Spiritual Truth
-a metaphor of the sea
By Jimmy Henderson
Hons BA (Phil), MA Psychology, FRC
I would describe spiritual truth in terms of a metaphor of the sea, in which the extent of spiritual experience, knowledge and understanding we gain would depend on the depth to which we are prepared to go.
Accessing spiritual truth through emotions would be limited to that which is on the surface, with the turbulence of the waves being likened to the raised hands of the joyous and exuberant spiritual charismatic experience. However, during a calm the waves quickly subside and we find that we may need to dive below the waves (move beyond pure emotion) into the depths of spiritual contemplation in order to gain insight into the underlying truths and laws of spirit.
Moving down even further into the depths during meditation, the experience of revelation becomes greater as we penetrate the darkness of the mysteries of life and reality, until in reaching the bottom, we discover the treasures of gold, silver and pearls of wisdom that lie hidden in ancient cities covered by the seas after many thousands of years, the knowledge that was once known to man, but is now lost except to those who are prepared to seek deeper.
Jimmy Henderson is a cognitive researcher and metaphysician who has published a number of books and e-books on Amazon.com. Also see his website www.jimmyhendersonbooks.com
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