Truth behind symbolism and imagery of 'Tree of Knowledge' and 'Original sin'

This morning I had hard time trying to convince fellow Sikh guys how the 'Tree of knowledge and Original Sin' mentioned in the Bible has symoblism and imagery used in it to represent concepts that are not easily understood by people. They have just started reading Bible out of curosity to know more about Christianity.

The concept of serpent who excited the Eve to eat the forbidden fruit is actually symbolic of the Kundalini energy within a person. When the Kundalini energy awakens in the lower two chakras, it awakens sexual feelings. The same energy when enters the higher chakras gives the results coresponding to those chakras. Last year I awakened my Kundalini, so I know that this energy literally makes hissing sound when awakened.

This serpent like kundalini energy created the desire to enjoy the body and took the attention away from God, the creator who was sustaining them with his Love.

When the soul has no desires, it stays in blissful state, connected with God's energy and therefore does not require any physical food. In meditation, one receives the Pranic energy from 'The Great White Light' and it fills the body with joy and bliss. While you are showering in this energy, you don't need any other source of survival like the food.

I am so relieved that other people also realise this truth. In the theory of Kundalini Yoga, as mentioned in the article on "Fall of man' on the site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_Of_Man, about author William Irwin Thompson who attributes the story of the fall to the time when human beings first understood that sex led to pregnancy, and understood what menstruation was. In "The time falling bodies take to light", Thompson theorizes that Eve's kundalini awakened, leading her to understand sexuality and human power and intelligence. In Sanskrit, "kundalini" means "curled up like a serpent"[19] .

The article Tree of Jiva and Atman in wikipedia tries to explain similar concept, "The first bird represents a Jiva, or individual self, or soul. She has a female nature, being a sakti, an energy of God. When the jiva becomes distracted by the fruits (signifying sensual pleasure), she momentarily forgets her lord and lover and tries to enjoy the fruit independently of him. This separating forgetfulness is maha-maya, or enthrallment, spiritual death, and constitutes the fall of the jiva into the world of material birth, death, disease and old age.
The second bird is the Paramatman, an aspect of God who accompanies every living being in the heart while she remains in the material world. He is the support of all beings and is beyond sensual pleasure.
It is significant to note that this concept of Atman and Jiva have been personified and taken into the Bible."

Guru Nanak says that we are all Eve's and there is only one Man - The God. This concept fits in with the above story as it says that Adam / second bird - Parmataman was not tempted by this fruit. The only issue unresolved then is why the story is saying that Man was made from the Soil. Has someone bent the story at some time? The eve was produced from the one bone of the Man, in my opinion stands for Humanbeings being produced from one part of God / The only MAN, going by Guru Nanak's definition of the MAN.

Another important aspect of the story is that after committing the original sin the couple was expelled from the Garden of Eden and were told that they will have to produce their own food by hardwork. So regular people now have to work to eat and survive. But those connected with the God / creator can still sustained without food. This concept is called Amritpan. In meditation, when one places their tongue touching the pallet and observes breathing, and raises energy inside the body from below to above, a honey like nector is produced from the pallet. For as long as you are able to produce this nector and stay in that state, you don't need any food to survive.

The Gurbani lines and translation below about Amrit are taken from the site http://www.gurbani.org/articles/webart325.html

ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਸਬਦੁ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਹਰਿ ਬਾਣੀ ॥ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਸੇਵਿਐ ਰਿਦੈ ਸਮਾਣੀ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਪੀ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਸਭ ਭੁਖ ਲਹਿ ਜਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੮॥੧੫॥੧੬॥: The Shabad is Amrit; the Lord's Bani is Amrit. Serving the True Guru, it (Amrit) permeates the heart. O Nanak! Amrit-Naam is forever the Giver of Peace (ਆਤਮਕ ਆਨੰਦ); drinking in this Amrit (of Naam - the Lord's Name), all hunger (of Maya) is satisfied. ||8||15||16|| (sggs 119).

ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਮੀਠਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਵੀਚਾਰਿ ॥ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਭੋਗੇ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਰਿ ॥ : Amrit meethaa sabad veechaar || Anadin bhoge houmai maar ||: Reflective meditation upon the Shabad is Amrit. By subduing his ego, one enjoys it night and day (sggs 424).

ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਪੀਵਹੁ ਮੇਰੇ ਭਾਈ ॥ ਸਿਮਰਿ ਸਿਮਰਿ ਸਭ ਤਪਤਿ ਬੁਝਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥: Amrit Naam peevahu mere bhaaee. Simar simar sabh tikhaa bujhaaee ||1||Rahaou||: O brother! Drink in the Amrit Naam (the Name of the Lord). Meditating, meditating (ਨਾਮ ਸਿਮਰ ਸਿਮਰ ਕੇ, on the Name of the Lord), the fire (of Bikaars) is totally quenched. ||1||Pause|| (sggs 191).

Also, you do not age while in this state.
Gurbani says - Har har Naam Japandyan Kach Na Kahai Jam Kaal

There are stories of Hindu Rishies who lived and meditated in samadhi state for thousands of years. How did they survive without food or the need to empty their bowl for years?

Lord Krishna (Hinduism) compared human body to an upside down tree and Kabbalah (German) philosophy also talks of 'Tree of Life' and Ten Gates. Sikhism also talks of Dasam Dwar, the Tenth Gate. All these concepts are related to the esoteric knowledge of human body.

Guru Granth Sahib provides a lot of hints about the mystical experiences. To understand what the poet is saying, one must either have basic understanding of the concepts of esotericism or better still have had some experiences during menditation. Its almost impossible to understand mystical experiences without having one as they make no logical sense to those who haven't experienced anything similar. No surprise that such people are then considered insane by others.

Some of the lines in the Guru Granth Sahib that most people don't understand the meaning of because of lack of practicing meditation, offcourse in my opinion, are as follows

Ik Vast Agochar Laheai
Sass Ghar Soor
Amrit Piyo Sada Chir Jeyo
Har Amritpan Karo
Nanak Chauthe Pad Mai, So Jan Gat Pahe
Jivan Mukat So Akhiyai, Mar Jevai Mariya
Asa Mahe Niras Valai

Below is a site of books on esoteric knowledge. I haven't read any of these yet. As Gurbani says only a few people know about these concepts - Virle Kine Vichari?
http://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/index.htm

Below are some of the Gurbani lines to ponder

ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਜਿਸੁ ਉਦਰੁ ਤਿਸੁ ਮਾਇਆ ॥: Kahi kabeer jis udar tis Maya:
Says Kabeer, whoever has a belly to fill (need to eat food to survive), is under the spell of Maya [Raajas (Passion), Taamas (Ignorance), and Saatav (Goodness) modes] (sggs 1160).
In short, whatever deludes a person away from his godly status (Joti-Svaroopa, Pure Consciousness etc.) is Maya for him.

ਜਾ ਕੈ ਸਿਮਰਨਿ ਕਵਲਾ ਦਾਸਿ ॥: Jaa kai simaran kavalaa daas:
Meditating on God, Maya becomes one's slave (sggs 986).

Wasn't it the change of focus of consciounesses from staying under the protection of God's Love to focusing on one's desires that made the couple expelled from the Garden of Eden?

See wikipedia articles on "Tree of Knowledge and Original sin'.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_the_knowledge_of_good_and_evil

Kabbalah, the Tree of Life topologically explained
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP6Jqq_Fk6M&feature=related
Nicely explained with the diagrams.
Parts of the Script - Basic idea of Tree of life

Three diamentional space -
The absolute creating three layers of itself to make three diamentional space.

Basic idea of Tree of life- Energy that is emanating in different kinds of structures, but still connected with the totality. Whatever comes out (the fruit) from the Tree, is made by the total system, like the seed needs the water and air to become the tree.

Each complete layer has three layers. With same principal we can make further three layers within each layer, that is the complexity of life.

Another video
The Tree of Life and how it works
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F-6W2-aJes&feature=related
Script
The tree of life and the Chakra system works very well together. Tree of life can be explained in four levels.
Vegetable level - Basic survival needs, you eat and multiply, same as family.
Animal level - power struggle, joint soul, can't survive alone - need a master, to be loved and cared for, same as tribe.
Human level - Individuals, Free Will, discrimination, judgement, discernment; mercy, love and kindness; Beauty or Truth. Nature of Soul is how you make decision. Truth is beauty and Beauty is Truth.
Spiritual level - Your personal relationship with God and your chance to seek happiness. You can have whatever you conceive today.

I am impressed. Guru Nanak says Nanak Chuthe pade mai so jan gat pahe. I asked Guru Nanak today to tell me more about the Fourth Pad. I don't even know what there four pads are. So above is an interpretation until I find out another one.

Laws Governing Human Life

I asked God/ Universe to tell me how it 'Governs Life'. How can it control precisely what happens each moment in each human's life. I suggested that there must be some formula that you use to decide rather yourself staying busy each moment deciding what happens to someone. I got the answer 7 inches multiply 3. Obviously there are many ways how it works and I don't know any.

I searched google and came to know about body's biological clocks that I wrote about in my earlier blog, that mentioned three different biorythms. I am still searching for more answers on that.

Here is a video on the same topic. Manly P. Hall - The Seven Laws Governing Human Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nWvlHrhJJM

"All things are bound by one eternal spark and one eternal need - to grow. Growth never stops. Unity of purpose so Man recognizes his unity with all that exists and participate in great pageantry of growth. Growth lies in improvement of all that exists can be manifested in a most perfect manner."

I think Sikhism would disagree with Hall as we believe that everything is already as it is intended to be by God's Will, already perfect in Gods eyes.

When I had asked God to tell me why the world was so unjust, I was shown a scene where several people where as if playing a game on circus on trapeze in a circle. In a circle were chains of people, each chain with three people in it. I couldn't count but I thought it looked like a clock, so 6 chains, each chain touching two points of the circle, making it look like 12 points. May be I am wrong here, that actually there were seven points touching the circle? For some reason, I don't think that what I saw. So how does 7 x 3 apply here?

The strange part was that the game was so fast and so much fun for every person involved that no player at any time thought that they were being disadvantaged. At the same, I was made aware that it was necessary for the game to continue that at any one time, there has to be someone on the bottom, ensuring that the positions are changed quickly. So clearly, nothing in the game was unjust. I felt comfortable with that version of the truth.

I believe that the Kabbalah Tree of Life might hold the answer to that secret. So I will be reading a few books and searching net as well as watching youtube videos on that topic to find out more.

DNA is found in every living organism. It must also follow the rules of & inches X 3
The video - DNA The Tree of life ( Humanity Hacking Immortality ) explains the following
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcgfVcuQuW0&feature=related
Three bases of DNA
Thymine is the Base for A-DNA and Cytosine the base of B-DNA. Guanine is also a Base.
A always pairs with T in DNA.
C also pairs with G in DNA.
Then the diagram shows ETOH/ Water in both A and C DNA's
Chromosomes Cell and Gene

My experience of the Tree of Knowledge

I can't believe that all this time I didn't know what was that green thing that came from above and rested in the middle of my body. I didn't know this shape of some rough rock that looked like a gemstone. It was the exact shape of the Tree of Life

It came and healed me. I was so suspicious, I even asked it are you sure you are not spreading some cancer in my body. Then I remembered I am suppose to be positive. So I asked it to heal my lower back pain. The tree of life symbol then disintegrated slowly into small green particles and spread all over my body. As I requested it to fix my memory problem with a big piece of it filling the void in my head as I keep loosing my memory, it did that.

I wonder how I know nothing about the world of meditation and all these powerful things have been offered to me. In a way its good as I have no reason to doubt the experiences as being brought on by my desire or visualisation. I only found out what these things are afterwards.

Other than what I experienced, the diagram of the tree of life gives me a different explanation. Qabbalah - Tree of Life" src="http://emeagwali.com/speeches/immortality/Qabbalah-Tree-of-Life.jpg">