RE: The evolution of Adam - Who is Adam

The story of Adam is allegory on several levels, chiefly how does plurality exist 'within' singularity? If G_d is literally 'the all' then how can a separate something be separate from it - the all or rather 'THE ONE' cannot tolerate a two without nullifying it. Jewish mysticism extends the origin of Adamah beyond the 'beth' of Bereshit (Genesis) to the Alef (Or one - the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet) - there are two Adams - Adam Kadmon and Adam HaRishon - the first a sort of blueprint to the other but in 'reality' an unclothed Adam who was not differentiated from G_d the one. This state of 'non separateness' we call the Garden of Eden which is a state of unity within the one, hence Adam was 'clothed' or rather separated by 'the fall' . Adam was originally one, and although translators would talk about ribs and things, this is a miss-translation. Adam was originally one being with Eve joined back to back, when they were cleft (another metaphor for plurality ) they were able to 'turn around' and face each other'. This 'state change' to plurality cannot be 'tolerated' in the 'singularity' of G_ds presence else there would be an OTHER to G_d which is impossible. The complex story of the Serpent adds a few more clues. 'Forked tongue' - 'Shedding skin' - 'Good Evil as 'reality' rather than true/false - existence/nonexistence. To preserve 'separation' in singularity you must be encapsulated in a creation that does not become separate from unity and at the same time does. The Jewish mystics call this 'bubble or womb' Tzimtzum. The 'boundary conditions' of this 'bubble' are the maitenance of the 'illusion' of good/evil from true/false this is the serpents lie. Also the creation of 'time = linearity' inside the tzimtzum with 'stasis = unchangeability' without - this conjunctio oppositorum (unity of opposites) provides the 'surface-tension of the bubble so-to-speak . This 'protection' which is the 'creation' itself is a result of chessed or 'mercy' which protects creation from nullification, but it can only do this through two mechanisms, the falsity of good/evil and the barring from the tree of life. Mans 'fragility' is the 'creation of linearity itself, ie time. The serpents promise that we would be as G_d could not take place without the tree of life, only from it were we banished from singularity with the creation of time. Tzimtzum exists in a timeless state in its exterior and a time-based state within. This tzimtzum is shabbath the time of 'G_ds resting' this is why Jews treat the 'sabbath' with such reverence. The collapse of Tzimtzum is Meshiach (Messiah) when all becomes one again in Christian parlance "...on Earth as it is in Heaven..." For a comment I have gone on long enough my point here is to establish that the 'superficial' reading of the story is deficient without the ancient knowledge of Jewish interpretation and knowledge. If anyone wants more details on Tzimtzum see my post https://steemit.com/religion/@shraga322/a-definition-of-tzimtzum-part-one which begins to explain these complex and ancient ideas, which staggeringly are not schismatic with modern cosmological models.