Was there a Garden of Eden!

In a discourse someone asked the Master, 'when was the Universe created?' He pretended as if going into deep thought and said,' I don't know. When I am next invited for a meeting with God, who made this Universe, I shall ask Him and let you know.' I asked Him once, 'You quote Buddha to say that the Universe never existed. What does this mean?' 'Just what Buddha said!' He said, 'I have scanned as far back as possible into the past and find no time that Universe and life did not exist. I have scanned as far forward into the future, and I find no time when the Universe will not exist. You and I may not in this form, but Universe and life forms will continue to exist.' 'But, scientists say that at one time there was nothing; no Universe and no living matter.' I persisted. 'I do not know about that. Science does not have all answers, never did and never will. All I know is the truth that I told you about. Take it or leave it.' He said simply. I asked a highly qualified bio-scientist recently: 'My Master says that life always existed. Science talks about abiogenesis, evolution of life from non life. How did this happen?' He was an honest man. 'Science has no clue, and scientists who say they do, are lying. There are hundreds of theories as to how life evolved from non life. But what do we know? It was billions of years ago. If you ask me, we shall never know.' This was a guy who was working on stem cell research, cloning and creation of life. I had asked Master, 'You say man is woman, woman is man. Sure I can understand with man, he has x and y chromosomes; but a woman has only x chromosomes. How can she be a man?' Patiently He said, 'I no nothing about your chromosomes. Go and find out if that x and y themselves are purely male and female.', and then waved me off. I asked this bio-scientist guy, 'My Master says that all of us are of both genders. Man is part woman, and woman is part man. Is that scientifically true?' 'Of course, yes' he said, 'the woman is the default species. A bit of tinkering and man appears. At the very basic level the living cell is asexual, or if you will bisexual. It can reproduce by splitting. The final gender differentiation is a very superficial thing.' 'So' I asked Him, my God, 'What about Adam and Eve, Garden of Eden. How could Eve have been created out of Adam if the woman is the default species?' 'Look, don't get into things which you cannot understand intellectually. They are of no use to you as well. There never was a Garden of Eden or Satya Yuga. Each culture and religion talks about a glorious past that is the benchmark of purity, but these are creations of our minds. Just be in the present and be aware. That's what matters.' 'But, what about Eve? Did she come out of Adam's rib?' I persisted. 'You never give up, do you', he laughed, 'How does it matter who came first, or whether either of them existed at all? It is true that women are closer to their inner divinity than men are. Of that, there is no doubt. That's why from time immemorial, man has unfairly tried to control her by force, out of sheer insecurity.' 'Then, why aren't there many more women enlightened Masters?' I wasn't quite ready to give up my male advantage just because He said so. 'There are' He said, 'They don't advertise the fact, that's all. What do you know about enlightenment, anyway? Wait and see, I am here to redress that balance!' Women of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your men!