Now thinking that the Garden of Eden is continuation of the allegory – Garden of Eden is linked to the Kingdom of God – & both are within us – our soul / hearts. Both have Love at the centre – love / honesty with ourselves (acknowledgement of our sins & sincere action to take to improve) + love of others + the world. But the day Adam ate from the tree of good/ evil he/ we died as we moved from a world where only LOVE (creation) existed (God’s Kingdom) to acknowledging SELF and our own selfish desires at the expense of others & the world (destruction).