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Hi, Xeno-x,
Very interesting post, and nice photo and picture, too. Again, I've enjoyed reading the comments, too. Thanks. :)
posted by
BlackPearl1
on June 24, 2006 at 9:12 AM
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Xeno -
Excellent analysis of the true meaning of the metaphor of the camel and the eye of the needle. Attachments are like a fog in a forest valley. We can't see the trees in the forest because of the fog, so we are constantly running into them and losing our way. Attachments blind us like the fog so we continually lose our way on the path to the spiritual realm.
posted by
sannhet
on June 16, 2006 at 3:15 PM
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we agree NOPEACE !!!!!
on what the kingdom of heaven is here.
possessions though are not just material things -- as the explanaton of the root indicates -- "that which fills the mind"
actually even the self is a possession.
leave possessions behind.
posted by
Xeno-x
on June 16, 2006 at 10:59 AM
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Xeno
This is a very interesting post Xeno. In this passage though we Jesus tells the young man it is easier for a camel to enter through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God, he was not talking about the physical place of heaven. "Kingdom of God" is interpreted in this passage to mean "God's way of doing things." In our mind, we strive for material things here in this life but in God's way of doing things he provides us all of our needs which is what he original intended in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve.
It is difficult for a rich person to give up their wealth and depend on God to provide their daily needs because they are use to having more than enough and paying their own way and providing for themselves.
posted by
NOPEACE
on June 16, 2006 at 10:51 AM
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sorry RAME
sometimes cherished beliefs stand in the wazyof true knowledge
if knowledge demonstrates that such cherished beliefs are invalid and one recognizes this on any level, then one has to acknowledge and then discard the invalid in exchange for the more valid.
these beliefs are like possessions of any sort that one cannot possess -- or hold dear -- or hold on to -- they are like a camel's hump, that keeps the camel from going through the "eye of the needle", that is, a sheep gate.
posted by
Xeno-x
on June 16, 2006 at 9:41 AM
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Xeno-x,
I guess I didn't get the point you were making. What you said, however, was very interesting but I'd like it if you would fill in this air-headed blogger.
posted by
RAME
on June 16, 2006 at 9:30 AM
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