tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823028754153829159.post1997651248232198398..comments2024-01-19T20:36:22.060+10:00Comments on soli deo gloria: What Abraham could not seeRoss H. McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09950455939572097456noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823028754153829159.post-2918690922336325602011-02-10T15:06:14.587+10:002011-02-10T15:06:14.587+10:00How do you know what Abraham could or could not se...How do you know what Abraham could or could not see?<br /><br />William Blake told us that when the doors of perception are cleansed we would be able to see infinity in a grain of sand. Perhaps therefore also the infinite glory of the heavens.<br /><br />The opposite of that was the fact that the normal dreadfully sane every-person of Blake's time had already been imprisoned in Newtons' one-dimensional single "vision".<br /><br />As indeed we now ALL are. Which is to say that we now well and truly trapped in a one-dimensional perceptual strait-jacket.<br /><br />One-dimensional scientific man rules.<br /><br />I would say that Abraham was a mystic seer and visionary who quite literally saw things differently. As indeed did the all of the fiery prophets of the "Old" Testament. Which is to say that their doors of perception were cleansed.<br /><br />The Australian "aborigines" see things differently too. That is why (at least some of them) were such superb trackers out there in the wilderness. They could quite literally see things and signs which were/are invisible to us dreadfully sane one-dimensionals.<br /><br />They could also sit for hours contemplating and communing with the stars. Listening to the stars sing, and even talking to them.<br /><br />Just like the Kalahari Bushmen.<br /><br />When did you last smell and taste the moon, or feel it resting in the small of your back?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com