I am convinced that one of the biggest obstacles to a new understanding that people face is the reflexive rejection of religious understandings worked out over thousands of years.
Just as Jung found a whole new understanding by studying the seemingly pointless, even ridiculous subject of alchemy, so the study of religious texts and dogmas is going to open us up to new ways of seeing. We aren’t going to be believers in the old ways of seeing things, but we don’t have to reinvent the wheel, either.
But how many people have the time, the background, and the drive to do the in-depth investigation that will pay off? Not many. But it only takes a few to blaze new trails. Here is an example of how it’s done.
Morning Contemplation 6-19-2024 | From My Reading (wordpress.com)