<strong>Separateness Revealed</strong>

Snakes in the garden are the subtle and crafty bunch. They love to slip in &amp; investigate any news within the garden. They are especially fond of the trees. Tree’s are were 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 ongoing 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. Their it is, in the middle of a glorious open heaven in the garden. A tree so radiant, so brilliant that Nachash stands their 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.”

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