<6>Man and woman were divided from the
original
Adam (which had a dual
nature). After this evolutionary process, the word
Adam and man are used interchangeably in the Bible.
<7>The name
woman
is used with a twofold meaning: woman as
female, and
woman as the lower nature of the human.
<8>It is through the influence of this lower
nature, that the fall of man occurs. They were thrown out of
heaven
(higher consciousness, or beings) to the gross world. Only in this
stage did they assume a new body with skin (Gen. 3:21).
<9>However, humans fell more and furthered
their distance from the Lord.
This is explained by the fact that
as the
sin (samskaras)
becomes heavier, or humans become attracted too much to the external
world, the
Soul becomes more
distant from realizing
God.
<10>In this state, however, humans still
preserved their direct relationship with the forces of nature. Their
third eyes were
opened. They had great
occult powers. They could manipulate the forces of nature. The old generation
misused these powers so much that the whole earth became corrupt,
"And God saw that the
wickedness of man was great in the earth,..." (Gen. 6:5).
<11>So
God
decided to withdraw completely all the
occult powers
from man and destroy all things He had created. He closed the
third eye of man
and only left
intellect to make
man able to grasp the realities behind this visible universe.
<12>The Lord
God also created a new
climate on earth and gave man the body he presently has. The humans
were also divided into different types (Shudras,
Ksattriyas,
Vipras,
Vaeshyas, and
Brahmins) in this
stage.
<13>This is all symbolized by the flood at the time of Noah,
which was completed around six thousand years ago.
<14>Still humanity had the power of
telepathy, symbolized by the verse, "And the whole earth was of one
language, and of one speech" (Gen. 11:1). With this good
communicative ability and with the use of their
intellect, they
started to become a great civilization again. They started to use
these abilities to make name and fame for themselves ("Babel"
Gen. 11:9), instead of using them for progressing spiritually.
<15>So again another evolutionary process took place.
Telepathic
ability was taken away from them. With having different
languages with many different dialects -- their languages were
already different, "...every one after his tongue,..." (Gen. 10:5,
20, 31) -- man became completely powerless (for his own good).
<16>However, the Lord
God did not go through
all these things to leave man in this stage. He had a definite
Plan for doing so. He had a Plan to bring humans to a point
where they would realize that the only way is to understand the
realities behind this universe and creation, and to obey the Laws.
<17>Humans
should use all their powers and might toward spiritual progress of
the
self and others. Selfish endeavors will bring destruction to all. The only way is His
Way (Universal Laws).
<18>This Plan or process started 12,000 years
ago. Man reached this state that he is in now around 6,000 years
ago. The last 6,000 years of history were necessary to show how the
Laws of
Karma,
reincarnation,
and many other Universal Laws work. The Lord
God demonstrated that whenever people lose the view of these
Laws, they will suffer because of their actions. Also the seven
steps of the
Eternal
Divine Path were revealed by seven religions in this period
to guide man in his spiritual progress.
