fragmentation the primary problem in human nature is a fragmentation of being humans are in a state of tension a tension of opposites good and evil are the most thought provoking polarities that come to mind the bible provides us with many examples of the fragmentation of being the warring opposites within us are a product of man s rebellion against god which is described so vividly in the pages of the scriptures man was created with the order to become a god those were the words of st basil in the fourth century what he was trying to say was that god created man to be a partaker of the divine nature in the eastern orthodox church this is called theosis or deification one can also say that man was created to be whole i e spirit soul and body operating in unison the story of adam and eve is a picture of the archetypal humans before obtaining moral consciousness theirs was a harmonious relationship with each other the world and the creator that innocent harmony was shattered when they disobeyed god their natural wholeness falling apart into two seemingly irreconcilable halves immediately guilt and fear was manifested in their lives they become bound to hardship toil and suffering this is symbolized in their exile from the paradisiac state the beast in the jungle does not possess moral consciousness if it were to receive this self awareness the knowledge of good and evil its paradisiac state would also be destroyed was it the intention of the creator to leave man in this state of innocence all the days of his existence on earth or was the gaining of self awareness carefully staged by god who did not desire that his masterpiece mankind be a blissful idiot god must have known that for mankind to achieve any kind of moral value he must pass through a confrontation with the opposites there is no other way to achieve union with god jesus christ is the answer to the problem of the warring polarities he was the perfectly integrated individual reconciling the opposites and making it possible for us to be integrated i e to become god not in his essence but in his energies the opposites is the christian problem the apostle paul describes it with the utmost precision in romans and he follows with the answer to his dilemma in vs mark
