Genesis Origins Reflections

Neville's Inner Vision

Genesis 4:1-2 presents, in the psyche, the first birth not of bodies but of states. 'Adam knew Eve' signifies that awareness enters relationship with its own feminine principle—the womb of imagination—bringing forth form. Cain, the tiller of the ground, and Abel, the keeper of sheep, symbolize two currents within every mind: the outward, laborious striving to procure sustenance, and the inward, attentive nurture of life. The words 'I have gotten a man from the LORD' point to an inner realization: God is within, and every birth is a manifestation of your deliberate act of assuming. When you place your awareness in a definite state, Cain’s energy of producing through effort rises, while Abel’s instinct for harmony with life invites you to care for what is given. The slate of your world is a record of your inner rehearsals. The scene does not narrate external history alone; it shows your inner apprenticeship in choosing which faculty governs your days. Your present world mirrors your dominant state of consciousness, and you can revise it by returning to I AM, choosing one path, feeling it real, until the other aligns.