Cain had to dispose of Abel, even as all the must eventually give up the desires and their pampering of the animal passions, before the soul can make any progress on the pathway of the Inner Life. That is the Mystical implication of Cain and Abel, as characters portraying the mind and the soul in the human body.
Jehovah God approved of the actions of both, Cain and Abel, even as God does not interfere with our choice of doing right or wrong, but nevertheless punishes or rewards accordingly, without favoritism.
The higher mind must go on in his function, if the soul is to survive in a higher consciousness. Jehovah God had to protect it, for the love of man.
The mark on Cain’s forehead denotes confirmation in a higher consciousness, having released his mind from sensory dross.
In Rev. 4 1; 14 9; 7, the writing in the center of the forehead, and the new NAME given to it, have an uplifting meaning and effect, as a reward of accomplishment.
- When Cain left Jehovah’s presence, he had to go either up or down in the consciousness on the Tree of Life, even as Jonah did when he fled before Jehovah
- “Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah Jehovah) and dwelt in the land of Nod, the east of Eden (GEN 4: 16) .
This quote verifies the correctness of this mystic interpretation, because Cain went upward on his Tree of Life, back into the Garden of Eden, and eastward of it in the fine sensory perception of the sound current out of it Eden and the Garden of Paradise were precipitated. The land of Nod is the sound current of this the region and is called “Nada” in the Vedas which Eden and the Garden of Paradise have Cain blended with this current as his Leela, the heart center of this Nod, symbolized by the wife he took Unto himself. And his further meditation bore fruit in the spiritual achievements, because of the mention of a son who born unto him from this union, this means that he went higher than before in his inner progress of consciousness.
That makes sense in mystical parlance, and the text corroborates it. Other dramas and stories reveal similar results, which perpetuate the Mystic quest of the soul like the quest of the Holy Grail. When dramas and stories became mere shows of entertainment, their mystic value for soul education, called the higher education at one time, was lost sight of entirely.
Taken (From: The Mystic Bible)