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By Peter Grimley, published 21/10/2008There is a wealth of wisdom in the Gospels, if you just ignore the stuff about gods and angels, heaven, hell and demons.
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As I said earlier: I don't claim to be an expert - but I am certain that the scripture is packed with mysteries - metaphors that are are not to be taken literally. They key is knowing when to take literally - and when to seek out the meaning of the mystery.
Take the following: I sometimes wonder myself whether or not 'walking on water' - referred perhaps to faith, and to what the Greeks called the 'element' of water...which some see as refering to the unconscious mind...
Because understanding is so important - I believe it really is right - that if there are authorities on these mysteries - then the truth should be shared...
If there is to be an afterlife, for instance, of what shall such a life comprise? I admit - the prospect of a purely unconscious afterlife worries me a little...There is a passage in the Bible where Jesus 'opens the minds' of his disciples to the true meaning of the scripture...Now - I wish I knew as much.
And a postscript - the moon is associated with 'the eye of the needle' - and in Psalms God is referred to as a 'sun and a shield'...What is the true meaning of this? Again - I don't know for sure - but have hope in the saying 'seek and you shall find'.
Finally - Palulr - thanks for alterting me the the different Rabbincal tendencies - as I said - I'm no expert