Few of us seem to realize, let alone accept, that we, as symbolically portrayed by Adam and Eve, were the only animals kicked out of Eden, out of Paradise. We have chosen to go on our own. We have reached the evolutionary level wherein we (presumably) thought that the energy of knowledge is more powerful than the energy of life.
How do they differ?
The energy of life sustains our immortality. Not our bodies but our I AM. It tolerates changes without sustaining injury. It cannot be destroyed or eliminated from the equation of the Phenomenal Reality. Knowledge, on the other hand, is in a state of continuous change. Whatever we conclude as fact, as the very latest discoveries, all of them are replaced by new observations, new calculations, that lead to new theories which continuously replace the old ones.
Regrettably, our inability to remain humble and to submit to the Energy that created us, to the Energy that evolved us, led, and continues to lead our evolution. And yet our weakness was, and is, necessary.
Why?
Because, at least according to our ancient prophets, "God cannot behold evil". Evil, in this sense, implies "imperfection", and in the Phenomenal Universe, perfection is the direction, not an accomplished fact. The Creative Energy we normally refer to as God has this one limitation. And yet, evolution can only proceed by trying out new ideas, new "things," new rates of vibration of the Omnipresent Creative Energy of Consciousness.
Even though our ancient solons better understood what Albert Einstein called the "Thoughts of God", i.e. how the Phenomenal Universe works, we have to go even further back to the Buddhists to learn more.
Essentially, for as long as we measure God in our image and likeness, we shall continue to regress. The Buddhists came closest to understanding the nature of the Phenomenal Reality. H.P. Blavatsky did her best to explain its intricacies in her book Esoteric Buddhism (1). Without delving into the intricacies of the powers assigned to various personifications of God, the Buddhists were aware of the Creative, Sustaining, and Destructive powers personified in their pantheon.
And this is where the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden takes on a new meaning. Both our symbolic progenitors lost the power to sustain and even destroy the world which they regarded as real. They gained, however, and developed their Creative abilities. Creation implies change as new concepts come into being. The concepts may be good or bad, yet necessary for only a brief period of infinity to sustain the Phenomenal Reality. Yet such imperfect ideas/objects/energies cannot come from the Source, which, while being perfect in the Potential sense, might not sustain this perfection in the Phenomenal, hence Illusory Universe.
Hence, even the mistakes we humans make may well be the necessary stepping stones in the conversion of the Perfect Potential into the transient Phenomenal Reality. Into the Universe in which we, the henchmen (and "hench-women," of course) of Creative Power, are sine qua non for the experimental aspect of Creation.
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That is our function. Tomorrow, I shall discuss the countless aspects of our contribution. In the meantime, you might enjoy reading how the Creative Energy continues to endow us with our ability to assist It in adding to the diversity of the Phenomenal Universe. The AVATAR dwells within every one of us. Deep within, biding IT's time to emerge.
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(1) "Esoteric Buddhism" and "Isis Unveiled" are the two main books by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky dealing with this subject.
