When I read this today I couldn't help but think of the Prodigal Son as a metaphor for something else. Perhaps it is that we, as the prodigal son, need to escape the confines and find knowledge elsewhere and when we come back it is by dealing with our past. We need to make sense of it.
According to Maurice Nicoll, as explained in his book: “The Mark”, the Prodigal Son is about one aspect of our personality in a struggle against other aspects of our personality. The Prodigal Son, originally was under the influence of: “the father” and ate his “bread”. Thus, Nicoll points out that the prayer: “Give us this day our daily bread” is NOT about real bread or real food, but is a request for spiritual guidance.
My own experience was to leave to make sense of the world and expand my own spiritual awareness. I had started while still in my parents' house but needed to unleash my fullness of being.
When I read this today I couldn't help but think of the Prodigal Son as a metaphor for something else. Perhaps it is that we, as the prodigal son, need to escape the confines and find knowledge elsewhere and when we come back it is by dealing with our past. We need to make sense of it.
According to Maurice Nicoll, as explained in his book: “The Mark”, the Prodigal Son is about one aspect of our personality in a struggle against other aspects of our personality. The Prodigal Son, originally was under the influence of: “the father” and ate his “bread”. Thus, Nicoll points out that the prayer: “Give us this day our daily bread” is NOT about real bread or real food, but is a request for spiritual guidance.
My own experience was to leave to make sense of the world and expand my own spiritual awareness. I had started while still in my parents' house but needed to unleash my fullness of being.