Yak, yak, yak

The first lie says God is full of hot air.  Macho, bullying bravado born from His own weak male ego.  That we can be adults too, deciding for ourselves what's right for us, threatens to topple His self-image as the only legitimate Decider.  But we, just as much as He, are the goddess Gaia.  So, on the contrary, self-empowerment strongly supports our owning a piece of that fruit.

In January 2010, I read a concise regurgitation of this deception by one of our American Eves.  An Episcopal priest and shrink (appropriately), Ms. Astress was cited in the Denver Post as helping revive the popularity of meditative labyrinths.   

"We're always told what to believe, what to do.  We're told.  We're told.  We're told," she said. "The labyrinth evokes our own deep intuitive wisdom about ourselves."