The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

There's an idea that if you take on the burden of mortal and you face that completely, that will produce in you a series of transformations. And that will elevate your consciousness to the point where you can transcend the catastrophe of self consciousness. We don't know what we're worth but our intrinsic value lies within us. What would happen if you revealed it fully? Well, maybe we not only dispense with our cowardice in the face of suffering, maybe we would overcome ourselves itself. Maybe we would overcome malevolence itself. It might even be a genicidal desire. You know it might underlie our desire to drive ourselves to the brink of nuclear destruction. That's one way out