Tree of Knowledge: the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil at the center of the Garden of Eden that Adam and Eve were instructed not to eat from; the eating of the forbidden fruit is symbolic of man's choice to think with the negative ego mind; the Tree of Good and Evil is a symbology of negative ego duality; to realize God we need to transcend negative ego duality; this is achieved by learning to disengage the negative ego mind and learning to only think with one's Spiritual / Christ / Buddha / Krishna / Moses / Mohammed / Mighty I Am Presence / God / Goddess Mind

the biblical tree in the Garden of Eden whose forbidden fruit was tasted by Adam and Eve

Of Good And Evil, The: to follow one's own feelings and judgment as guidance rather than to follow God's Laws, Commandments, and guidance. That is exactly what the woman did. She "saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise [temptation], she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat..." (Gen. 3:6). She did what seemed good to her, so felt it was alright. But the result was to fall into misery and confusion. In fact that is the reason for the miseries of humanity, because they do not follow God's Laws and examples. Instead of sharing and cooperating, they follow the rule of taking and create confusion -- because of their crude mind s under the influence of the tama guna ( devil, serpent). So they become fallen men.