A closer look at the garden of Eden and of the human that is described there. Exploring the concept of the ‘garden consciousness’ and of the sacred work we are given in the tending and care of it. And of the underlying nature of our sense of self and how it changes through our participation in the Word as the basis for our spiritual life.
The ladder in Jacob’s dream connects what is called “heaven” with what is called “earth” and allows for the ascending and descending movement of what are called “angels”. What this story offers us is an image of an unfolding psychological or spiritual process, for this is what dreams concern themselves with, of the connection between the higher and lower levels of our mind.
The story of Jacob and Esau is a story of separation and reconciliation. Here we take a deeper look at Esau’s initial refusal to accept Jacob’s gift, and of Jacob’s pressing him to accept it and what this means in terms of its application to the processes of our spiritual regeneration.
This second verse introduces us to the conditions that serve as the basis from which the spiritual man is created and brought forth into existence. Of this mind, we read that “the earth was without form and void, and that darkness was upon the face of the deep”.
Suspend the notion that this story is about the creation of an independently existing physical universe in space and time and rather begin to bring your attention to the idea that this really is an account of the creation, or the re-creation, or the regeneration, of the human mind.
