Originally posted by Tsen+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tsen)</div>
No, because some people obviously won't interpret it the same. *People obviously haven't interpreted it the same in the past.[/b]
Are you referring to the archetypes? I meant they are the same for those who investigate themselves thoroughly, to the point of death of the ego and back again (to non-duality). (This is where all the symbols of dying and resurrecting come in handy.) But this is a small number of people, always has been. For most, they will not question themselves to this point. For them, they interpret it from the limited self and try to reduce it all to the physical and ego; i.e. God is outside me, must blindly abide laws, etc. This must be given up.

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Each person can read the bible and find 'their own special meaning', and it's all well and good, but it will be more than just different on the surface.
While some might find "their own special meaning", I don't think we're talking about exactly the same thing. Its not about "making up" your own meaning or anything of that sort. It is based on experience, a state of being, and in essence it is exactly the same thing, for how could the principle origin be different? It might only appear so when you look at it from the perspective of multiplicity, from below (which is not a negative).

Originally posted by Tsen
Because the Bible is so vague, it has so many interpretations that it can't be used as a law book of any sorts. *
No, it definitely should not. A guide, yes, a law book, no. Nor has it ever been that way for some. There are always a few throughout history that take its internal meaning.