01-26-2011, 12:00 AM
Hi Lex,
"So when faced with the unknowable we are compelled to grasp and interpret the unknowable in ever increasing complex ways....God, Supernal Sephiroth, in fact the Qabala tree of life is a great example of a “monumental edifice of abstraction”. But we need not go so far as divine mystery. The unknowable is more immediate than that and much “closer to home” and everyone without exception sees it."
Divine Mystery is as close as the air we breathe. As Thomas was told in the Gospel of Thomas, "The Kingdom of heaven is all around us yet men do not see it.
To enter into the Mysteries is to have had some first hand knowledge or experience that Mankind as a whole has not.
You are correct, we have a deep inherent abilty and drive to interpret and catagorize. It is not only visual but also verbal,.. Adam named the animals and "whatever name he gave them that was the name thereof." Which is why Stopping the Internal Dialog is of utmost importance.
Don Juan told Carlos that to "stop the world", and thereby enter into another description of the world, was his first goal. He said the danger of entering into another description of the world (the sorcerer's description) was in not realizing that that too was an illusion. The trick was, he said to sneak between the worlds.
In my opinion, he thought that if Carlos could see that there were more than one interpretation of reality that they were both overlays, patterns that we as human beings put on the one reality.
In the Bible, Creation and later manifestation began with the one light. Not light as we know it but Living, conscious energy. It is caught up in patterns. That is the value of the Qabala and the allegories in the bible. The stories are symbolic. The patterns inherent within those stories become more important than the stories themselves. It becomes apparent that those patterns are the patterns that our minds follow on the way to realizing that one light.
My teacher used to say don't try and figure things out, concerning certain spiritual experiences. Just observe.
Good subject matter for discussion.
"So when faced with the unknowable we are compelled to grasp and interpret the unknowable in ever increasing complex ways....God, Supernal Sephiroth, in fact the Qabala tree of life is a great example of a “monumental edifice of abstraction”. But we need not go so far as divine mystery. The unknowable is more immediate than that and much “closer to home” and everyone without exception sees it."
Divine Mystery is as close as the air we breathe. As Thomas was told in the Gospel of Thomas, "The Kingdom of heaven is all around us yet men do not see it.
To enter into the Mysteries is to have had some first hand knowledge or experience that Mankind as a whole has not.
You are correct, we have a deep inherent abilty and drive to interpret and catagorize. It is not only visual but also verbal,.. Adam named the animals and "whatever name he gave them that was the name thereof." Which is why Stopping the Internal Dialog is of utmost importance.
Don Juan told Carlos that to "stop the world", and thereby enter into another description of the world, was his first goal. He said the danger of entering into another description of the world (the sorcerer's description) was in not realizing that that too was an illusion. The trick was, he said to sneak between the worlds.
In my opinion, he thought that if Carlos could see that there were more than one interpretation of reality that they were both overlays, patterns that we as human beings put on the one reality.
In the Bible, Creation and later manifestation began with the one light. Not light as we know it but Living, conscious energy. It is caught up in patterns. That is the value of the Qabala and the allegories in the bible. The stories are symbolic. The patterns inherent within those stories become more important than the stories themselves. It becomes apparent that those patterns are the patterns that our minds follow on the way to realizing that one light.
My teacher used to say don't try and figure things out, concerning certain spiritual experiences. Just observe.
Good subject matter for discussion.