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LET us continue chiseling the debris by deconstructing the scriptures to improve humanity.
There are many trees in Genesis but only two were specifically mentioned by names: “Out of the ground (the Divine) caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” Genesis 2:9.
The Hebrew word for “tree” is ‘ets’ or ‘otz’ (Strong’s Hebrew Concordance #6086) spelt as “Ayin-Tzaddi.” Ayin is ‘light’ and therefore both trees exist because of light within them.
‘Tzaddi’ is spelt in Hebrew as ‘Tzaddi-Dalet-Yod,’ means, “to be on the path, to be walking it, to be doing it. Not to just believe in it or read it, think about it or talk about it; to do it.” From this word, ‘Tzad,’ we have “tzaddik” which means a righteous or divine person.
Generally, among ancients, a ‘tree’ is an aspect of life, a law, principle or constant teaching about something and for that reason there are significant trees in all old civilisations.
A tree also represents the intellectual growth process of humanity and the form of a tree should be compared to the growth of knowledge. The fruit is the life the tree nourishes. For example, in ancient civilisations of Egypt and India, the fig tree exemplifies the sexual feminine principle.
A tree has four major components: roots, trunk, branches and fruit. Humanity also the same components: forebears (roots), full body (trunk), individual family members (branches) and good deeds (fruit).
The “Tree of Life” is a symbol we have to self-realise ourselves. It is many things central nervous system, spinal column, brain and endocrine system.
The “Tree of Life” is in the midst of our physical body, which we have discovered to be the Garden of Eden. This figuratively refers to the sensory receiver that is located in the spinal medulla.
The brain is connected to the 33 vertebrae of the spinal column or cavity and the related vital functions, to constitute the central nervous system (CNS). The spinal cord transmits sensory messages to the brain and receives motor signals from the brain down its tracts to produce changes in muscles and glands (effectors). The sensory nerve tracts of the spinal cord represent receptive (Feminine) functions while motor nerve tracts down the spinal cord are equivalent to projective (Masculine) functions. When the spinal cord is dissected out of the vertebral column, along with the brain cone, it resembles a serpent (“Wadjet” in ancient Egypt).
The central nervous system is connected by the peripheral nervous system (PNS) to sensory organs (such as the eye and ear), other organs of the body, muscles, blood vessels and glands.
In the central nervous system is where we find the base of all physical powers reproduction, digestion, circulation and breathing. This is one’s own ‘Tree of Life’ and one cannot live without it. “The Tree is universally accepted as an emblem of life-energy.”
The “Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil” was not only “good for food,” was “pleasant to the eyes” and also “desirable to make one wise.” Genesis 2:9. Since food does not make one wise, this means such is cryptic language!
The “Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil” is thus about both a sensory receiver and cognitive faculty. There is no other aspect that causes humanity to have their eyes opened to realise than eating the fruit. After the primordial humans ate, their minds conceived a shame from the circumstance. The pleasure of shame, sensation, feeling and affection is a mental reaction and it was metaphorically and symbolically represented by realisation that they were naked. The fruit is a metaphor of an act other than eating a fruit, literary.
The two trees,“Tree of Life,” and the “Tree of Knowledge of Good (‘Tov’ in Hebrew) and Evil (‘Raa’),” represent our psychology and energy. The light in these trees is the creative power, which is a divine force. Since everything is through the Law of Causation, nothing is simply by destiny or pre-determined. You reap what you sow!
“But you have planted wickedness, you have reaped evil, you have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have depended on your own strength and on your many warriors” – Hosea 10:13 and “As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.” Job 4:8. These two trees within us are the sources of life and discernment, respectively, and abusing them creates suffering and pain.
Resources:
“Sex–The Unknown Quantity: The Spiritual Function of Sex” (1916) by Dr. Alexander James McIvor-Tyndall
“The Secret Doctrine in Israel: A Study of the Zohar and its Connections” (1922) by Professor Arthur Edward Waite
“Sex: The Secret Gate to Eden DVD: Alchemy, Tantra, and Kabbalah in the Mysteries of Adam and Eve” (2007) by Glorian Publishing
“Secret Teachings of Moses: Sex, the Soul, and God in the Garden of Eden” (2010) by Aunel va Daath??
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