Table of Contents
- Could Judas the Betrayer, Peter the Denier and Thomas the Doubter, be symbolic of archetypal shadows while Jesus’ passion representing suffering, death on the cross symbolized death of the ego, and resurrection the awakening/enlightenment of the true self?
- Can the birth of Jesus be also seen as a universal allegory of the human journey and also a mythopoetic guide for our lives?
- Can the washing of the feet of Jesus’ disciples at the Last Supper be seen in a similar light?
- Can you integrate the insights discussed above from the birth of Jesus to His Ascension into a consistent, coherent and harmonious whole?
- Given that each perspective is true but partial, how can we use the primary sources of the works and teachings of Yeshua (both the canonical texts and gnostic gospels), and given what we know contemporarily from depth psychology and cognitive sciences, can we integrate them and then synthesize a more up-to-date mythopoetic guide for the human journey and the universal allegory of spiritual transformation?
- How can we reframe this Living Narrative using Almaas’ Diamond Approach?
- But isn’t essential realization in daily life more related to Pentecost (Descent of the Holy Spirit) while Ascension more with transcendence to the Divine?
- Can the Old Testament be reframed and interpreted in a similar light, as a lack of or prelude to this understanding?
