Genesis 3:22-23, The Gardens of the Heart

🌟 Chakra / Energy Center Focus: The Solar Plexus Chakra

📜 Introduction
In the beginning, the journey of the soul begins with a spark—a divine invitation to awaken and create. Genesis 3:22-23 reveals a profound moment in Adam’s (mankind’s) spiritual journey, where Archangel Michael, acting as the guardian of the Garden of Eden, prevents Adam and Eve from accessing the Tree of Life prematurely. This act of divine protection ensures that humanity does not become locked in a low vibrational state, unable to ascend spiritually. The Tree of Life, symbolizing spiritual wisdom and immortality, can only be accessed after the soul undergoes the necessary spiritual evolution. Just as Archangel Michael protects the Garden from those who are not ready for divine wisdom, we too must raise our vibration and align with higher wisdom before accessing the fullness of the Tree of Life and spiritual ascension. May this reflection guide you to understand the importance of spiritual protection, evolution, and ascension on your journey.

🔥 The Ordeal: Exile and Forgetting – Genesis 3:22–23
“So the Lord God banished him from the Garden…” speaks to the soul’s darkest descent—the moment of exile, when the veil falls and remembrance fades. This is the great Ordeal, the turning of light to shadow, belonging to estrangement, wholeness to fragmentation. Adam is not merely cast out of Eden; he is cast out of remembrance—of who he is, where he comes from, and the divine spark within. The flaming sword guarding the Tree of Life becomes the threshold of forgetfulness, where the soul begins its long journey through illusion, trial, and separation. Yet even in this banishment, a sacred truth endures: exile is not punishment, but passage. The soul must leave the garden to find the way back—this time not in innocence, but in wisdom hard-won.

📖 Scripture Passage
Genesis 3:22-23
“Then the Lord God said, ‘Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever’—therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.”

🕊️ Allegory & Metaphysical Interpretation
In these verses, Archangel Michael, as the guardian angel, plays a crucial role in protecting Adam and Eve from prematurely accessing the Tree of Life while they are still in a low vibrational state. The Tree of Life symbolizes the spiritual wisdom and immortality that are available to souls who have transcended the ego and duality. However, Adam (mankind) has fallen into the trap of dualistic thinking—knowing both good and evil—and thus remains trapped in the material realm. Archangel Michael, with his warrior energy and spiritual authority, ensures that humanity is not locked into a low vibrational state forever by preventing access to the Tree of Life until they are ready to transcend the ego and align with divine wisdom.

The Lord God—understood here as a high-ranking guardian angel—ensures that humanity evolves spiritually before being able to access the Tree of Life. This reflects the spiritual law that we must transcend the ego and align with divine wisdom before we can fully embrace spiritual immortality and ascension.

🌟 Why We Use Kabbalah Insights, Tarot Guidance, A Course in Miracles, Chakra and Energy Healing, Essential Oils, and Crystals
We use these spiritual tools to help us understand spiritual protection and the role of guardian angels like Archangel Michael in guiding and protecting the soul’s evolution. These tools assist us in raising our vibration, transcending the ego, and aligning with divine wisdom, just as Archangel Michael ensures humanity’s journey progresses at the right pace. As we engage in these practices, we prepare ourselves for spiritual ascension and access to the Tree of Life.

🌟 Kabbalah Insights
In Kabbalah, the Tree of Life represents the path of spiritual ascension, where the soul transcends the ego and aligns with divine wisdom. Archangel Michael, as the guardian angel, ensures that the soul moves through the stages of spiritual evolution at the proper pace. The Tree of Life is only accessible to souls who have transcended duality, ego, and separation—and Archangel Michael’s role is to protect and guide the soul on this journey. The garments of skin (personas, cultures, and roles) are the tools the soul must shed as it ascends to higher consciousness.

🌟 Tarot as Sacred Symbol: Why I Use Archetypes to Read Scripture
In my work, I use Tarot not as a tool of prediction, but as a language of the inner world. In this passage, The Emperor symbolizes Archangel Michael, representing spiritual authority and protection. The Hierophant represents the spiritual teachings needed for the soul to ascend, while The Lovers shows the choice the soul must make between ego (separation) and spiritual unity (divine wisdom).

🔮 Suggested Tarot Card(s): The Emperor, The Lovers, and The Hierophant
The Emperor represents spiritual protection and guidance. The Lovers symbolizes the choice between ego and spiritual ascension, while The Hierophant represents spiritual teachings and the need for divine wisdom on the journey.

🌟 A Course in Miracles Reflection
A Course in Miracles teaches us that spiritual ascension requires a shift from ego to divine wisdom. Genesis 3:22-23 shows us how Archangel Michael, as a guardian angel, ensures that humanity does not prematurely access the Tree of Life but allows the soul to evolve spiritually first. This passage reminds us that spiritual growth requires divine protection and guidance until we are ready to receive higher wisdom and live in spiritual unity with the divine.
Key Lesson: Spiritual ascension requires spiritual protection and divine guidance.
Reflection: By aligning with divine protection, we evolve spiritually and ascend to the Tree of Life when we are ready.

🌿 Why We Include Rituals
Every blog post in this Scripture and Ritual series is more than a reflection—it is a living practice. Rituals are bridges between the seen and the unseen, inviting the soul’s highest truths to manifest in our lives. By including meditation, journaling, tapping, or anointing, we weave the insights of scripture into the fabric of our daily experience—honoring the truth that spiritual transformation is a full-body, heart-centered journey.

💜 Chakra & Energy Healing Focus
Chakra / Energy Center: The Solar Plexus Chakra

• Balanced state: When the Solar Plexus Chakra is open, we feel empowered, aligned with divine wisdom, and connected to our higher self. We understand that spiritual guidance is necessary to navigate the ego and ascend to the Tree of Life.
• Imbalance: When blocked, we may feel disempowered, ego-driven, and disconnected from higher spiritual wisdom.

🌿 Essential Oils and Crystals

• Essential Oils
  • Frankincense – Clears energetic blockages, helps align with divine protection, and supports spiritual guidance.
  • Sandalwood – Enhances spiritual connection, helping us transcend the ego and align with our true essence.
  • Myrrh – Aids in spiritual purification, helping us release dualistic thinking and align with higher consciousness.

💎 Crystals to Support You

• Amethyst – Aids in spiritual ascension, opening the third eye and aligning with divine wisdom.
• Clear Quartz – Amplifies spiritual energy, helping us transcend duality and align with divine truth.
• Labradorite – Strengthens intuition and helps the soul move beyond ego to connect with higher wisdom.

👐 EFT Tapping Sequence
🌀 How to Use This Tapping Sequence:
Before beginning, take a few deep breaths and tune in to how you’re feeling. Gently tap with your fingertips on the points listed below, following the affirmations aloud or silently. Repeat 2–3 rounds or until you feel a shift.

• 1️⃣ Solar Plexus Chakra: “I release all fears and ego-driven desires, embracing the light of my true essence.”
• 2️⃣ Crown Chakra: “I align my desires with divine wisdom, knowing I am always supported by love and guidance.”
  Integration Breath: Inhale divine wisdom. Exhale illusions. Let each tap align your soul with divine harmony.

🌅 Simple Anointing & Meditation Ritual
Anointing Practice:

• 1️⃣ Place a drop of Frankincense on your fingertips.
• 2️⃣ Gently anoint your Solar Plexus Chakra while whispering:
  “I anoint myself with divine protection and wisdom, shedding the layers of illusion and returning to the Source.”
• 3️⃣ Optionally anoint other chakra points as you’re guided.

Crystal Companion: Hold or place Amethyst to amplify your connection to divine wisdom.

Meditation for Divine Union:

• Sit comfortably, spine straight.
• Close your eyes and breathe deeply.
• Visualize divine light entering your Solar Plexus Chakra, clearing the garments of skin and returning you to your true spiritual essence.
• Affirm softly: “I am a vessel of divine light, shedding all false layers and returning to the Source of all creation.”
• Sit in this light for as long as you’re called.

🖋️ Journaling for Reflection
After your meditation, journal any insights, feelings, or symbols that arose. Let your pen become a witness to your soul’s unfolding. Record dreams, synchronicities, or truths you’re ready to claim.

✨ Closing Blessing
May the divine light illuminate your path, guiding you to remember who you truly are. Let it awaken the sacred truth within you, and may you walk each step in harmony with the Source of all creation. You are the light of creation. So may it be.
— Alchemist Iris