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Subject Bring back one pearl... your pearl

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Nice thread Mott!

"Out of the mouths of Babes"
There is wisdom in that saying.

From a very young age I realized babies are much closer to reality than we are.  
Every step of the enculturation process takes us a step away from the truth.  Language, social mores, etc.; all substitute our 'accepted' reality for 'the real' reality.

When I was a little boy, my Grandfather was being given an award at a medical conference.  
When Grandfather was on stage accepting the award in front of 150 or so people, he mentioned the word 'hell' in his speech.
At this  point my 4-year old little Brother stood up and yelled:
[b]"Hell, I'll tell you what Hell is.  Hell is having this great big soul stuffed into this tiny little body."[/b]
The crowd was stunned and then some nervous laughter.  Someone in my family still has this on 8mm film.
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Wisc man you are :)

Your camp stove is definitely the best one, but the pipe is what makes the difference. Is that the Bro you lost?
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Yeah, Jason died in 2007.  Still doesn't feel 'real'.
He was a rock drummer.  Quite good from what other musicians said.  More than that however, he was aware of the 'veil'.
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Original Message The Hymn of the Pearl (also Hymn of the Soul, Hymn of the Robe of Glory or Hymn of Judas Thomas the Apostle) is a passage of the apocryphal Acts of Thomas.

The hymn (song) tells the story of a boy, "the son of the king of kings", who is sent to Egypt to retrieve a pearl from a serpent. During the quest, he is seduced by Egyptians and forgets his origin and his family. However, a letter is sent from the king of kings to remind him of his past. When the boy receives the letter, he remembers his mission, retrieves the pearl and returns.

This Wiki link below says the boy is implicitly Thomas rather than Jesus as indicated by the eventual assertion that he is next in line to his elder brother, this unnamed brother not otherwise mentioned in the text.

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

The link also goes on to say the hymn is commonly interpreted as a Gnostic view of the human condition, that we are spirits lost in a world of matter and forgetful our true origin. This state of affairs may be ameliorated by a revelatory message delivered by a messenger, a role that is generally ascribed to Jesus.

There is a hidden meaning in this song, that is still open to anyone's interpretation of what it means.

"Bring Back One Pearl, Your Pearl"

Much Love

Billy

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