As a poet, I take Revelation to be a work of poetic genius. The atmosphere is one of superlative spiritual intensity, the height of inspiration. — ZzzoneiroCosm
As a poet, I take Revelation to be a work of poetic genius. The atmosphere is one of superlative spiritual intensity, the height of inspiration. This height, this inspiration, conveys an almost divine authority, which gives the anxious seeker a refuge, a locus of encouragement and a suggestion of future self-confidence. — ZzzoneiroCosm
Yeah, it is. — Banno
This last sentence is especially intriguing. It sounds like you are describing an emotional reaction to the text rather than a cerebral one. Like listening to music? — Tom Storm
influx of encouraging, transformative inspiration — ZzzoneiroCosm
Is it any different than me being swept away by the writing of Saul Bellow? — Tom Storm
I find music more useful when it comes to contemplation and inspiration. — Tom Storm
In the realm of music you have folks like Jimi Hendrix who had a desire to open the minds of his compeers — ZzzoneiroCosm
Only different in the sense that John is encouraging, even demanding, self-transformation. — ZzzoneiroCosm
And then provides an internalizable Utopian vision - New Jerusalem - to compound encouragement with inspiration. — ZzzoneiroCosm
Only different in the sense that John is encouraging, even demanding, self-transformation. — ZzzoneiroCosm
How do you make that assessment - does the work say this or does is it implied? — Tom Storm
This is sounding more theological now. — Tom Storm
The work states explicitly - in spiritualized poetic language - what will happen if one "overcomes." — ZzzoneiroCosm
The Utopian vision understood as inspiration for self-transformation can have a theological or non-theological context. From Marxism to Jonestown. It's wide-ranging. — ZzzoneiroCosm
Is there a reference? — Tom Storm
Perhaps it is messianic then? — Tom Storm
My psychological reading is a bit eccentric. — ZzzoneiroCosm
For what it's worth, I'm far from Christian. — ZzzoneiroCosm
That's cool. And thank you for answering all my rather blunt questions. — Tom Storm
reference — Tom Storm
The way that the collective consciousness of planet Earth evolves. — Kevin Tan
I understand how a 'self-help' book works - there are specific tasks to follow. But I guess I am lost in the symbolic aspects of the process in this instance - it that makes sense. — Tom Storm
Yes. Or no. I don't know, I really need more time. — Kevin Tan
the extraordinary, trans-neurotic, self-aware, lucid, or transcendent, or Self.
Thoughts? — ZzzoneiroCosm
Where I come from and live (Netherlands) this concept is taught in school and on the national news. People often say: It's part of the collective consciousness. That's why I've never doubted or questioned its existence. But maybe we're wrong. — Kevin Tan
I wonder, is not the ordinary, neurotic, oblivious, lackluster, or mediocre, or Other, to prefer...? — Landoma1
I have trouble with the notion of collective consciousness, as the range of ideologies, cultures, behaviors, propensities of thought is vast and baffling. I think almost exclusively in terms of a personal evolution. — ZzzoneiroCosm
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