After Eden

http://www.arnold-arre.com/aftereden/

Yesterday, I started reading After Eden, a graphic novel by Arnold Arre. It is mainly a love story about two people, living different kinds of lives who turned out to be childhood friends. They really love each other and don't care if other people see their affection for one another. I don't know if it is natural that people around them get jealous of this, even their friends. I guess that public display of affection is both a sharp and soft reminder to all of us of how existence was once was when we we're all intimately connected with the Source. A man completes a man in the same way that a woman completes a man. It is for this reason that human life is able to emanate from such union. Love is painful and is very much demanding. But I do get it now. If you are indeed in love, then one would not think twice in giving one's own life force in the hope of creation and productivity. It is from person's who practice cultivation which promise the most potential in terms of quality of delivery of the various goods and services which society deems important. I really wonder why the title of the work is After Eden. If Eden is the paradise, then is there something else beyond that? All I can imagine is the existence of another plane where an enlightened being will most likely be tested again with another set of criteria towards the path of perfection. Like a line in a graphing paper, what I imagine is this: All imperfection is imaginary; the world is perfect as it already is. All we have to do is enjoy and dance to the sound of the music. Let's all have a good time and care enough to make sure that others enjoy too in this journey which we call life.