Originally posted by serin sister
with water involved it sounds as though you seemed to of had a spiritual cleansing.
Thanks for the article. It made alot of sense to me....
Originally posted by spiritualwisdomSwedenborg, in his pivotal work Arcana Caelestia, expounds this story to reveal the ancient wisdom
relating to overcoming trial and temptation. Even in this darkened age the allegorical meaning is not entirely lost: we all recognise what is meant by
'just about staying afloat instead of sinking under your problems'. But in the Noah's Ark allegory, 'every cloud has a silver lining' becomes
'against the darkest clouds the rainbow shines most brightly'. The rainbow is called, in this transformational story, a divine covenant sign - in
our terms a life and death promise ... a divine pledge of:
a) a new beginning when the old is swept away
www.spiritualwisdom.org.uk...
especially the above quote. It was that very moment I made the decision to start over
Thank you
[edit on 30-5-2008 by Omniscient1]