Title: Fruit

Ignorance is Bliss.

Bliss is The Garden of Eden.

Knowledge is Power.

By the fruit of the tree,

Eve became empowered.

"And The Serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil." [-Genesis 3:4-5; King James Version]

"…a tree to be desired to make one wise, and [Eve] did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of both of them were opened." [-Genesis 3:6-7; King James Version]

To live in Bliss,

or have the Power?

-What is Power?

Knowledge.

-What is Bliss?

Ignorance.

Ignorance isn't bad,

it's an immunity plea;

Can't punish the child for saying "fuck,"

not knowing its meaning.

Can you punish the parent,

for not teaching the child?

- No.

The parent didn't know

the child heard of the word.

Who do you punish?

- The teacher who uttered the word?

The teacher didn't know

the child heard her

under her breath.

- The school?

The school didn't know

the teacher was vulgar.

-The city?

The city didn't know

how the school hired her.

-The state?

That's taking it too far,

and you can't blame the classmate

the child heard it from;

the classmate only knows as much as him,

and the classmate's parents didn't know

he heard of the word, either.

Therefore,

Ignorance is blameless.

Let the child play,

and carry on in his Bliss.

Power isn't so great either.

Those who get it abuse it,

those who seek it,

want it for the wrong reasons,

those who could harness it,

are single mothers

of three minimum,

working two jobs

that don't pay enough...

The Blissful play,

and harm others unknowingly.

The emPowered have responsibility,

and harm themselves knowingly.

So to eat of the tree or frolic?

Either way is death.

- death of consciousness,

or death of body.

What's important?

Does it matter?

Did fate give of the Fruit to Eve,

or was it by choice alone?

If by fate,

it was a set up,

we were meant to be emPowered.

If by choice,

she didn't know if God was truthful or not.

How could she not know?

- She hadn't yet eaten

of The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.

If listening to God was good,

and not listening was evil,

she couldn't have known,

without eating of the tree,

that would teach her the difference,

between good and evil.

Now who do you blame?

- Ignorance?

Ignorance is blameless, right?

Ignorance is Bliss,

and Bliss is The Garden of Eden,

all Eve knew

before she ate of the tree.

She ate of The Tree

of Knowledge

of Good and Evil,

and became emPowered.

Did she then know,

if what she did was good or evil?

Can you judge?

- You couldn't have judged,

if she hadn't eaten of The Tree

of Knowledge of Good and Evil.

Does it matter?

We could have had Bliss,

- Ignorance.

But instead we have Power,

- Knowledge.

And Eve was The Fall of Mankind?

And yet she's the one;

- who gave us Power

- saved our consciousness

- who Adam called to as mother of all living,

after having the knowledge,

she passed on to him.

"And the Lord God said, Behold, the man has become as one of us, to know good and evil." [Genesis 3:22; King James Version]

And her death of body?

- The Bible "forgets" to mention...

or perhaps she never died.

And the Power -the Knowledge,

she shared,

is still ours to have.

Hopefully we learn how to harness it,

instead of abuse it.

The End.


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