The tree of dualistic thinking カード

The tree of dualistic thinking by Edinburgh artist Mike Heseltine. The drawing shows a tree containing figures. They represent thoughts of comparison, differentiation and separation. This is the dualistic thinking in my mind. The tree is a reference to The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in the garden of Eden. I like the interpretation that this story is about the introduction of dualistic thinking to Adam and Eve. If we are born innocent, then perhaps our society and culture of today is the new version of the serpent, where we are encouraged to believe that the 'self' is all important and by being better, special or materialistically richer than others, we will achieve happiness.