23February2010
What Does “Naked in Eden” Mean?
Posted by Robin Easton under: Hobnobbin' with Robin.
I suspect that when some of you first came to this blog you wondered, “What does ‘Naked in Eden’ mean?” And some of you might have asked, “What the heck kind of blog title is THAT?” Lol! And some may have come here thinking it was a porn site (ha ha!) and instead were lured 
into a nature-based or philosophical discussion. A couple of people humorously confessed this to me long ago. Delightfully, they keep reading. Now, THAT says something in itself. I’m not sure WHAT, but it must say something. 
So what does Naked in Eden mean? It is the title of my book that will be out late this year. A story about my wild unforgettable adventures in the Australian Rainforest (when I was younger). That’s all well and good, but it still doesn’t tell you what Naked in Eden means. Okay, I’m assuming we all know what “naked” means, and most of us have some sense of what ‘Eden’ means. But, before we go on I’ll define both words (using Dictionary.com). I couldn’t put ALL the definitions here as there were too many, most of which were very similar. So I picked the most diverse.
NAKED: – adjective
EDEN: – noun
This STILL doesn’t tell you what Naked in Eden means to me. So I thought I’d talk about that today. Naked in Eden is a way of life for me, one that I consciously chose many years ago.
Forever Changing Perceptions
For me, Naked in Eden means to move through the world with a willingness to be open to Life, sometimes raw and exposed. It means being open to Life without judgment or permanently fixed concepts and perceptions. Responding to each unique moment as it presents itself. “Freedom is to allow ourselves a forever changing perception in an infinite world.” ~ © Robin Easton
Taking Risks, Trusting Intuition
Living Naked in Eden is about being open to new experiences and change. In fact, it means actively inviting change and new experiences into our lives to enrich our Life experience. It means being willing to take risks, to trust our intuition and think with our hearts, even when we’re frightened. It’s about exploring our fear and coming to understand it. 
It can mean daring to speak up even if we speak opposite the majority, the “norm”, and sometimes our family and friends, even if we end up standing alone. We may feel very naked and exposed, but we are living our unique truth.
Embracing All Emotions
Being Naked in Eden is a willingness to explore all emotions without judging them as good or bad. It’s the ability to allow ourselves to ‘be with’ uncomfortable emotions so we can better understand them and ourselves. It’s a willingness to be without knowing, a place where we don’t have all the answers, or maybe ANY answers.
Questions, Creativity and Responsibility
It’s about questioning our social conditioning and letting go that which does not serve, even if it means creating ourselves anew from scratch, possibly recreating ourselves from a place absent of knowing. It’s embracing a life filled with experiential trial and error, one where we marvel over our mistakes and lovingly embrace them as gifts of learning. Living Naked in Eden is to know the freedom of conscious choice, as well as the responsibility of all our actions.
Trust, Learning and Love
Standing Naked in Eden is to trust that Life will teach us, and IS teaching us all we need to become fully human, fully alive. We only need to embrace each experience as a learning experience. Being fully Naked in Eden is to trust that Love works, Love heals, Love creates miracles, and that Love is who we ARE. It is to recognize that we, ourselves, are worthy of Love, Forgiveness and Compassion no matter what mistakes we’ve made. No…matter…what…mistakes…we’ve…made.
Spontaneity and Joy
Being Naked in Eden is living spontaneously, giving expression to our child-like nature, something we are all born with and have the ability to bring to life at any moment. It’s allowing ourselves to embrace people, dogs, birds, trees, laughter, tears and Love with open joyous hearts. It’s to let ourselves laugh over jokes that make no sense, and be goofy for no reason. It is to wonder over the simplicity of a flower. It is to believe in miracles, and to create them.
Being ‘Part of’ and Not ‘Apart From’
Living Naked in Eden is to become ‘part of’ Nature, Humanity and all Beings rather than exist ‘apart from’. I’ve found that unlike Humanity, Nature has little or no regard for social conditioning. She has her own set of laws, the Laws of the Universe. More than any culture I’ve lived in, Nature has taught me to be Naked in Eden. In her most wild and untouched places she is raw, naked, bluntly honest. She is an unparalleled Eden filled with tender compassion and Love. If we listen to Nature she will guide us back into the grand scheme of Life. She will teach us to be more fully human.
What does living Naked in Eden mean to you?
Are there any times you have lived Naked in Eden? In what way?
I invite you to share your experience.
Love,
Robin
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