The Inherent Tendency to Manifest

A woman asks if, in the biblical story of paradise, Adam and Eve were in a state of pure beingness, and if their eating from the Tree of Knowledge caused the ‘I am’ to become qualified, representing the fall. She then asks where the serpent fits in the analogy. Rupert suggests the snake is the temptation to let the ‘I am’ become conditioned by experience, turning into ‘I am this or that’. Quoting Blake’s ‘Eternity is in love with the productions of time’, he suggests that the tendency to manifest is inherent in awareness; otherwise, there would be no Shakti, only Shiva at rest.

From event 07 September - 12 October, 2024 Seven-Day Meditation Retreat at Mandali – 7 to 14 September 2024

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