why was Adam scared
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Years ago, a friend related to me a little gem I now call "The Adam and Eve Principle" or "The Run and Hide Principle".
Like a lot of wisdom, it has a biblical basis.
The Adam and Eve Story. Quickly......
In the beginning (sound familiar?) there was no fear. Adam and Eve walked the garden together without fear. They were naked "and they were not ashamed" (Genesis. 2:25). All seemed to be good. So what happened? Lucifer showed up and tempted them to eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. They did and things change. Adam and Eve knew God. Adam and Even talked with God. Adam and Eve knew God knew everything, including that they had eaten of the fruit of that tree. With all of this knowledge, why did Adam and Eve hide when God showed up again? (Genesis. 3:8) Adam explains, "and I was afraid" (Genesis 3:10). This appears to be the first time fear entered this existence. What did Adam do when he was afraid? And here is the principle, "and I hid myself" (Genesis 3:10).
Adam had always been naked but now Adam knew it. Adam was exposed, uncovered,...............naked.
One way to see this principle in our day and age is to think back to a time when you where embarrassed, really embarrassed, whether in a social setting, among friends, or at work. Think about the feeling you had when you felt total embarrassment.
What was the first thing you wanted to do? I bet you wanted to run and hide. When people re-share an embarrassing experience most say something like, "I wanted to crawl into a hole."
When you're embarrassed you want to get away where no one can see you. Behaviorists call this the flight part of the fight or flight response.
Why did you want to run and hide?
You were afraid. Fearful. But of what? Afraid of what those people would now think of you. You were now exposed (naked) in that thing you were embarrassed about.
The mind does something interesting when the body is hurt, in pain, or experiencing fear. Whether it is physical, emotional, mental, or even spiritual pain, the brain tries to find the quickest way out of the discomfort.
For example, think back to a time when you where physically hurt. It might have been a cut on the hand, a sprained ankle, a broken finger, a broken foot or toe.
Let's take a hurt foot. What is the first thing you did when you hurt your foot?
Most likely you lifted it up, hobbled on it, or sat down.
Why did you do these things? You did this to relieve the pressure to decrease the pain.
The brain does the same thing in the case of being embarrassed. When you are emotionally hurt with embarrassment, the fastest way to relieve that pain is to "run and hide".
What does a child do when he or she does something to them that is morally wrong? Do they run up to their mom and dad and say, "Good parents, I have done wrong and this is what I did." No, most likely they run and hide. The biggest sign is withdrawal. The pain can be so bad and they become so fearful that they want to withdrawal.
How does this principle apply to an employee who is dishonest at work? Do they run up to their supervisor and say, "Good Boss, I have done wrong and this is what I did". Most often they run and hide by lying, avoiding, or withdrawing from the people they wronged.
Most of us spend our lives protecting our fears rather than discovering them and the most important part, eliminating them.
But this can be painful, very painful. Because we will then see ourselves as we really are.
Picture a funnel. A funnel has a wide opening on the top and gets skinnier toward the bottom. As it relates to our fears, I call this the "Fear Funnel." We often spend most of our time on the surface just managing or protecting our fears, but sometimes our fears become so great they flow over and this is what we see in our behavior or what others see from our behavior.
Deep down in the funnel is where the real pain lives, the real reason for our behaviors and reactions. It is important to go down into the funnel because we will find the real reason we fear. We will find our fears are actually being triggered by a LIE we have come to believe about ourselves or our surroundings. Once we understand this, then we can begin the work of overcoming our fears