Innocence in this world is vulnerability and the vulnerable suffer.  The only way to survive and thrive in this world is to adapt to it. The vulnerable bring out the true nature of their abusers.  The obeyance of Romans 12:2 KJV means suffering. This is because, if we do not conform to this world, we will suffer.  But the fact is that most children conform to this world ‘before’ they have the ability to understand the words of Paul. The reference to transformation implies that the message is for those who are already conformed to this world.

The call to transformation is done in order that the innocent child that God created can be restored with all of the gifts of God.  But transformation means change.  A profound change in the appearance, behaviour, opinions and speech of someone will not go unnoticed by those who know them well.  The parents of a child will, out of compassion for their own child ensure that it conforms. This is done in order to ensure that the child does not suffer.  The price we pay for what we must become is what we are. 

This is too high a price to live in this world.  This world that we all conform to is nothing more than a hallucination.  The name of this hallucination is perception. The world and everything in it is called ‘reality’. This is a false, counterfeit world that is powerful enough to fool everyone.  Who denies the existence of the United States of America? Who denies the existence of the dollar bill?  Who denies the existence of their own governments? These are all man-made creations. Innocence is a state of unlimited potential.

The moment we place knowledge in the mind of an innocent child we replace unlimited potential within the limits of that knowledge. This knowledge then claims to be what it was created to define.  Knowledge is limited understanding.  Knowledge of how to weld can lead to the ability of welding.  This knowledge is practical and does not corrupt the mind.  The tree of knowledge of good and evil was forbidden.  What does this mean?  It refers to perception.  Perception is the ability to see the same thing as either ‘good’ or ‘evil’. 

A good example of this is eating food that in Islam is Haram, but in other religions and jurisdictions it is not. These conflicting perceptions cannot exist without knowledge of good and evil.  These two positions cannot exist without each other. Welding is neither good or evil, unless we have an understanding of good or evil. Then we can use it for both.  This is why the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil is forbidden.  Let the experience be the experience.  We know that traits and characteristics are passed from generation to generation.

We know that the offspring of two bull dogs with a bad temperament will not be a poodle with a good temperament. The tree of knowledge of good and evil will not only corrupt the mind, but that corruption will be passed from generation to generation. Perception is the projection of meaning.  One man can judge a thing to be good and another man can judge the same thing to be evil, haram, sin, or disgusting. How we perceive something determines how we emotionally and behaviourally react to it.

Genesis 1:11 (KJV) “And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.”  This verse refers to the offspring being after its kind. An oak tree doesn’t produce an apple tree.  The offspring of a pair of mating lions is not an elephant. Whilst we can understand how mating works, its important to understand how the character we acquire from ancestors, that we develop through the accumulation of our life, is passed on to our offspring.

The tree of knowledge of good and evil can change character. If we do not have wisdom, we may acquire knowledge that is evil in its expression. For hundreds of years marriages were arranged to ensure that only good fruit created good fruit. It was known in society that someone of bad moral character was not a good match for someone of good moral character. A boy may be attracted to a beautiful girl and a girl may be attracted to a handsome boy.  In a mature person the appearance matches the character, but this is not so in a young person.

The way to understand a person and their innate character, is to look to their parents and grandparents.  Matthew 7:18-23 (KJV) “A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.” The innocent child inherits traits.  These traits are impersonal unless and until they are expressed.  Children with traits that will cause suffering to self or others must be disciplined.

Proverbs 23:13-14 (KJV) “Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.”  Corporal punishment was done in order to create an association between certain behaviours and their consequences. The purpose was to eradicate certain behavioural traits, to keep the child from hurting others and prevent their behaviour leading to a life of criminality, addiction or violence. Colossians 3:20 (KJV) “Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.”

Why not eat the fruit of the tree of good and evil? Because this tree has both good and bad fruit.  It is the fruit of subjective perception. It is both sides of a debate. It justifies what in the eyes of God cannot be justified. Personal desire is the cause of temptation The tree of knowledge of good and evil is where we find ‘reasons’ to justify why good is bad and why bad is good. What we desire is the source of our temptation.  What we desire is what we do not have or what we do not have enough of. 

What we desire becomes a powerful fuel. The object of desire is the fuel of our desire. If there is no object (fuel), there can be no desire. The feeling of desire is addictive. This is because the feeling of desire is far stronger than the feelings we experience when we achieve our desires.  After we achieve our desires, there is a honeymoon period.  If we have an addiction to the feeling of desire, we need a new object. For many, in the moment they achieve their desires, they desire more. Greed is a spiritual parasite. The fruit of the tree of good and evil is perception.

Its fruits are countless reasons, concepts and ideologies to justify what a sane mind would consider unconscionable.  This is how a German Christian and an American Christian can leave their Christian families to go and fight each other in a war, for the financial benefit of those funding the war. These wars rely upon concepts such as nationalism, patriotism, politics, alliances, heroism, enemy and conscription. Good cannot exist without evil, Evil cannot exist without good.  They need and depend on each other for their existence within the mind.

Philosophy is used to justify why we choose to be guided by knowledge and concepts, rather than intuition and instinct. The concepts of racism, homosexuality, transgenderism, zionism, communism, socialism, war, empires, weapons, rape, murder and theft are some of the tree’s fruit. In the mind, concepts work in exactly the same way that computer software does. We are fully conformed to this world, when our knowledge is used to justify the denial of our natural instincts. The effects of our ancestor’s personal expression are one type of fruit.

We are the genetic legacy (fruit) of those who came before us. We each have traits that are inherited. When expressed, they may be good or bad.  We are the literal fruit of previous generations. How is it possible to change our character, opinions or beliefs?  We do this by withdrawing our faith in some beliefs and replacing those beliefs with others. This is how an agnostic becomes a Christian. This is how a Republican becomes a Democrat. The faith a little boy places in the belief that he’s a little girl can lead to the personal conviction that he is a little girl.  

The only thing that can usurp a child of God is their own faith. This is why so many governments, politicians, religious ministers, online influencers and media compete for our faith. In many cases, our knowledge is not what we know.  We can read words in a book and believe that what we read is fact, but this does not mean we know, it means we believe.  Factually, we can only believe what we do not know. What does this mean? It means that our faith has been misused and we have become nothing more than the expression of the beliefs that control our mind.

Whoever can convince us to believe what they tell us to believe will literally programme our mind’s perception. Perception is a hallucination that is more powerful than the thing perceived. It usurps what we perceive. What we perceive is replaced by how it is perceived.  How do Catholics perceive Protestants?  How do Americans perceive Iranians?  How do Russians perceive Ukrainians?  How do Republicans perceive Democrats. If you understand how perception works you can see how we have been divided against one another.

Most Catholics and Protestants know how the tens of thousands of Protestant Christian denominations came into existence. It was because of the abandonment of the teachings of Christ by Pope Leo X and the Catholic Church.  But now is the time for forgiveness and repentance in order that the house of God can reunite. Mark 3:25 (KJV) “And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.” God forbid Eve from eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.  This is because the experience is the experience.

Direct experience means that our experience teaches us. Knowledge is a description of an experience. It is no substitute for experience. Not all knowledge is based upon experience. When we allow others to educate us, we can be manipulated to do evil, believing that our actions are just. If we cannot eat from the fruit of the tree of knowledge of Good and evil, how do we know what to do?  Luke 1:42 (KJV) “And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.”  

Jesus is the fruit of Mary’s womb. Galatians 5:22-23 (KJV) “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”  Source contains everything, which includes everything, good and evil included.  Personal morality, or the lack of it is a spiritual prescription that permits good or evil to be expressed through each of us. What we express in life identifies, the exact location of our soul, at source. In life, we never leave source, as revealed by Moksha Patam, we just change our location.  

Are you a good tree or a corrupt tree? If you are a good tree, you do good and you obey God’s commandments. If you are corrupt tree, you do not obey the commandments. But what you are is where your soul ‘now’ resides. Our life is the effect of our character and our character reveals the condition and location of our soul.  Life is an inversion of the afterlife.  What we do in life, will be done to us, by us.  We will assume the role of our victims.  This is when the meaning of ‘do unto others as you would have them do unto you’ becomes apparent.

Everyone alive still has time to obtain forgiveness. Repentance is necessary in order to obtain forgiveness.  It is after forgiveness that we are saved.  This is the turning over of a new leaf. This is being born again. We give our life to God, by keeping God’s commandments.  This life reveals our true character and our fruit reveals where our soul ‘now’ resides.  It may not be obvious where our soul resides because in life, we are a portal for source.  However, in the moment we take our last breath we return to source and become the victim of our self.

We feel everything our victim, their friends and their families felt. We feel everything.  For those who do not repent and are not forgiven, this is hell.  But unlike the body that lives for a number of decades, source has no beginning and it has no end.  This is what is referred to as eternity.  If, however, we treat people fairly, with kindness and compassion, then this is what we will experience.  Those who order the persecution, murder and genocide will know what each and everyone of their victims felt, for an eternity. 

One religion promotes a hell that last one year. They believe, that for the murder, rape, child sacrifice and genocide they do a maximum of 12 months in Gehenna to atone for their sins. This is incorrect!  The first sin is also referred to as original sin. This was committed by Eve, who gave birth to Cain who murdered his brother Abel in a fit of jealous rage. Nobody made an allegation to God, against Cain. God knew because the blood of his victim cried out to God from the soil.  The blood of all victims cries out to God.  Cain denied his guilt but it didn’t help him.

Genesis 4:10 (KJV) “And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.” From this moment Cain had no peace and was not permitted the mercy of death. His suffering was continuous and for the remainder of his life, he was exiled from his own community, an outcast and the living embodiment of shame. He was not allowed to escape himself. Jesus was very clear. Matthew 7:12 (KJV) “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.”

Matthew 7:2 (KJV) “For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.” Anyone who understands this and has sinned should be terrified.  We can escape judgement in this life. We can cause suffering in life.  Those in public office who brag about killing and bombing and take the Lord’s name in vain, will not escape judgement.  Proverbs 9:10 (KJV) “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.”

For those who have lost family members to murder, war, genocide, rape, bombing and drug addiction, forgive your enemies.  This does not change what they must now face, it just removes the victimhood of the bereaved families for the remaining years of their life. We all reap what we sow. Will they be able to walk away after killing millions in Vietnam, Iraq, Libya, Somalia and Iran? No! Romans 12:19 (KJV) “Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”