*Join us in person or online for this hybrid event with Pablo Sender, Ph.D. on Thursday, November 12!* Learn more at https://www.theosophical.org/hybrid/paradise-lost-why-humanity-had-to-leave-edenThe biblical story of Adam and Eve is usually read as an account of humanity’s fall from an original state of perfection. But what if leaving Paradise was not simply a tragedy? What if it represented a necessary stage in the evolution of human consciousness?
From an esoteric perspective, Eden may be understood as a state of natural innocence in which early humanity lived largely as part of nature, without the developed self-consciousness that characterizes human beings today. Eating from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil symbolizes the awakening of mind: the emergence of self-awareness, choice, moral responsibility, and the capacity to learn through experience.
With this awakening comes a sense of separation—from nature, from one another, and from the divine source of life—which leads to conflict and sorrow. Yet this apparent exile also creates the freedom through which intelligence, character, and spiritual understanding can develop.
In this lecture, we will explore the story of the Fall from a Theosophical perspective, examining it within a larger evolutionary context. We will also consider how we can return to “Paradise”—not to the unconscious innocence of the beginning, but to a conscious unity illumined by knowledge, freedom, and spiritual awakening.
Pablo Sender, Ph.D., became a member of the Theosophical Society in his native Argentina and has presented Theosophical lectures, seminars, and classes around the world. He is the author of Approaching the Secret Doctrine and Evolution of the Higher Consciousness, and his articles have been published in several Theosophical journals. Learn more at his website: www.pablosender.com.
Join us in person at 1926 N. Main Street, Wheaton, IL 60187 or watch online on YouTube, Facebook, and our website on Thursday, November 12 at 7:00 p.m. CT.
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Theosophical Society in America, 1926 N Main St,Wheaton,IL,United States
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