mrdecc
Premium Member
The pain of the interior life is everywhere, look to the world of media for a graphic display, love lost, love desired, love currently enjoyed (this one not so popular but still in evidence, for example Shania twain - You're Still The One ). Ultimately it is the hunger for union, and it has been about for as long as humans have been able to express themselves. 'I' have read that this can be translated into hunger for union with God, 'I' disagree, here's why.
It does not matter in the end what faith you choose to explain your view of the world as they all speak of the same thing. So in that spirit 'I' quote Genesis 1:27 'And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them. '
To 'my' mind this suggests God created a bi-sexual being, one entity (Man)two aspects male and female. It is only when we get to Genesis 2 that we discover the horror of what YHVH God did to Man (Man meaning male and female). He thrust Man into a physical envelope that could only house 1 aspect, the other aspect takes on a more subservient role, to 'me' this is the true fall, not the Eve incident. To 'my' mind that subservient role is your subconscious mind (the 'other').
The desire for union is the desire to be whole again, there is no greater spiritual pain than the separation that is felt, just look around for evidence. The image of the 'other' is projected outward onto fellow human beings, the one's that can closely match the 'other' remain as life partners, the others fall by the wayside. The 'other' is both you and not you, it is the world we inhabit in dreams, it is the occupants of the dream, it is sometimes 'you' ,sometimes the observer of 'you', it is anything 'you' want it to be because it wants nothing more than to please you in any way you could possibly want to be pleased, in essence you like to please yourself with yourself as often as possible.
In the end though any life partner will ultimately fail to live up to the 'other' because the 'other' is always exactly what you want, you will fail to live up to your partner's 'other' and it all looks so very miserable, sadness and resignation all around, unless of course you both understand this and realize that you are two very separate, entirely complete mini universes colliding for a short spell while the earth does a few rotations.
'I' do believe there is desire for God but it is grossly over shadowed by the desire for union with your other half.
It does not matter in the end what faith you choose to explain your view of the world as they all speak of the same thing. So in that spirit 'I' quote Genesis 1:27 'And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them. '
To 'my' mind this suggests God created a bi-sexual being, one entity (Man)two aspects male and female. It is only when we get to Genesis 2 that we discover the horror of what YHVH God did to Man (Man meaning male and female). He thrust Man into a physical envelope that could only house 1 aspect, the other aspect takes on a more subservient role, to 'me' this is the true fall, not the Eve incident. To 'my' mind that subservient role is your subconscious mind (the 'other').
The desire for union is the desire to be whole again, there is no greater spiritual pain than the separation that is felt, just look around for evidence. The image of the 'other' is projected outward onto fellow human beings, the one's that can closely match the 'other' remain as life partners, the others fall by the wayside. The 'other' is both you and not you, it is the world we inhabit in dreams, it is the occupants of the dream, it is sometimes 'you' ,sometimes the observer of 'you', it is anything 'you' want it to be because it wants nothing more than to please you in any way you could possibly want to be pleased, in essence you like to please yourself with yourself as often as possible.
In the end though any life partner will ultimately fail to live up to the 'other' because the 'other' is always exactly what you want, you will fail to live up to your partner's 'other' and it all looks so very miserable, sadness and resignation all around, unless of course you both understand this and realize that you are two very separate, entirely complete mini universes colliding for a short spell while the earth does a few rotations.
'I' do believe there is desire for God but it is grossly over shadowed by the desire for union with your other half.