01-15-2008, 12:00 AM
Hi Lightly,
"I am thinking about the story of Elijah, waiting to hear God. God was not in the wind, God was in the "Still small voice".
To me, that's a more purposeful allusion to mental quietude, even though it's also about the difference in what God and men think of as being important. It indicates that the Bible will speak plainly about the subject of silence."
What is being described here by Elijah is a spiritual experience. A realization.
Most of what the characters in the Old Testament are going through are the same thing. Spiritual realizations. As Paul says; "...these things are Alegory." These stories are about US. Literally.
A good example is the story of Jacob's Ladder. He is traveling and tired. He puts his head on a rock and has a dream of a ladder that stretches from heaven to earth and has angels (messengers) ascending and descending upon it.
When he "awakens", he says; "Surely God is in this place and I knew it not."
This is about us realizing that there is a "Pattern" (ladder)to all of creation. And that it permeates all of existence. (Reaches from Heaven to Earth) That it speaks to us (messengers or messages permeating the entire pattern
of creation).
We "awaken" as Jacob did "in the morning"= enlightenment.
And we say "Surely God is in this place and I knew it not."
This is not a geographical location, it is a Realization that God is HERE, no matter where we are,.. either geographically or spiritually.
But, this realization does not come to everyone. It comes to those who are seeking God or Spirit.
Jacob's name means "Following after God."
To those who are not seeking God or Spirit, it is just a nice story. God does not force anything down our throats, but also does not keep anything from us. Truth reveals itself in layers as veils are lifted.
We can choose to go through those veils or take time to integrate what we have learned. It is up to us.
Bob
"I am thinking about the story of Elijah, waiting to hear God. God was not in the wind, God was in the "Still small voice".
To me, that's a more purposeful allusion to mental quietude, even though it's also about the difference in what God and men think of as being important. It indicates that the Bible will speak plainly about the subject of silence."
What is being described here by Elijah is a spiritual experience. A realization.
Most of what the characters in the Old Testament are going through are the same thing. Spiritual realizations. As Paul says; "...these things are Alegory." These stories are about US. Literally.
A good example is the story of Jacob's Ladder. He is traveling and tired. He puts his head on a rock and has a dream of a ladder that stretches from heaven to earth and has angels (messengers) ascending and descending upon it.
When he "awakens", he says; "Surely God is in this place and I knew it not."
This is about us realizing that there is a "Pattern" (ladder)to all of creation. And that it permeates all of existence. (Reaches from Heaven to Earth) That it speaks to us (messengers or messages permeating the entire pattern
of creation).
We "awaken" as Jacob did "in the morning"= enlightenment.
And we say "Surely God is in this place and I knew it not."
This is not a geographical location, it is a Realization that God is HERE, no matter where we are,.. either geographically or spiritually.
But, this realization does not come to everyone. It comes to those who are seeking God or Spirit.
Jacob's name means "Following after God."
To those who are not seeking God or Spirit, it is just a nice story. God does not force anything down our throats, but also does not keep anything from us. Truth reveals itself in layers as veils are lifted.
We can choose to go through those veils or take time to integrate what we have learned. It is up to us.
Bob