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Valentine's Day: Eve and Adam in Myth, Disobedience Brings Free Will and Opens the Space of Consciousness
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qíng rén jié情人节ràng让wǒ我xiǎng dào想到yì qǐ一起nǔ lì努力de的bàn lǚ伴侣。

Valentine's Day makes me think of partners working hard together.

shén huà神话lǐ里,xià wá夏娃hé和yà dāng亚当jiù shì就是yī duì一对。

In the myth, Eve and Adam are a pair.

gù shì故事shuō说,shàng dì上帝gào sù告诉tā men他们bú yào不要chī吃“zhī shí shù知识树”de的guǒ zi果子,dàn但tā men他们hái shì还是yì qǐ一起qù去cháng尝le了。

The story says God told them not to eat the fruit of the 'Tree of Knowledge,' but they tried it together anyway.

hěn很duō多rén人zhǐ只bǎ把zhè这jiàn件shì事dàng chéng当成“fàn cuò犯错”,kě可yě也yǒu rén有人tí chū提出lìng另yī zhǒng一种xiǎng fǎ想法:yě xǔ也许tā men他们shì是zài在zhuī qiú追求zhī shí知识,xiǎng想yòng用zì jǐ自己de的xuǎn zé选择lái来jué dìng决定rén shēng人生。

Many people see this as a 'mistake,' but some suggest another idea: maybe they were seeking knowledge and wanted to decide their lives by their own choices.

chuán shuō传说lǐ里,tā men他们chī吃le了guǒ zi果子hòu后,“yǎn jīng眼睛bèi被dǎ kāi打开”,kāi shǐ开始fēn分dé得qīng清shàn善yǔ与è恶,yě也gèng更huì会sī kǎo思考。

According to the legend, after eating the fruit, their 'eyes were opened,' and they began to distinguish good from evil and think more deeply.

yǒu rén有人rèn wéi认为,zhè这xiàng像shì是rén lèi人类dì yī cì第一次zhēn zhèng真正shǐ yòng使用zì yóu yì zhì自由意志,cóng cǐ从此cái才yǒu有xué xí学习、kē xué科学,shèn zhì甚至hòu lái后来yòng用yī xué医学jiǎn shǎo减少tòng kǔ痛苦de的kě néng可能。

Some believe this was humanity's first real use of free will, leading to learning, science, and later medicine to reduce suffering.

hái yǒu还有yī zhǒng一种shuō fǎ说法shì是:shé蛇xī wàng希望rén人dé dào得到zhī shí知识,què却bù xiǎng不想ràng让rén人chī吃“shēng mìng生命shù树”de的guǒ zi果子huò dé获得yǒng shēng永生,suǒ yǐ所以tā men他们zuì hòu最后lí kāi离开le了yī diàn yuán伊甸园。

Another version says the serpent wanted humans to gain knowledge but did not want them to eat from the 'Tree of Life' to gain immortality, so they were eventually expelled from Eden.

jīn tiān今天dāng当shì jiè世界shàng上yòu又chū xiàn出现hěn很duō多qiáng yìng强硬de的quán wēi权威hé和chōng tū冲突shí时,chóng xīn重新dú读zhè ge这个shén huà神话,yě xǔ也许néng能tí xǐng提醒wǒ men我们:nán nǚ男女kě yǐ可以bìng jiān并肩hé zuò合作,yòng用sī kǎo思考hé和xuǎn zé选择qù去chuàng zào创造gèng更hǎo好de的wèi lái未来。

Today, when many strong authorities and conflicts appear in the world, rereading this myth might remind us that men and women can work side by side, using thought and choice to create a better future.

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