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Old 12-11-2007, 10:32 PM   #2 (permalink)
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If I'm following you correctly... Expulsion from the Garden as a metaphor for overriding instinctual behaviours? Not a bad analogy, that.

Once we become self-aware and see the possibility of choosing one action over another, "Eden" simply ceases to exist for us... In much the same way, we can't revert to our pre-aware infancy but must seek personal happiness in consciousness, choice and action.
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