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nature. In this model she is of the man. It cuts all ties with the feminine energies of mankind. In doing this, religion has again furthered the attempt of man in its separation from nature, which is a feminine principle.

When Jesus, the savior of this religion, is born, his mother is made a virgin; again disregarding the need for the feminine principle. He too is to be made a virgin and now belongs to the male Trinity of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit (which is asexual).

The creation story and fall from grace depicted in Genesis of the Christian Bible is a highly symbolic one; it is meant to represent the birth of a consciousness rather than the physical birth of mankind. After the male God spoken of earlier had created man and woman, He leaves them in a blissful garden to do as they please. He rendezvous with them often and does not hesitate to show them His face (something that is not done now due to the sinful nature of man). They may eat from any and all tree with the exception of one; it is the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. The woman, however, is tempted by the adversary of God to eat of this tree and so she does. After she does this, she convinces her male counterpart to do the same thing and ever since then mankind had been on a wild ride of suffering and sin. This is the story as told by many Christian denominations.

What is largely misunderstood by this story is that it is not a "fall from grace" at all but an evolution in the consciousness of man. The state of man in the Garden of Eden was unquestioning. Mankind would rendezvous with God whenever they pleased and was always aware of his presence. This represents the biological and innate knowing that man had of himself and his godhood. Mankind had no inhibitions and was close to the earth and the rest of creature-hood. However, mankind became curious; he wanted to be a conscious creator. As discussed earlier, this meant that the species must separate somewhat from this biological knowing and must become more conscious of CHOICE. This awareness of choice is exhibited in the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Good and evil however are relative; a more apt vocabulary would be wanted and unwanted since there is no source of evil. The decision to eat from this tree was the decision of the species to evolve their consciousness and knowingly pick from the field of possibilities to create their desires.

Religion has readily served its function to mankind. Not only has it supported the species' desire to evolve in consciousness, but has also accurately depicted the history of itself and the consciousness of mankind in such stories above. It is really up to us whether or not we will listen and remember or whether we will distort these stories to only further separate ourselves from our True Self. The choice has always ours even when we were not and are still not aware of it.

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