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Originally Posted by MysticPhD
I would take that as a given.
I see the entire OT as chronicling the evolution of our understanding of God. The idea of "lessons" definitely resonates with my understanding, especially of the Eden fable which was the first and most important lesson to learn if we are to achieve our purpose.
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Originally Posted by TRANSPONDER
We are quite close here, except that I would see it as an evolution of our hypothesizing of god -concepts. I can recall some pretty "hidden" interpretation of the various parts of the brain as relating to the Eden story.
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Yes, quite so.
This is all quite speculative but I have believed for some time that our unconscious knowledge of things influences our imaginations, hence the reality of the operation of our brain reflected in the symbolism of the Eden story. The myth could indicate the existence of God influencing some primordial unconscious intuition about this fundamental process of brain function (or not
but it is consistent with my views). The idea that self-control is key to achieving our purpose also could be reflected in another myth possibly influenced by brain function. I believe that myths have more to tell us than most would credit.
Hermaphroditus, according to mythology, is noted for having rejected the carnal love of the nymph Salmacis in whose fountain he bathed. Salmacis then prayed to the gods that she might forever be united with him. This resulted in a being half-male and half-female. Male and female express the negative and positive polarities of existence as reflected in many of the mystical conceptions, such as the Chinese Yin and Yang. However, here the mythological connection is most interesting.
Among the amino acids in the brain, we find a very special kind of ion that affords some intriguing speculation and a slight play on words. This species of ion has a unique structure . . . a positive and a negative charge in balance. For this reason and no doubt influenced by knowledge of the preceding myth, it is called a Zwitter-ion, or Z-ion. Zwitter is the German word for hybrid or hermaphrodite.
Clearly the name was probably given to the ion because of the symbolism of the myth. Nevertheless, think about the possible relationship of the myth's existence to some primordial conscious intuition about this fundamental process of brain function. If God's consciousness really is available to inspire our consciousness and those of the early "prophets," it is not inconceivable that this basic idea would have been communicated in terms that would make sense to primitive minds.
Hermaphroditus' rejection of the carnal love of the nymph in whose fountain he bathed resulted in the creation of a unique creature, half-male and half-female. Consider the possibility that a rejection of carnal drives by our Spirit as it bathes in the fluid (fountain) around our brain might produce the unique Z-ions, half-positive and half-negative. Of course, the similarity between the terms "Z-ion" and "Zion" has to be purely coincidental, but the preceding speculation makes the coincidence very intriguing.
When you connect this with the idea that we must be born again of "water and the Spirit," this makes my view of the amniotic fluid in the brain as the "water of life" referred to in scripture quite interesting, don't you think?
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