"There seem to be only two kinds of people: Those who think that metaphors are facts, and those who know that they are not facts. Those who know they… - Joseph Campbell

"There's nothing militant about Jesus. I don't read anything like that in any of the gospels. Peter drew his sword and cut off the servant's ear, and Jesus said, "Put back thy sword, Peter." But Peter has had his sword out and at work ever since."

The problem of the theologian is to keep his symbol translucent, so that it may not block out the very light it is supposed to convey.

We are having experiences all the time which may on occasion render some sense of this, a little intuition of where your bliss is. Grab it. No one can tell you what it is going to be. You have to learn to recongnize your own depth.