CONSCIOUSNESS
Buildings as Beliefs (Collapse of Old Structures)
The 'buildings' and 'temple' mentioned in scripture are not physical structures but represent the deeply ingrained beliefs and mental constructs within an…
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These buildings are not on the outside. So, when Blake said, “Cities, mountains, valleys, all are human,” he meant it – that in your own wonderful imagination these structures are erected. These are the beliefs by which you live, and they are powerful in your mind. The day will come; you will see it. They will seem to be, to you, external to yourself, and they are structures; they are buildings. ... Then all of my previous beliefs by which I lived – they all collapsed. I, too, believed – as the whole vast world of Christendom believes – in the historicity of Christ, in the secular history of Christ, and suddenly the whole thing was not there at all. It’s all about me! It is all about you. And when I arose from within myself, then all that I formerly believed in had to collapse. These are the structures spoken of. He is not speaking of these buildings falling.
The 'buildings' and 'temple' mentioned in scripture are not physical structures but represent the deeply ingrained beliefs and mental constructs within an individual's imagination. The prophecy of their destruction signifies the collapse of all former beliefs, particularly the belief in an external, historical Christ, upon the individual's inner spiritual awakening.