To those saying this is a battle between:
GOOD VS. EVIL
Go read the first chapter of Genesis. You CAN NOT EAT from, that tree, because that tree is what causes suffering/death.
The only imbalance of good/evil is within each individual as they PERCEIVE it based on the 'light' of their own body.
The tree of life is knowing the difference between RIGHT and WRONG.
Just as it is in the Matrix movie, Neo is confronted with all possible iterations of himself that led him to that moment.
As Neo correctly identified 'the problem is choice'.
Everyone contains their own maya; there are two trees:
GOOD/EVIL (suffering/death)
RIGHT/WRONG (life)
The problem is choice, and choice leads one either deeper into their own maya (ignorance) or liberates them (life).