Unlimited Visibility
Stephanie Sorensen eloquently reminds us that our spiritual journey is a journey within. The format is such that she gently guides you through the process of looking within. Each chapter ends with a lesson and meditation to explore your thoughts.
When any of us listen to or read parables the lessons they contain are quite complex on many levels and these spiritual stories often cause us to reconsider the meaning of what we have heard long after the tale has been completed. Each rethinking brings a different perception and we gain the entire meaning one piece at a time.
A spiritual story can also be seen in a similar light as the 3D pictures from a few decades ago. You may remember the elaborate pages of art that had hidden pictures within them. Even when many people were prompted they could still not see the hidden drawings that the pictures contained. This was because they were letting the colorful pictures overshadow the little buried treasures. It is much the same with spiritual stories. Sometimes the teachings within a story aren’t apparent the first time people read it.
The benefits to these spiritual parables are in the challenge to our thinking and also the growth that they bring to an individual’s spiritual and emotional being. There is never a right or a wrong lesson to be taken from any of these words. The experience is completely unique and personal. This is perhaps one of the greatest blessings that are brought about through the sharing of a spiritual story. Teaching others is not always required for them to receive new understanding and insights. These stories concisely point out lessons and obligations that all can gain from in some way.
Spiritual stories that have spiritual knowledge and lessons to share offer benefit to all who hear them and read them and this knowledge does not leave us. The words of a particular parable may fade over time but the core meaning will steadfastly be an ever present part of our spirit. Therefore, whenever needed we can still draw upon it.