Excellent Roc. I was considering the story of the Garden of Eden, in which there is no right and wrong, which is seen as the ultimate place to be. However it was our choice to know of the Tree of Good and Evil, that led us out of this place.
Not being a big fan of the way the story unfolded, however there is some wisdom in that can be gleaned from it.
Along with desire to know, comes a desire to compare the difference between good and not good, ie judgement . Or else the tree doesn't exist. ?
We seem to consider we want the ultimate of " living in a Garden of Eden of our own making", so we seek it in wealth, mortgages, best friends, and all require judgement or ego attachment, this is mine and I like yours because I have the idea that it will get me closer to my self created "Garden of Eden". And all this requires judgement. Whereas if we are able to unattach ourselves from good and bad, and judgement and just accept it all as part of life's process, then we may be able to experience the bliss in any situation.
In Buddhism this is non attachment, be aware of things and move on and when you become aware of them again, they will have changed.
It is time that humanity realised that is our own responc- ability to see a flow of learning and creating from our particular passion, and stop blaming outside obstructions, to our idea of seeking to create "our idea of our "Garden of Eden""
It is our attachments that cause us the pain.
In this bliss of living in the moment and not judging, that we find a higher source of us comes through, such as when you are writing, it just flows.
So in writing our own lives from a place of non judgement and simply expressing our own passion, we can find the "Us", that is not ego driven comes through and fulfills what we are here for.
If we had not experienced duality we would not appreciate Unity, a bit like burning your hand on the stove as a child, you then get to appreciate the pain.
However you now know how to use the stove to cook your food and provide for your family.
I think, that is where we have come to in our maturity. We know know the pain from the experience of life, and its time to appreciate the Unity we get when we connect with Life writing us, from being non attached to outcomes.
I totally agree, that "life" is moving very fast now, and it will get faster from my research.
This is life giving us no time to "Think" as Yoda says, "Don't Think, Just Do"
Life is providing us with the circumstance, where we have no choice. If we try to control it we go into breakdown, as we see all around us.
Just doing, comes from another place, than thinking.
What is that "Other Place", I wonder. ?