The Way

The Bible as Psychological Drama The whole of the Bible is psychological drama, and the early chapters of Genesis are not primitive myth but carefully coded metaphysics. Every verse plants a seed of symbolic truth. When we reach Genesis 4:7, the word sin makes its first appearance—not as a list of taboos, but as something far more subtle and internal: ".. And Abel gave an offering of the young lambs of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord was pleased with Abel's offering; But in Cain and his offering he had no pleasure . And Cain was angry and his face became sad. And the Lord said to Cain, Why are you angry ? and why is your face sad? If you do well, will you not have honour ? and if you do wrong, sin is waiting at the door, desiring to have you, but do not let it be your master. " (Genesis 4:4-7, BBE) This is not a scolding from a distant deity. It is a revelation of divine law. A message from awareness itself to the outer man - Cain. And it is here that the tr...

In today’s high-pressure world, words like sin often evoke guilt, fear, or rigid religious overtones. Yet, the Bible itself offers a profound psychological definition of sin—found explicitly in Genesis 4:7 and illustrated vividly in the story of Cain and Abel. Genesis 4:7 says: “If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.” This verse is key because it defines sin as a force waiting to be either resisted or indulged , accompanied by a call to master and govern it . The story of Cain and Abel dramatizes this spiritual principle: Cain’s failure to "do well"—to imagine and act honorably—allows sin to “crouch at the door,” leading to tragic consequences. This reveals sin not as mere wrongdoing or moral failure but as a choice in consciousness —a failure to master one's own imagination and inner creative power - "God said, Let Us make man in Our image". Neville...