SEX – The Tree of Good and Evil: The True Symbolism
by Atman Nityananda
SEX – The Tree of Good and Evil: The True Symbolism
The Tree of Good and Evil is not a physical tree, nor do good and evil exist outside of man.
In reality, the tree symbolizes the sexual act, and the fruit that Adam and Eve tasted is nothing other than the pleasure of sexual experience and orgasm.
Eve tempted Adam, but in essence, both surrendered to sexual union.
Through this, their consciousness identified with the body, became grounded in the physical dimension, and thus the identification with form, the development of the ego, and all human errors and weaknesses were born.
Where man once lived in union with God, the outward focus of the mind’s attention during the pleasure of the act bound him to the world of the senses and matter.
This did not happen immediately, but over centuries, human consciousness sank into the physical dimension, and this fall gave rise to all imperfections that lead to suffering and misery.
Good and evil exist within us: on one hand, virtues lead to a joyful and balanced life, while on the other, the defects that developed after the fall—first among them being lust, the desire for sexual pleasure—lead to confusion, attachment, and identification with the body.
In the external world, there is no absolute good or evil, only the three forces that govern creation: creation, preservation, and destruction.
The world is in constant motion, as Heraclitus said. However, within us, good and evil manifest as virtues and defects.
Above these, though, there is true consciousness, the source of all things, which man is called to rediscover through self-knowledge.
The solution for man to escape the fall is inner work.
For this reason, all great traditions taught sexual restraint—either as complete abstinence or as sacred sex without ejaculation and orgasm, where energy is transformed through prayer, meditation, and mantras into spiritual power.
Thus, the Tree of Good and Evil is nothing other than the sexual act.
Man fell through it, and through it, he can either remain trapped or transform his energy toward spiritual awakening.
Repeat God’s name constantly
“The water to purify your heart is the name of God.” “Of utmost importance is to increase the repetition of God’s Name (japa) daily. In this way, your heart and mind will be purified, and only then will you find (realize) God within you.”
~ Haidakhan Babaji
The ‘secret’ to a plentiful life, a life of harmony, happiness and contentment is to have a sattvic mind free from desires and ego and to live in every moment in conscious contact with our true Self (Consciousness).
🌺 Peace, Love, Harmony
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