Before Adam and Chava ate from the Tree of Knowledge, they didn’t have a pull toward evil.
The yetzer hara was there — but it was outside.
It could whisper, but it couldn’t touch them from within.
But the moment they ate, everything changed.
They didn’t just break a command — they rewired the human condition.
The struggle became internal.
The voice of temptation moved inside.
The Ramban explains that before the sin, human nature was pure. Doing good was natural.
But after the sin, good and evil got tangled together.
And from then on, the human soul became a battlefield — a place where truth and confusion, light and darkness, fight for control.
🌱 Everything Shapes Us
We like to think we’re untouched. That we can see, hear, scroll, watch, eat — and just walk away unchanged.
But that’s not how it works.
Every image, every sound, every word, every bite — it imprints on us.
The Rambam teaches that we are shaped by our surroundings.
There’s no such thing as neutral input.
It’s either refining you… or dulling you.
Even one moment of kedusha can lift a soul.
Even one careless glance can leave a stain.
🧠 Live with Awareness
This isn’t about fear. It’s about power.
You were given the ability to shape who you become.
But you can’t do that without guarding what you let in.
So protect your eyes. Watch your ears. Be conscious of your input.
Because what you let in…
becomes who you are.
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