Jane,
Sorry it took so long to respond, having some troubles w/ SI re my signing on as a member(messed up my VISA #).
I am very drawn to study in these matters. Christians take the idea of the Incarnation of the second person of the Blessed Trinity offering himself in love to the world to be a higher, more illuminated, form. ( Than that of the image of God presented in the "Book of Job") In other words, God has been tempered by taking the form of man and experiencing the world of man.
But Carl Jung says this is not the answer because Christ was a divine incarnation born of a virgin, so he really wasn't man, he was God. Jung argues,"God wanted to become man and still wants to." So he provided for his continuing incarnation w/in man as the Holy Ghost, the third person of the BT. So, if you want to see God in the world, recognize it in mankind. Jung's answer to Job: Don't throw this blame back on God, on the universe, or on anything of the kind.
"The incarnation in Christ is the prototype which
is continually being transferred to the creature by
the Holy Ghost." - Jung
Since all is the divine radiance(Brahman), how can we say 'no' to ignorance or brutality or anything? Where are you between two thoughts? The goal of life is to be a vehicle for something higher.
So compassion and love go beyond the pairs of opposites....Christ's message, yes? Christ participated in the suffering and joys of the world, all the while seeing through them the radiance of the divine presence. That's what I see in the Crucifixion. The hero's death and resurrection is a model for the casting off of the old life and moving into the new.
Many thanks for this forum. Would like to discuss the Holy Grail motif at some time in the future.
parsival |
