Genesis 3:6-7 WhatDoesTheForbiddenFruitSymbolize?

       In the Garden of Eden



'She took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons.'

In the book 'Autobiography of a Yogi' by Paramahansa Yogananda (pp 169-170) he is taught about the Adam and Eve story by his Master Sri Yukteswar: "Genesis is deeply symbolic, and cannot be grasped by a literal interpretation" he explained. "Its' tree of life is the human body. The spinal cord is like an upturned tree, with man's hair as its roots, and...nerves as branches. The tree of the nervous system bears many enjoyable fruits, or sensations of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. In these, man may rightfully indulge; but he was forbidden the experience of sex, the apple at the center of the body ( ' in the midst of the garden.' "God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die."-Genesis 3:2-3) The serpent represents the coiled up spinal energy that stimulates the sex nerves. 'Adam' is reason, and 'Eve' is feeling. When the emotion or Eve-consciousness in any human being is overpowered by the sex impulse, his reason or Adam also succumbs. (See Genesis 3:12-13) "GOD CREATED THE HUMAN SPECIES BY MATERIALIZING THE BODIES OF MAN AND WOMAN THROUGH THE FORCE OF HIS WILL; HE ENDOWED THE NEW SPECIES WITH THE POWER TO CREATE CHILDREN (p169) IN A SIMILAR 'IMMACULATE' OR DIVINE MANNER...God made the first human bodies, symbolically called Adam and Eve... MAN WAS UNIQUELY GIVEN THE POTENTIALLY OMNISCIENT 'THOUSAND-PETALED LOTUS' IN THE BRAIN, AS WELL AS ACUTELY AWAKENED OCCULT CENTERS IN THE SPINE. "GOD, OR THE DIVINE CONSCIOUSNESS PRESENT WITHIN THE FIRST CREATED PAIR, COUNSELED THEM TO ENJOY ALL HUMAN SENSATIONS WITH ONE EXCEPTION: SEX SENSATIONS. THESE WERE BANNED, LEST HUMANITY ENMESH ITSELF IN THE INFERIOR ANIMAL METHOD OF PROPAGATION. THE WARNING NOT TO REVIVE SUBCONSCIOUSLY PRESENT BESTIAL MEMORIES WAS UNHEEDED. RESUMING THE WAY OF BRUTE PROCREATION, ADAM AND EVE FELL FROM THE STATE OF HEAVENLY JOY NATURAL TO THE ORIGINAL PERFECT MAN. WHEN THEY NEW THAT THEY WERE NAKED, THEIR CONSCIOUSNESS OF IMMORTALITY WAS LOST, EVEN AS GOD HAD WARNED THEM; THEY HAD PLACED THEMSELVES UNDER THE PHYSICAL LAW BY WHICH BODILY BIRTH MUST BE FOLLOWED BY BODILY DEATH... The personal responsibility of every human being is to restore his 'parents' or dual nature to a unified harmony or Eden."

On this subject the Ascended Master Saint Germain teaches: "Excess sex gratification... wastes your energy. If you insist on doing it then you cannot have the energy that brings your Freedom... The Law of Life is that the sex is to be used only for pro-creation of your kind."

The Ascended Master Ray-O-Light teaches us: "Your Great Ascended Master Jesus said to you, the last enemy to be overcome was so-called death. Well what do you think is the last activity which that enemy uses to hold its domination and what is the motive back of that? Misuse of the sex activity. That is how death has held its dominion upon the face of the earth."

Beloved Sanat Kumara, known in Theosophy as the Lord of the World or the King of the spiritual Hierarchy, teaches us: "Sex... was never intended for anything but the propagating of the human form... The sinister force has tried to use every possible excuse to make individuals believe, they could use it for pleasure, and still go on to Perfection."

The Ascended Master known as the Great Divine Director teaches on the subject: "You have been told repeatedly, that unless you cease your sex desire, you cannot gain Freedom and Ascension!"

One of the Seven Mighty Elohim, Beloved Mighty Hercules, warns us: "Dear people, as you value your future existence, stand guard over any slightest sex desire in the world. Annihilate it instantly because I tell you frankly, that sinister thing has become so diabolical that you must absolutely stand on guard in every way."

If turning away from God and practicing sex brought about the Fall of man then in order to get back to the Garden of Eden, or enter into the Celestial State of Consciousness, we must abstain from sex except for the procreation of children. Eventually there will be no need for sex at all when we have the Divine Power as gods on earth to manifest living souls using the Light of God as is symbolically expressed in the creation story of Adam and Eve. The higher aspect of this Law of God is that we must learn to keep our minds and feelings pure.

Jesus taught these Higher Spiritual Laws or Commandments in the Sermon on the Mount which replace and transcend some aspects of the Law of Moses: "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God... Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgement: But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother... shall be in danger of the judgement and whosoever shall say to his brother...Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire... Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart."(St Matthew 5:8,22,27-28) 

We must be willing to sacrifice our worldly way of life for the Heavenly Way of Life as expressed by Jesus: "Whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"(St Matthew 16:25-26)

Within our bodies are seven main chakras with the Crown Chakra at the top of the head being the highest chakra and the base chakra at the bottom of the spine being the lowest chakra. Basically THE HIGHER CHAKRAS, FROM THE HEART UP TO THE CROWN, DRAW US UP INTO HEAVEN WHILE THE LOWER CHAKRAS FROM THE SOLAR-PLEXUS DOWN DRAW US DOWN TO THE EARTH. Everyone's lives are an outflow of Energy or Life Force from God via our Crown Chakra. Most of mankind have their life force flowing out through their lower chakras especially the Solar-plexus Emotional centre and their Sexual centre therefore they are repeatedly pulled back to earth on the Wheel of Birth and Death. If we would like to live in the Heavenly State of Consciousness permanently and not just temporarily at the end of each embodiment then we must learn to live our lives with only the Higher Chakras open thus becoming an expression of Unconditional Divine Love flowing thru the Higher Chakras. The chakras act as Secret Doorways to the Higher and lower Planes. The lower chakras are doorways to the lower Planes of human consciousness while the Higher Chakras are Doorways to the Higher Planes of Divine Consciousness. For example, the Solar-plexus chakra is the doorway to the Emotional or Astral Plane where hell is located. These chakras are not necessarily in logical order but are more like planets and suns revolving around a central sun (the Heart Chakra) and a great central sun (the Crown Chakra.) I believe the Throat Chakra is the Secret Doorway to the first True Heaven known as the Higher Mental Plane, the Heart Chakra is the Secret Doorway to the second Higher Heaven or Soul Plane and the Crown Chakra is the Secret Doorway to the the Highest third Celestial Heaven which leads to an infinite number of even higher Heavens in the Octaves of Light.