HIDDEN WISDOM OF THE BIBLE - 2

All writing has symbolic content

Maybe you have heard somebody say, 'Why don't you say what you mean?" But in fact all of us say MORE than we mean, because hidden in our speech and our writing are the contents of our subconscious, influencing our communication without our conscious knowledge.

As someone once said: "Who you are speaks so loudly, I can't hear what you say."

All writings bear the mark of the subconscious thought of the writer. In this way, the inspiration of God influences the heart of every writing, since our innermost subconscious is our link to infinite Mind. Inspirational writings are a direct channeling of the thoughts of Universal Mind, while even ugly and angry writings reflect the authors' reaction and rejection of these same Universal impulses.

The Bible is not the only work that can be interpreted symbolically. The Chinese Tao Te Ching, the Bhagavad Gita of India, the works of modem poets, and writers such as Shakespeare, have high levels of symbolic content. They have a meaning that goes far beyond the literal, so that we may read into them vital and important messages which a literal interpretation totally misses. Literalists only get half the message; perhaps less.