The eyes of the self open.
I see the story of Adam and Eve as an allegory where the 'Tree of knowledge of good and evil' represents a duality consciousness. As soon as you have duality, we have sense of a 'self'.
"And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked"
Genesis 3:7,10,11
This duality consciousness can be good, as it helps us navigate the world we live in, but it can also create suffering, hence both good and evil. The Tree of Life, also in the garden of Eden, may represent the non-dual or unity consciousness. It is not concerned with thought, but simply being present in the moment. Perhaps awareness of both types is the key and we can enjoy a balance of duality and non duality. I'm mindful of the famous Zen Buddhist proverb: Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.
When I lived in Dorset I came across a grave with an apple tree growing out of the centre. I have loved that image ever since, with its strong reference to original sin and I have finally used it in this painting.
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This drawing was inspired by the bible story of Adam and Eve, original sin and the tree of knowledge. Also the teachings of
Thich Nhat Hanh ....
'All things arise because of their interdependence, and that is why nothing has a separate, independent identity.' and also, one of my favourites.....
"If you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating in this sheet of paper. Without a cloud, there will be no rain; without rain, the trees cannot grow: and without trees, we cannot make paper. The cloud is essential for the paper to exist. If the cloud is not here, the sheet of paper cannot be here either. So we can say that the cloud and the paper inter-are.
"Interbeing" is a word that is not in the dictionary yet, but if we combine the prefix "inter" with the verb "to be", we have a new verb, inter-be. Without a cloud, we cannot have paper, so we can say that the cloud and the sheet of paper inter-are.
If we look into this sheet of paper even more deeply, we can see the sunshine in it. If the sunshine is not there, the forest cannot grow. In fact nothing can grow. Even we cannot grow without sunshine. And so, we know that the sunshine is also in this sheet of paper. The paper and the sunshine inter-are. And if we continue to look we can see the logger who cut the tree and brought it to the mill to be transformed into paper. And we see the wheat. We know that the logger cannot exist without his daily bread, and therefore the wheat that became his bread is also in this sheet of paper. And the logger's father and mother are in it too. When we look in this way we see that without all of these things, this sheet of paper cannot exist. -- Thich Nhat Hanh"
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