Neville Goddard on Genesis 8:3-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 8 in context

Scripture Focus

3And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

4And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

5And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

Genesis 8:3-5

Biblical Context

The waters recede after the flood, the ark rests on the mountains, and the tops of the mountains appear; it marks a move from upheaval to renewal. It portrays a movement from crisis to a new horizon.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the deluge as the storm of thoughts within. The waters returning and abating correspond to the mind’s endless currents subsiding when I, the I AM, hold steady as the observer. The ark resting upon the mountains of Ararat is my inner sanctuary, a fixed point in consciousness where no wave can uproot me. The continual decrease until the tops of the mountains appear signals a shift: perception itself rises above the flood, revealing land—reality formed by what I hold in awareness. The ark is not a vessel of history but a state of consciousness under which I dwell. When I dwell there, the world’s events line up with my inner state and show me a fresh horizon: mountains seen, a view of future creation. In this way, Providence is not a distant force but the very act of attention choosing to rest in that which never changes: I AM.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and imagine you are aboard the ark, resting in the I AM as the waters recede around you. Feel the calm, then repeat 'I AM' until you sense the tops of your own mountains appearing in awareness.