tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34585979.post4126748221437953095..comments2024-02-13T13:39:31.292-05:00Comments on William Blake: Religion and Psychology: LEVELS of EXISTENCE IILarry Claytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11571190213288384302noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34585979.post-50640869218145457272010-07-05T04:50:30.518-04:002010-07-05T04:50:30.518-04:00As I said yesterday we are creatures of time and s...As I said yesterday we are creatures of time and space (two other creatures!) In Eternity there is no backward or forward, no up or down; time and space simply don't apply.<br />"For now I see through a glass darkly..."<br />Unfortunately there are no (worldly) metaphors with which to talk about Eternity; it's "wholly other".Larry Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11571190213288384302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34585979.post-27447363626965229222010-07-04T08:14:19.134-04:002010-07-04T08:14:19.134-04:00Metaphors are so slippery!
We have to keep reasses...Metaphors are so slippery!<br />We have to keep reassessing and redefining them. A 'back and forth' conversation may result in some common understanding as well as expanded perception. <br /><br />I wasn't even thinking of the original Eden when I wrote. <br />Backward has negative connotation to me too; returning to what has already tried and discarded. <br />We spend most of our 'time' in the world of generation but even here we can make progress. I think Beulah and Eden partake of eternity rather than time.ellie Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13708032405797473211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34585979.post-60887273752313888492010-07-04T06:14:16.009-04:002010-07-04T06:14:16.009-04:00I'm a little confused:
"Man is not meant...I'm a little confused:<br /><br />"Man is not meant to remain in Beulah for it is a place of retreat and renewal. Upward to Eden or downward to Generation are the options offered. A desire to remain in Beulah destroys the beautiful balance and sends man backward."<br /><br />Backward meaning downward, "to generation"? Not backward meaning back in time to Eden, right?<br /><br />The metaphor of backward & forward can be kind of baffling... I suppose I'm a progressive at heart: backward is bad / regress, forward is good / progress. Onward! ("Onward, through the fog!)<br /><br />But then there's backward & forward in time, and surely Eden is backward in that regard. Well, maybe not for Blake, come to think of it...?<br /><br />I just googled "Back to Eden" and found, among other things, the Back to Eden Health Ministry, "based on the Hallelujah Acres Diet and Lifestyle"<br /><br />:-) :-)Susan J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07676460547965873094noreply@blogger.com