1-2 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 8 in context

Scripture Focus

1And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

2The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

Genesis 8:1-2

Biblical Context

Genesis 8:1-2 speaks of God remembering Noah and all living things with him in the ark. A wind passes, the waters subside, and the fountains of the deep and windows of heaven are stopped, with rain restrained.

Neville's Inner Vision

To read Genesis 8:1-2 in Neville's key is to hear the I AM answering the cry of consciousness. When the text says God remembered Noah, reinterpret it as your awareness remembering itself. The ark is not a boat but the inner sanctuary you occupy when attention rests on the one Life. The wind that passes over the earth is the Spirit sweeping across the mind, clearing away the agitation that has seemed real. The waters that were many and rising become a single, calm surface as imagination yields to the present I AM. The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven are stopped—not by force from outside, but by the shift of consciousness that stops reacting to appearance. The rain from heaven is restrained because you have chosen to live from memory rather than from interruption. In that moment, mercy, grace, and covenant loyalty are activated within you: you awaken to your true nature, and the external storm loosens its hold. You do not conquer flood-tides; you remember you are the tide’s keeper, and peace becomes your normal state, here and now.