Occultism teaches us that the visible universe is but the lower counterpart of the higher one which, if perceived, would give us youth and happiness. All that we see about us is illusory and but a fragment of something greater; for our minds are imprisoned and held subject to our own illusion world. When we can pierce this we shall perceive in the depths of Nature a mind that directs and guides all things.
Genesis 4:2-5
…Abel (the human soul connected to the Atom Nous in the heart) was a keeper of sheep (Igneous Souls), but Cain (the Animal Mind) was a tiller of the ground (Intellectualism, wealth and materialistic positions).
And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain (the Bestial Mind) brought of the fruit of the ground (Intellectualism, wealth and materialistic positions) an offering unto Jehovah Elohim.
And Abel (the human soul connected to the Atom Nous in the heart), he also brought of the firstlings of his flock (Igneous Souls) and of the fat thereof. And Jehovah Elohim had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
But unto Cain (the Bestial Mind) and to his offering he had not respect.
Genesis 4: 13-15
Cain was labouring with the earth (five senses, subjective reasoning), and God always rejected his offerings. What were these offerings?
And Cain said unto Jehovah Elohim, My punishment (that is the subjective reasoning) is greater than I can bear.
Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the (Edenic) earth; and from thy face shall I be hid (within the Intellect); and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth (Physical Body); and it shall come to pass, that every one that finds me (through meditation) shall slay me.
And Jehovah Elohim said unto him, (it wont be so easy) therefore whosoever slays Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold (he will pay the karma of his seven capital sins). – Genesis: 4:13,15
The mind is the den of the ego. The ego is seven, the ego is mind, Cain is mind, the seven capital sins.
Subjective and Objective Mind
Within our infra-consciousness we have our past origins related with our animal mind, our ego. Here is where we find the protoplasmic bodies – the bodies that nature gives us, to pass through the plant, mineral, animal kingdoms in our evolution. This is the mind-matter that serves evolution and devolution.
Reasoning starts to develop in the human kingdom with the purpose of creating Objective Reasoning, but because of fornication and the development of the ego we have subjective reasoning related with the five senses, a reasoning that has nothing to do with the Spirit. The subjective reasoning is useless for the things beyond the physical senses.
Cain is related with this sensual mind, the mind that uses only the five physical senses. The subjective mind (Cain) steals the power of intuition, of the consciousness, in order to develop its intellectual subjective knowledge through subjective reasoning.
To develop objective reasoning you have to develop conscious faithfulness.
The mind that is connected with the Spirit gives the knowledge of the Spirit.