I still have not figured out this portion of Genesis. Which tree was forbidden? Was it both? Is the Tree of Life similar to the Jewish Tree of Life described in Qabbalastic practice?

Either way my current thought is that at this moment Humans separated themselves from other animals on Earth through their consciousness. Animals don’t have a consciousness. When a lion eats its prey, it doesn’t think of its doing good or evil, it’s acting purely on instinct. Humans don’t have this.