Moab of the Mind: Ten Years

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner theatre, Ruth 1:4-5 speaks as a map of consciousness. Moab is the mind drawn to surface comforts rather than the center of the I AM. The two wives, Ruth and Orpah, symbolize rival habits of consciousness trying on the same outer form of life. For ten years they dwell in that state, a long inner season where identity clings to externals—marriage, status, security—until the outer supports dissolve. The deaths of Mahlon and Chilion are not mere history; they are the endings of cherished beliefs and attachments that kept Naomi tethered to a restricted story. When the husband and sons pass, the self is laid bare, stripped of external props, confronted with a stark freedom. This is not tragedy but a spiritual invitation: such endings clear the space for a truer alignment with Reality. If imagination is the source of your life, these events are revisions your consciousness makes to wake to Ruth-like fidelity: clinging not to the old tale, but to the inner I AM. The outer loss becomes the doorway to a deeper communion with the divine idea within you.