Oooo...lots of good stuff in there, Thanks!




"On the day you were one you became two.
But when you become two, what will you do?"
- The Gospel of Thomas 11


The soul and the spirit of the Bible ARE the unconscious and the conscious. (Science simply hasn't figured out that they are immortal yet.) This ought to be considered true for two very good reasons:

* The Bible presents the soul and spirit as possessing those very qualities which science grants to the conscious and unconscious. MORE

* This fits an existing larger pattern. Similar binary soul doctrines exist in many other cultures.MORE

Behold the mystery : like man and woman, the conscious spirit and the unconscious soul are equal opposites, but do not necessarily have to be "opposed" to one another. On the contrary, these two can integrate, fitting together as perfectly and as intertwined as the Yin and the Yang in the Tao symbol, each helping to support and define the other, each consisting, in its deepest center, of the other, each providing its partner with precisely what it needs most.

This is the mystery of the sexes.
The mystery of the psyche.
The mystery of life.
The mystery of death.

The natures and characteristics of the conscious and unconscious ARE opposite to one another in many obvious ways.