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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ràngxiǎng dào想到yì qǐ一起nǔ lì努力debàn lǚ伴侣

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

shén huà神话xià wá夏娃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shuōshàng dì上帝gào sù告诉tā men他们bú yào不要chīzhī shí shù知识树deguǒ zi果子dàntā men他们hái shì还是yì qǐ一起chángle

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

hěnduōrénzhǐzhèjiànshìdàng chéng当成fàn cuò犯错yǒu rén有人tí chū提出lìngyī zhǒng一种xiǎng fǎ想法yě xǔ也许tā men他们shìzàizhuī qiú追求zhī shí知识xiǎngyòngzì jǐ自己dexuǎn zé选择láijué 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tā men他们chīleguǒ zi果子hòuyǎn jīng眼睛bèidǎ kāi打开kāi shǐ开始fēnqīngshànègènghuìsī 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zhèxiàngshìrén 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cáiyǒuxué xí学习kē xué科学shèn zhì甚至hòu lái后来yòngyī xué医学jiǎn shǎo减少tòng kǔ痛苦dekě 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shìshéxī wàng希望réndé dào得到zhī shí知识quèbù xiǎng不想ràngrénchīshēng mìng生命shùdeguǒ 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leyī 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dāngshì jiè世界shàngyòuchū xiàn出现hěnduōqiáng yìng强硬dequán wēi权威chōng tū冲突shíchóng xīn重新zhè ge这个shén huà神话yě xǔ也许néngtí xǐng提醒wǒ men我们nán nǚ男女kě yǐ可以bìng jiān并肩hé zuò合作yòngsī kǎo思考xuǎn zé选择chuàng zào创造gènghǎodewèi 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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