<strong>Separateness Revealed</strong>

Snakes in the garden are a subtle and crafty bunch. They love to slip in and investigate any news within the garden. They are especially fond of the trees. Tree’s are where everyone goes to talk about all the amazing things they are observing. The snakes are shrewd and always looking into what they think they need to know.

One day a particular snake named “Nachash” sets out looking for a new place to gather. Finding just the right tree can make for a great vantage point on the happenings in the garden. He is looking intently at the fruit of these trees. He needs one with a fruit that will gather and nurture him for long periods of observation. There it is, in the middle of a glorious open heaven in the garden. A tree so radiant, so brilliant that Nachash stands there, mouth open. This tree is covered in large glowing fruit. He quickly climbs up the tree, grabs some fruit and with all his might sinks his teeth into its surface. A glorious taste, his whole being seems to charge with energy.

Suddenly he feels something detach from his mind, he becomes aware of himself as a snake. Darkness floods his reality, he feels all alone. His mind racing is soon full of thoughts, ideas and realities about God that he has never known. He recalls a voice speaking to man, God is telling man to not eat of this tree lest he die. Nachash smiles, he now knows something he thinks no one else knows. “You won’t die, you will be like God"

Nachash’’s memories now come back to him with a different view, he remembers meeting Adam. Dark thoughts flood his mind. “who does Adam think he is?” “He thinks he’s better than me!” “Why did God choose him to name us?” "Adam is so blind, if he only knew what he was missing."

The feelings of aloneness seem to be getting stronger and stronger. He finally articulates what he is feeling, “If you eat this fruit, you will be like God.” “I am God. ha ha ha...I am God!” He retreats into a deep part of the tree. Fear, pain, separateness flood his consciousness. Soon words of anger, jealousy and bitterness are all he can say. “Who does God think He is?” “Why has He kept this from us?”

<strong>Innocence Hides</strong>

He soon hears a sound of someone walking near him in the garden. He peers out to see who it is. “Ishshah!” he says. “She needs to know what I know.” “I will give her what God has withheld.” “She must know what she can really have.” He makes his was down the tree, across the meadow and approaches Ishshah. As she notices him she greets him with a glorious smile. “Hello Nachash.” For a moment her radiance seems to numb these new feelings, she seems to slow the thoughts of separateness in his mind. He shakes his head, smiles and with hid great clever says to Ishshah, “Do I understand that God told you not to eat from any tree in the garden?" Ishshah responded to Nachash, "Not at all. We can eat from the trees in the garden. It's only about the tree in the middle of the garden that God said, 'Don't eat from it; don't even touch it or you'll die.'"The serpent told the Woman, "You won't die. God knows that the moment you eat from that tree, you'll see what's really going on. You'll be just like God, knowing everything, ranging all the way from good to evil."

Ishshah in her innocence believes Nachash and looks intently at the tree, mesmerized by its beauty. The fruit looks so good for eating. “If I eat it I will know everything.” she says to herself. She takes the fruit and eats it and walks to Adam to share with him her new experience.  As Adam eats the fruit they immediately begin to feel things they had never experienced. They look at each other realizing they are naked, uncovered and vulnerable to their surroundings. Quickly they grab some leaves from a fig tree and cover themselves. Adam and Eve feel completely alone. The loving presence, the peace, the ecstasy of God now seems completely separate from their experience.

Within moments of this terrifying experience they hear the sound of God moving through the garden. They quickly run and hide themselves in some bushes. Guilt, shame, hatred and grief flood their consciousness. Adam looks into Womb man’s now fearful eyes and says, “We are all alone!” “If God see’s us, He will certainly hate what He see’s.”

<strong>Genesis of Separation</strong>

* Ishashah - is Hebrew for woman - man with womb. Eve had no given name until commanded to leave garden.

God calls to Adam, “my son where are you?” Adam replies, “I heard you walking in the garden, and when I saw that I was naked, I hid myself. God replied, “who told you that you where naked?” “Have you eaten of the tree of which I appointed you that you should not eat?”

Inwardly Adam senses a deep bitterness towards Ishshah. Why would she do this to me? Why did she make me eat this fruit? “God, its Ishshah, the one you gave me, she gave me the fruit and I ate it.” Adam feels the sting of pain and feels himself growing bitter towards woman. When Ishshah hears Adams accusation she begins to weep as deep grief and shame flood her heart. God asks Eve, “ My daughter what is this you have done?” Ishshah choking down tears cry’s out to God, “Nachash that serpent, he lead me astray, he took from me my joy.”

Nachash is laughing at this point. he is fully enjoying watching Adam and Ishshah stumble through this broken reality. When he hears Ishshah tell God that he was to blame he quickly tries to slip away. God speaks and every part of his being freezes in terror. “Nachash, what you have done will now bring detest upon your self. You will no longer walk as a noble creature in my garden. You will now be lowered to a place below all creatures. You shall crawl on you belly and eat dust all the days you exist.” “Hatred and hostility have now entered your mind towards Ishshah, her children and your children will wage war against each other.” “Her children will crush your head and you will strike at their heels.”

God turns to Ishshah, with love in His eyes, “Pain is now your world, with sorrow and toil you will bring forth your children.” “Without consideration of my view of you, you will turn to Adam and he in turn will rule and dominate you.”

He then looks to Adam, kneels down and grabbing his hand He says, “ My son, because you have listened and choose to be subject to Eve’s sorrow by eating of the tree, which I appointed you not to partake of, this earth, this garden, the life you have had in it you will now detest. You will labor in pain over it for every meal. In sorrow you will partake of your loss all the days of your life. Poked, pricked by your labors for food, with uncontrolled fruitless plants flourishing around will you find food.  With violent motion you will work for bread, and you will toil for things you where never mean’t to toil for. I took you from the red ground to live, but now you shall return to it.”

Adam turned to Ishshah and says, "now that we are separate from God. I am going to give you a name outside of me, I shall call you," “Eve.” "You shall be a mother of all living things, because from you children will part from Oneness in sorrow. "