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OCR: Humankind, too, went through a long journey towards self-awareness. We ceased to see the earth as mother/provider, and began exploiting it for its agricultural promise. We developed concepts like property in order to codify what belonged to whom. Specialization, clans, marriage, homes, castes, and classifications of every kind helped us maintain our newfound separateness. Like our child counterparts, we also established "big people" to make us feel safe. Hosts of role models like kings, popes, saints, and lords, both real and mythological, were established to give us the laws and boundaries -- the context -- we needed to feel safe as individuals. Just like Adam and Eve, we moved out of the Garden and lost our sense of fusion with God and nature. Now, God was this guy above us, and we were ...