tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010494928772077300.post5154682680236752337..comments2024-03-01T14:26:39.432+01:00Comments on Sophia's Mirror: Don't Look BackEmmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11344595922514131573noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010494928772077300.post-41199005955094620792023-07-29T21:26:32.770+02:002023-07-29T21:26:32.770+02:00Emma, this is one of my favorite posts on your blo...Emma, this is one of my favorite posts on your blog. There are so many wise lessons contained in this famous story: that anything can be overcome if the will and the courage is there, that trust in the situation and in ourselves is so crucial, and that ultimately, love, as scripture's 'Song of Songs' also reminds us, is stronger even than death. Thank you. Hawkwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07993700120131916459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010494928772077300.post-70805530765444320532013-08-18T13:05:50.483+02:002013-08-18T13:05:50.483+02:00Joseph, what as the storyteller I leave unsaid, yo...Joseph, what as the storyteller I leave unsaid, you fill in and explain it in such a way that it might help others more to understand what my post is about. Having said that, a story, like a painting, usually has many layers, just like it has many readers, and every person will read something into it to which he or she can relate. I love and appreciate what you have said here! Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344595922514131573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010494928772077300.post-63390861478975491832013-08-18T01:43:02.950+02:002013-08-18T01:43:02.950+02:00Thank you for the beautiful and touching story of ...Thank you for the beautiful and touching story of Orpheus and Eurydice. There is a spiritual gem in this story which is summed up aptly in the title of the blog "Don't Look Back." In one sense it may be taken to mean "focus on the task at hand" or place one's "nose to the grindstone." The story expresses a deeper meaning from the eye of a mystic. Underlying the story is the illusion of time and the ephemeral nature of the phenomenal world. Orpheus symbolizes our egoic identity and the belief that we are all separate, separate from each other and from the rest of universe. He represents our strongly held belief in our individual and personal sense of self. Eurydice, on the other hand, symbolizes the ultimate state of Oneness with all things, pure Consciousness. However this Oneness is not a future state to attain but is the essential reality that underlies time and all phenomena. The search for Eurydice is the search for Oneness. Eurydice can only be discovered by returning to the one essential point of reality in the illusion of time, and this point of reality is the present moment. The present moment is the gateway, the portal, or the door that leads our consciousness to its very core, to the Oneness of Life that underlies all things. In this sense "don't look back" means to leave the dimension of separation, of past and future, enter the timeless dimension of Oneness. <br /><br /><br />Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08209551489584694322noreply@blogger.com