The Tree of Life

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Thanks, but if i may add on something, the tree of life is mentioned severally in the Bible,.for instance in Genesis, when they ate of the tree of knowledge of good and evil and they became enlightened, and became like a god, they were chased away from the garden lest they eat of the tree of life and live forever.
so my question is, after enlightenment, came eternity, am i correct? and can we gain that eternity thro eating of this proverbial tree? and how can we do that?

I think you have it backwards. Adam and Eve started out as like Gods, immortal and eternal, and it was eating from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil that caused them to become mortal and to die. They were allowed to eat from the Tree of Life and were told they were to eat only from that tree and not from the other.

In Gnostic tradition which is the "esoteric" side of Christianity, the Serpent is seen as the Light-bringer because it was seen that by coaxing Adam and Eve to eat of the Tree of Knowledge they became more self-aware and so the "eternal stagnant bliss" of the Garden of Eden was broken so that Adam and Eve could evolve and progress.

Thus, from orthodox view, eating of the Tree of Knowledge resulted in the Fall of Man. In the Gnostic view, this Fall was necessary for then rising up again anew, it was actually Freedom from Ignorance.

In Qabalistic thought which doesn't actually come from Christianity but only the Old Testament and Judaism, the Tree of Life is the symbol which represents the "potencies" or powers as they have manifested from Nothingness, and is thus the "blueprint" for all of existence.

The Tree of Life is also featured in other pagan traditions, most notably as the Norse World Tree Yggdrasil.

I believe if we apply this to the Ra material we get that the "Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil" can be equated with duality, or the separation of the paths. The "Tree of Life" can be equated with unity and oneness with the Creator.