CHRIST AND THE DEVIL INSIDE ME - The Conscious & Subconscious Mind / Left & Right Hemispheres of the Brain

Now, bear with me on this..

I was reading in Tarot Revelations by Joseph Cambell and Richard Roberts (a VERY amazing book recommended to me by Apollo) in the essay by Colin Wilson where he says; (italics are my own musings and clarifications)

"The 'you' who lives in that silent hemisphere (speaking of the right hemisphere) of your brain knows a vast amount more than the rational 'you', (speaking of the left hemisphere) who wastes far too much of his time peering at things through a magnifying glass and cannot see the wood for the trees.

The Problem is that the "silent" you has the greatest difficulty conveying it's knowledge to the rational ego. For the left-brain you is like an overworked housewife (think Martha see luke 10:38-42) who is too busy to take anything in; she says "Yes dear," and thinks about something else. Experiments have shown that the right brain can convey knowledge to the left - even in split brain patients - but it has to be simple"

Now for some reason when I read that I immediately began to think about how this all relates to the Gospel accounts / parables / myths / metaphors / allegories of Jesus Christ. Christ being a model for living with a fully balanced brain (think the cross) with Christ balancing the left and right hemispheres. But to the initiated and profane, like those of his 'own people who accepted him not', the Christ remains within the right hemisphere of the brain or in the subconscious mind while Shaitan or the ADVERSARY and ACCUSER has his domain in the conscious mind or the left hemisphere of the brain that is over-analytical, material and carnal.

I'm reminded of how he says "I stand at the door knocking.." and think of the many spiritual urges, awakenings and longings that surface in the dream world or in our thought life or even in our heart (which is really in the mind) from our subconscious mind.

Also where it says "The right brain can convey knowledge to the left but it has to be simple.." just as Jesus always spoke in parables. Yet in the gnostic scriptures, which metaphorically have been buried deep deep underground in the cold dark earth of the conscious mind laying dormant in the subconscious until only recently have they been unearthed and brought to the table, in these we see something FAR more vast and FAR more beautiful..for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear.

I may be on to something; and it's not crack.

I'd really like a discussion on this.

:)



Last Edited by Prodigal Genius on 03/16/2012 08:47 PM