Have you ever walked in on someone while they were changing? Or perhaps using the restroom? We automatically gasp, say "Oh! Sorry!" and close the door/turn around/ close eyes or something like that.
Well let's look at the second chapter of Genesis. It says that the man and women were naked, but without shame. Hmm.
Yes ladies and gentlemen, we are moving on from the "Original Unity" section and leaping into the "Original Nakedness". Now in today's society, when you say "naked" or "nude", people think you're referring to porn. This is clearly not the case. However, we are definitely talking about Adam and Eve seeing each other naked before and after the fall. And of course, it all comes from the Pope that told the restoration artist to take the fig leaves off Adam and Eve's private parts in the Sistine Chapel.
Now, the first thing JP2 does is brings "shame" to attention. Before they ate the apple, Adam and Eve were naked without shame. After, they make themselves loincloths and Adam tells God that he hid because he was afraid.
So what changed? If you're well-versed in theology (or not), you probably know about original sin. That's what changed. Thanks to the ideas from Original Unity, we know that Adam and Eve looked at each other and saw how they completed each other. They knew what it meant to be masculine. They knew how it meant to be feminine. There's nothing wrong with that. So why are they suddenly ashamed? We'll see as we continue these reflections. So no stripping in the name of Genesis people!!
Dear Lord, thank you for my body. Please help me to learn to love it and protect it and see it as the gift it is. Amen.
