Cain and Abel: A Legacy of Shame

“I define shame as the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love and belonging – something we’ve experienced, done, or failed to do makes us unworthy of connection. I don’t believe shame is helpful or productive. In fact, I think shame is much more likely to be the source of destructive, hurtful behavior than the solution or cure. I think the fear of disconnection can make us dangerous.”
Brene Brown

Two children born to parents who have been ripped from their womb and thrown into a world they are not prepared for, a world with judgement. This is the beginning of the world we live in. Bereishit Bara Elohim, might be the beginning of creation but the beginning of life as we know it, starts with human connection. “And Adam knew Chavah his wife…” and within the same sentence Adam is rejected as partner, and Chavah connects with YHVH as the pasuk reads "kaniti ish et Adonai" I acquired a man with God. By the second line their is no mention of their earthly parents, the children of that connection are left to themselves,  seemingly disconnected from their human parents. Left to explore a world that is foreign to those that conceived them they find their way through the work of their hands, Hevel a shepherd and Kayin a farmer...

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