Neville Goddard on Genesis 4:11-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Genesis 4 in context

Scripture Focus

11And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;

12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

Genesis 4:11-12

Biblical Context

Cain is cursed; the earth refuses to yield to his labor. He becomes a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth.

Neville's Inner Vision

Remember, the Bible is your inner drama. The curse on Cain is not a punishment from on high, but a state of consciousness you have entertained. The earth opening to receive blood becomes your own mind opening to your belief. When you till the ground and it yields not, that is inner resistance, a thought that life is barren. The earth and its yield are not external arbiters; they are your awareness in motion. The remedy is not more effort but a shift of consciousness: awaken to the I AM within you, the sole governor of your garden. You are not condemned to be a fugitive; you are invited to rest at home in the kingdom within. The moment you accept the feeling that the ground and your life yield to your desire, you heal the broken sense of separation. In that feeling you do not wander; you stand in the inner Eden you create. The curse dissolves as you revise it with the insistence that you are the I AM who commands the soil and all its abundance.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and revise the scene: the ground yields to your touch, freely producing. Repeat softly: 'I am the I AM; the soil yields to my consciousness.'