Metaphysical Bible Meditations - 9/6/2017

The Sign of the Prophet Jonah. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Good morning, readers: Let's launch into some verses of Luke 11 (27-36) which carry some significant symbolic import.

"And it came to pass, as he (Jesus) spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it."

The "certain woman" of the multitude personifies the attitude of mind which attributes great acts and demonstrations of wisdom to be the result of material causes, i.e. having good genetics, hereditary strengths and tendencies, or the influence of one's family and environment ("Blessed is the womb... and the paps (breasts)"). While these factors indeed have a part to play in the building up of one's character and constitution, they are ultimately subordinate to the higher functioning of spiritual and mental laws (the word of God), which when properly understood and applied can adjust or alter physical conditions for optimal expression of the indwelling Life Principle.

"And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.

For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here."

The "evil generation" is composed of the thoughts, ideas, and complexes which, despite acknowledging conceptually the unity and supremacy of God, Infinite Intelligence, Universal Mind, etc., continue to cleave to the notion of existence and necessity of evil, opposition, and the turning of the Karmic wheel, always seeking for a tangible physical "sign", or cause, to rest in, rather than inquiring further beyond the limitations of sense evidence to uncover the hidden spiritual spring. 

Both the people of Nineveh (as recorded in the Old Testament Book of Jonah) and the Queen of Sheba (whose audience with King Solomon is found in 1 Kings 10), representations of the above type of consciousness, were ultimately able to overcome their misguided beliefs through the preaching of Jonah and Solomon respectively; both prophets who, while in possession of some knowledge of the workings of Divine Mind, are still lesser than Jesus, or the fully realized expression of Christ Consciousness. Hence why they will "rise in judgment" against "this generation" of false and faulty thinking, who despite being given the sign of Jesus "the Son of Man" (the faculty of mind to discern truth from error) , refuses to repent (which is translated from the original Greek term metanoia, literally "a change of mind") from the old attitudes.

"No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.

The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.

Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light."

The single eye here refers to that psycho-spiritual quality of judgment and vision which can see and discern the underlying unity behind all diversity and multiplicity of appearances, circumstances, and experiences that the Infinite Life is through all, above all, and in all. As long as the vision remains double, giving equal attention and attributing equal power to light and dark, imperfection will remain the predominant experience in the objective world whether it be in the form of ill health, frustrated relationships, financial turmoil, or an unholy host of other maladies, individually and collectively. We are to be channels and carriers of the light, shining forth to illuminate both ourselves and others.  

I hope you enjoyed today's post! Until next time, keep on keeping onward, upward, and God-ward.