In the Eden story, the first man and woman ate of the fruit
of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. It is significant that
knowledge and judgment of right and wrong—ideas created and
processed in the prefrontal cortex—were responsible for the
downfall of humankind. As soon as we began separating good
from evil, we began separating ourselves from one another and
the rest of the universe.

While this may seem regrettable, it is also fortunate on many
levels. Differentiation separates, but it also provides the chance
for reunification. Separation gives us a chance to truly value the
experience of oneness, in much the same way that both light
and shadow are needed to create the perception of form. If we
had simply kept our oneness from the beginning of time, there
would have been no chance to choose oneness through our own
free will, which is the choice we have to make now.

Ilchi Lee, Brain Wave Vibration

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