Why do I think about Eve?

Elena Balayan 

I often think of ... Eve. Yes, of Eve. On what it was. Somehow got the idea that if focus their attention on the image of the spiritual progenitor, its good and bad features (call it conditionally so), you can probably understand the good and bad that is in you as a woman, and respectively, to understand on what should go and what to come. It would be the very general, perhaps archetypal stuff, but really, though, for sure, I'm sure of it. Since apple does not fall far from the tree, and then it does not matter how far - a distance of ten years, a hundred or two thousand-something. Tens of thousands, millions of years is also not counted. Because the dough from which God created woman - it is at all times the same - whether the period of life in heaven, the reign of Emperor Nero, Tsarist Russia and President Vladimir Putin. I do not know, how are men, but women are all exactly as it was - is one hundred percent. 

Keys and locks 

Why to Eve began with his tempting serpent of old? Why not to the man? To understand this, we must take a closer look at nature. Of course, all those sayings about the fact that all women are fools, gossips and boltuhi, all as magpies, throw all the bright and beautiful, all curious barbarians who tore the nose in the market - on the one hand, intolerable vulgarity.But on the other - if you look calmly and dispassionately, we can not see in these insulting for someone of popular wisdom rational. Of course, much depends on the woman, her education, intelligence, her way of life and spiritual priorities of whether or not a believer, live the church life or not. But still it is all honey glaze and biscuit dough is the same. 

What am I doing? And besides that, when my unchurched friend, which is also younger than me for ten years, we go to the store, and she at the sight of all the beautiful and fashionable things start to shine anxious eyes, trembling knees, and she was in a fit of unhealthy agitation ceases to perceive reality, I know: it says Eva. I myself remember the unpleasant burning somewhere in the solar plexus, which occurred in my early days of my youth in a non-church beautiful things, especially jewelry. About makeup, needless to say. If time does not catch the momentum and force of will not to stop at the very bud, the disappointment and devastation then provided. In this sense, I do not really understand those who treat shopping as therapy, as a means of depression. For me, so at the wrong, for this troubled, however, the fastest way to her, my dear ... 

Of course, not all of Eve's passion heiress capture external things are equally strong. There are girls and women, in which it almost does not manifest itself, but it does not mean that it is in principle not - it is. 

And there's a lot of us in Evin hell, this - just as an example. And I do not think it's the features that were characteristic of her initially, that this it was designed by God. Most likely, this distortion of others, beautiful features, which occurred as a result of the fall, their spiritual changeling. 

Somewhere I heard a phrase that is a continuation of our weaknesses our strengths. If we remove from this statement of acquittal pleasant veil, it will be true. 

I do not presume to analyze now that has replaced what the consequence how beautiful traditionally feminine traits was, for example, unbridled curiosity. Perhaps curiosity? But in general, it is clear that God made a woman the other, not like a man - with a more labile psyche, more emotional, more subtle feeling, more probably, trusting - because in its nature it was intended to trust the man, Adam. She has other locks, which fit each key, and these keys and have successfully found the enemy of the human race that fateful moment for humanity ... 

Beauty - harder! 

If the serpent came to the man, he would certainly have had a long time to "work" - to put pressure on the male ego, the intellect, social status. Long sit, to talk, to explain, to argue with the analyzes, why it is true that God is deceiving people, and why it is absolutely must eat an apple. Weigh the pros and cons. It may be that some of the formula output. In general, I think the snake is banal not want to spend time and energy on this man match. And that with a woman? Time - and ready. Clapped eyes, the excitement, the snake creeps burning in the solar plexus, the loss of contact with reality ... woke up - and all was over. Paradise is no more. Goodbye ... 

This, of course, a joke, for one thing. And the jokes deliberately exaggerated. On the other - when I call a friend, and I understand that she is "addicted to my ears" and enjoys the process of chatter - chatter purely worldly: the newly purchased jeans, a new linoleum in the apartment, that the time to make repair - I limp badly and try to hang up quickly. Not because I'm such snobka. Just feel that some energy starts to flow out of me, and I have it and so little. But I very clearly remember the moments of the rapture of sweet talk about anything. I remember moving to the heart of the sweet anticipation of curiosity, when I say that now tell something mysterious and terrible secret, as no one else should know. Except, of course, me. Well, so much more in us Evin, if you dig. 

Now the big question is how to treat this? I think, as to the material with which to work. We need to take a rickety here this Eve - Eve after the Fall - and melted in Eve - a resident of Paradise. Yes, it is difficult, almost impossible. But it is impossible to man is possible with God. 

Of course, age, illness, and experienced in the result of their pain teach you comfortable with everything outside. In this sense, they are very good to us assistants. Do you realize that not only wears nice clothes - wear your body. No one's there abstract unidentified body, and yours, dear, without which you yourself do not think. You know it is not the mind, and are living the experience - year after year, day after day. 

I sometimes wonder how the Lord delight in us, that we age not once, not in a single moment: time - and the old woman.Unbelievable? I think - not at all. Is also in the nature of an illness. And basically, if our God was not so good, but was, on the contrary, angry and vengeful, he could not we arrange it. For women, it would blow their personal end. And as beautiful women as would seriously - it is terrible to think. They, poor things, and slowly it hard. However, it is their problem, it was not necessary to be born beauties. Joke. Women's ... 

And since you're getting old quietly, day after day, and almost imperceptibly. And just try to gradually get used to this. It is painful and sad, but it seems necessary - to learn to understand that this body does not belong to you about and will come when it will not. But otherwise the soul with the body part, if not the habit? 

I think that if God gives such a possibility, it is necessary to maintain the body in shape, and creams to use and beautiful things to buy. But do not get attached to anything from this, and betrayed not tremble. So that was not here this "choked in my craw." 

Of course, Eve was created for Adam, and for that very reason she badly wants to be beautiful. Hence shopping, earrings, lipstick and trembling at the knees - as a side effect. For some reason we firmly believe that without these prichindalov our Adam we will find, but make a mistake and turn left. Like a ship without a rudder and sails. This, of course, our confusion. 

I recently heard a priest in an interview on the TV channel "Union" seems to be a simple thing, which is, however, strongly hold of me. 

The simple things 

He said that when Adam first saw Eve, the awful admired and was struck by how beautiful she was. And in a burst of enthusiasm said, "That flesh of my flesh and bone of my bones!" I do not think Eva was so pleased to Adam because it was similar to Angelina Jolie or Monica Bellucci. No, I believe that Eve was beautiful, which can only be a woman, created by God ... well, that's just that. Fresh, so to speak, created and svezhevyleplennaya. But surely this was not the reason for the inspired words. Adam said of Eve, not because it was perfect, but because he recognized her as his wife. He did not say, "No, Lord, well, whom you gave me? What is this form of the nose? Correct it, You can do it! Yes, and it's something plump thighs - not paradise it, Lord, standards of beauty. Come on, do some more work on the way, then we'll talk ... "It's only then he will say that the wife whom thou has given me, has managed, O Lord, you create such a fool: gave me the fruit - and I ate it. But it will be much later and will also be confusion, but then nothing like this has not happened. He took it out because it just was his woman. And it was nice for him, because it was created for him. That's it. It is very simple. 

And if so, by and large, what we particularly care for, but to the fact to try to recreate the features of Eden before the Fall? Features are not external, but internal image. Become compliant, docile, soft as clay. Unselfish, selfless and caring.A kind, gentle and tender, as a mom and a sister. Not in order to lure the walking without sails Adam, and to please his Creator and God, whom we in heaven then so disappointed. 

And if after this paradise we rebrand our Adam finds, well, even walking their way. Because in this case it simply stupid.Honestly ...