First Fracture

First Fracture

Adam and Eve opened the door to death — and not only to death .They also opened the door to self-consciousness.

They knew they were naked.

And God said, “Who told you that you were naked?”

Their bodies had not changed. What changed was awareness.

For the first time, consciousness turned inward. They moved from God-consciousness into self-consciousness.

Death entered through separation, and separation began when the self-became the reference point.

Jesus said:

“Unless you become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 18:3)

Jesus wasn’t talking about innocence as behaviour. He was pointing to innocence of awareness — unbroken, undivided being.

Children are not managing an image of themselves.They are not standing outside themselves watching who they are. They simply are.

A child doesn’t think:

• How do I look right now?

• How am I coming across?

• Am I acceptable?

They are present, not self-observing.

Self-consciousness is learned. It develops as the external gaze is taken inward. Then the self begins watching the self.

The exit point to the initial breach is the rest of God — where self-reference falls silent.