Abel and Cain: Inner Offerings

Neville's Inner Vision

To read this tale is to hear the inner law spoken in earthly terms: Abel stands for faith formed in consciousness, a shepherd of inner life, who presents the first and best of what is within. Cain represents toil—the tiller of the ground—whose labor is anchored in the outward world and fear of lack. When the Lord respects Abel’s offering, He is not praising animals or grain; He is affirming a state of awareness that knows itself as the I AM and trusts the inner law that what is offered from the heart is received. Cain’s reaction—wrath and a fallen countenance—exposes the mind clinging to external results and doubting the inner authority. Time, and the process of time, moves this internal drama toward a choice: obedience of the outer to inner life or the collapse of trust. The invitation is clear: revise your sense of what you are offering. See yourself as Abel, bringing the best of your inner life to God within, and feel the acceptance that follows. In doing so, you align with the true worship that Neville teaches: imagination as the plane where reality is built.