Adam and Eve

So according to the Bible, adam and eve were put in this blissful, perfect garden called the Garden of Even and they had perfect lives. It was no disease or anything and they were perfectly happy. However, they only had one direction: not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge or the Tree of Life. They already had everything they needed to be perfectly happy. The book of genesis goes on to say that curosity got the better of Eve (she was influenced by the serpent which was Satin) and she ate an apple from the Tree of Knowledge. Then she shared it with Adam. After this, they gained knowledge that we have today. They instantly learned about wearing clothes, shame, and everything. When God saw that they had went to this forbidden tree he punished them by creating all the bad things in the world including pain for childbirth and things like bad weather (because the Garden was perfect). Also he sealed off the tree of life so no one could ever get to it.

Ignorance is bliss. Knowledge is power. These are two phrases constantly quoted and I'm sure other languages have their equivalent. Adam and Eve were in bliss, but they were also ignorant. They didnt wear clothes because they didnt know what wearing clothes was like. They didn't kill and eat animals because they didn't know what meat tasted like. They weren't territorial because they didn't know what it was like to own. So were they missing out by not eating from the tree of knowledge? Of course they were definitely missing out! They were happy but it was because they didn't know any better. Now the real argument is whether or not it is better to give up bliss (which come with ignorance) for knowledge (which comes at a price). Are you ready to deal with the price? Are you willing to devote the rest of your life to dealing with the consquences? Like humankind is spending its entire existence developing vaccines, working to protect ourselves from the elements, working to stop crime, etc.

My answer is of course I am!!

So for anyone who wants to know why i pretty much do what I want, thats part of my reasoning. This is why I'm whatev about decisions, and pretty apathetic over things that everyone thinks are a big deal. I know I'm probably going to have to pay a price for anything I do but I accept that willingly. I just do what I want now, and deal with it later. I know it isn't a good way for everyone to live but it fits me. It hurts me when people make one mistake and then make revelations like "I'm going to stop drinking" or "I'm going to give up playing guitar because it distracts me from school.". Like i dont see why people make these unrelated new rules for themselves over one misstep? If you fail a test oh well now you have to deal with it. Giving up guitar is not going to compensate for your failed test. You just deal with the failed test. If playing the guitar makes you happy don't get rid of it because you failed a test! Do you think making yourself suffer is going to like generate karma or something to make you pass the test? You already failed it! Go play your guitar and feel better about it and dont think about it until the next test comes. And my favorite **SARCASM** thing to hear is "I messed up and now I'm going to give up alcohol". I'm not talking directly to you Lisandra but just in general. Giving up alcohol doesnt fix the past. If you want to give up alcohol do it because you feel like giving it up, not because you want to fix some past situation. Anything you do, any decision you make, any risk you take should be because you want to do it. I'll be damned if I'm 50 and I find myself thinking damn i should have taken that chance when i was 18.

This blog started because Lisandra failgirl self told me "ugh! sex complicates things" and I thought about how duh! sure you might be happy before you have sex, but its because you have no choice but to. But once you open that door you've basically agreed to take the risk either it could turn out great or not so great. Risks like those are the true essence of life because we as humans can do what we want and we might as well because this ain't the garden of even.

-Dez Out