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| | Selected quotes from
"Up From Eden"
by Ken Wilber
Theosophical Publishing H © 1996, Softcover |
"The eating from the Tree of Knowledge, then, was not itself Original Sin. It represented
the acquisition of self-consciousness and of true mental reflection, and with that evolutionary
knowledge men and women then had to face their prior alienation. They still were born, still
suffered, still died-but now they knew, it, and had to bear just that new and agonizing burden.
This is why we said the eating from the Tree of Knowledge was not Original Sin or Original
Alienation, but the Original Apprehension of Original Alienation. By eating from the Tree
of Knowledge, not only did men and women realize their already mortal and finite state, they
realized they had to leave Eden's subconsciousness and begin the actual life of true
self-conscious responsibility (on the way to superconsciousness, or Actual Return). They
did not get thrown out of the Garden of Eden; they grew up and walked out. (Incidentally,
for this courageous act, we have Eve to thank, not blame.)"
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