The Fallen Ladder

You're probably aware of your position in the world around you, but are you aware that the position the Creator expects you to keep is the pathway to eternal life?

In this article, I would like to talk to you about your position in the creation and the steps you need to take to earn eternal life.

Imagine you’re looking for a job and find an open position. You apply, get the job, and start working the next day. Later in the afternoon, your boss checks on you to see if you're doing your job as you were instructed, but instead, he finds you playing games. He’ll get upset, yelling at you, saying, 'Hey, what are you doing? I hired you for a position, but you're doing something else. You’re supposed to be doing your job. WHERE ARE YOU?'

He already knows where you were, so what did he mean by saying, 'WHERE ARE YOU?'

You know he is referring to your POSITION since you were not doing your job as you were supposed to.

'WHERE ARE YOU?'

These are the exact words the Creator asked Adam after he ate from the forbidden tree, complaining to him about why he did not keep his position.

Until today, we are asked the same question daily.

You may ask...

What position?

Have I really been hired for a position?

What am I supposed to do?

And most importantly, why?

So, let's look at the bigger picture to see where you are...

You are made of body and soul. ​

Your body comes from the physical world or the female aspect of the creation, while your soul comes from the spiritual world or the male aspect of the creation. ​

That means two worlds came together to create you.

These two worlds were originally one (spiritual) world at the beginning of the creation, just like Adam and Chava were one individual. ​

Because the Creator is constructive, He planned to create continuity.

The Creator took out the physical aspect of the spiritual world and called her Mother Nature, just like how, later on, He took out the female aspect of Adam and called her the mother of humans.

That's why, in the book of creation, the Creator says He created humans in His image. ​

What the Creator did was that He turned a STRONG world into two "weak" worlds in need of each other. ​

Since they became weak, they became needy to unite and become strong again.

Therefore, they sought to establish a strong relationship. ​

That's when they united, and the result of their unification was their beloved child, Adam.

Adam's body was given to him by Mother Nature, while his soul was given to him by our spiritual father. ​

That means his mother and father were also within him as body and soul. ​

Adam was standing as a strong connector of the relationship between his parents. ​

This also means 'no Adam, no intimate relationship between parents.'

Adam was created on the sixth day of creation to demonstrate that he is the 'cause' for uniting his parents, since the number six in Hebrew means AND. It's the symbol of connecting for continuity because whenever we want to continue, we connect with the AND word, which becomes the "cause" of continuity. Interestingly enough, the letter ו consists of a "body" and a "head" representing humans.

​By creating Adam, the Creator hired him to keep his parents (body and soul) united so that they would be able to have an intimate relationship through him. In return, by keeping his position as the reason for their relationship, Adam was earning life.

Interestingly, there was a mutual benefit for all parties. Our mother nature and our spiritual father would benefit from Adam having an ongoing relationship with each other through him, while Adam would benefit from his position to stay alive.

If, however, Adam's position changed or he acted weakly, he would cause separation between his parents (body and soul), lose his position, and therefore lose his life.

​That means Adam's job was to show restraint and not let his parents' (body and soul) separate from each other to stay alive forever. ​

Once Adam ate the forbidden fruit, he poisoned his body and changed the ingredient that was attaching his body to his soul. His weak action brought separation between his parents (body and soul), and as the Creator had warned him, his soul gradually left his body and died.

For this reason, after Adam ate from the forbidden tree or acted weakly, the Creator asked him, 'WHERE ARE YOU?' complaining to him about why he did not keep his position as expected. ​

By keeping his position and restraining himself from the forbidden food, Adam could have saved his position and earned eternal life.

Yes, we humans are the relationship between our spiritual father and Mother Nature. Our strength acts as the ladder to the spiritual world, as illustrated by Jacob's dream. Without mastering this strength, we cannot maintain the relationship between these two worlds or go up and down the ladder.

That's why the Creator does not desire a weak person addicted to any physical pleasure, especially meat.

In other words, when we are addicted or attached to physical pleasures, we lose control and won't be able to go up and down the ladder.

​​So, ask yourself... ​

​'WHERE ARE YOU?'

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— Bahram Cohanfard