On still reading Homer

I'm still reading Homer complete. Though I'm still just in the midst of Book 11 of the Iliad. Still, it is a book that I don't get the feeling I am wasting my time, as in thinking I should be reading something else. The Bible can be a pull no matter what, though, especially when you see a context for it like the Proverbs being knowledge you need for the spiritual journey after death. That sort of makes it of the utmost importance to read NOW. Yet even so Homer still stands up (because it too gives a language for that afterworld journey, as does the Work).

Proverbs and the quest in the spiritual realms

I was also thinking about xxxx's mentioning of Proverbs. It seems that proverbs as a genre are supposed to be in memory. And of course they are easier to memorize than other types or genres of Scripture. I think - I know - all Scripture can be put into memory my steady reading of it, but Proverbs can be used for that unique attempt to memorize actual verses and being able to repeat them from memory.

I was also thinking about how I see the proverbs themselves. They are basic, primary, simple. That is because when we die and are in essence we need such simple, primary truth as our foundation and as our means to navigate that world.

Like if we are confronted by demons and we think maybe lying and saying we aren't what we are (thinking the demons would be mollified if we did this), but then we remember proverbs about how it is better to tell the truth than to lie, and so we boldly say the truth that we are heirs of the King of all creation, and that act makes the demons give way. Simple things like that.

Of course we're in that spiritual world now too. - C.

ps- I think there is truth in seeing the fantasy type quest as happening when one physically dies and is able to stand and be awake to some degree. You're making your way to the Kingdom of God, and in between there is Satan and his demons (the Prince of the power of the air), and obstacles, and so on. And you draw on your knowledge of the Word of God (your sword), your faith (your shield) and your ability to be awake and to fear only God and to recognize the Way and the destination.

Regarding the feeling we get reading old blog posts

Regarding the feeling we get reading old blog posts. That mixture of feeling of time having gone by perhaps unprofitably, or without as much profit as could have been gained from it; and of thoughts, sometimes deep and foundational thoughts and insights, going by the wayside, not amounting to much in the long run. All that type of feeling. To confront that and do battle with it you just have to set real aims to step into real Work and make real, consistent efforts over time. This regains all that is lost and builds what wasn't yet there.

Here is a wonderful name for the Old and New Testaments

In the midst of the parable of the sower there is a wonderful name for the Old and New Testaments:

Mat 13:19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

The Word of the Kingdom

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One day we're going to die then ability to be awake in the moment, in difficult situations, developed being will manifest, in a strange wonderland.