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Biblical Imagery as Inner Drama
Biblical narratives, such as the birth of Christ with angels and shepherds, are not literal historical events but 'beautiful imagery' representing inner…
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This is all beautiful imagery. When I rose from the skull and came out from the “linen clothes” – and when I came out, the three brothers appeared, and there were the angels; they came from afar. If you took it literally, they were five thousand miles from here. If you took the story literally in the Bible, it would be almost impossible for the shepherds to have made the journey in the short interval between the appearance of the angel and the discovery of the child, so they came “in spirit,” as told in the 2nd chapter of the book of Luke when Simeon “came in the Spirit to the temple,” for it all takes place in the Temple of God. You are the Temple of God, because all things exist in the human imagination. So, they came – humanly – “from afar,” but they are always in you anyway. When the drama is ready to erupt within you, they will come, and the story will reenact itself within you. So, do not give credit to this one or that one or the other; the whole story is within you.
Biblical narratives, such as the birth of Christ with angels and shepherds, are not literal historical events but 'beautiful imagery' representing inner spiritual experiences. These events occur 'in spirit' within the individual, who is the 'Temple of God' and the seat of human imagination. The entire divine drama reenacts itself within each person when they are spiritually ready.