Why must innocence be lost; tasting the fruit of the tree of good and evil? A clue is in statements such as "To know and know that you know."
Why the double know? You could say animals don't question what they are. They are just pure expression of That. They are That, but they do not know they are That.
The human is required to take a much more profound step, and that step is the suffering accompanied by separation. The separation has to happen so that innocence is destroyed. Then when innocence returns it is known.
This is expressed by T. S. Elliot when he said, “We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.”
Why the double know? You could say animals don't question what they are. They are just pure expression of That. They are That, but they do not know they are That.
The human is required to take a much more profound step, and that step is the suffering accompanied by separation. The separation has to happen so that innocence is destroyed. Then when innocence returns it is known.
This is expressed by T. S. Elliot when he said, “We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.”
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How will separation go? What is the best way to do it?
Answering your question turned out to be long, so I answered it in the post above titled, "To End Separation." If this doesn't answer your question, or it is puzzling, email me directly. maurylee@gmail.com
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