Heaven and Earth 14 [Original Content]
Dear truth-seekers,
in this part of the series we discuss, wether we should take the advice of the "holy" scriptures quite literally or not.
“Forget the Bible, the Quran, the Vedas, the Granth Sahib, and all the scriptures in the world. None of them will show you the Great Eternal Truth. None of them will show you the Kingdom of God, for the real Kingdom of the Ultimate Truth is inside your mind. [...] Without the Mind, there is no God. Without you, there is no God.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurons, Oxygen & Nanak
Heaven
A "busstop" in heaven in Gozo, Republic of Malta
Earth
A kids-car at the riverside of Rhine in Bonn, Germany.
Remain at the wheel
When navigation systems became quite popular, we had several cases in Germany, where people drove their cars into the river, because a buggy navigation system told them to do so. People tend to rather follow a guide (even when he is wrong), than judge for themselves.A sign is just a reference to the message, not the message itself.
The busstop sign is not the place, where the bus can stop. The real busstop is somewhere in the sphere. Just as all scriptures can only give hints and point to a deeper truth. But they don't literally are the truth.Reader discretion is advised
“. . . I feel we don’t really need scriptures. The entire life is an open book, a scripture. Read it. Learn while digging a pit or chopping some wood or cooking some food. If you can’t learn from your daily activities, how are you going to understand the scriptures? (233)”― Swami Satchidananda, The Yoga Sutras
You better keep living!
@shortcutP.S.: Here are the links to: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12 and Part 13 of the series.