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Understanding Biblical Symbolism


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DUST OF THE GROUND OR WORLD

A symbol of the lower mind which is unstable and subject to every wind of doctrine and opinion that obscures the truth.

"So long as we are in the dust, we see not the face of the Beloved." - TABRIZI, Ode XLIV.

So long as the egos are obscured in the activities of the lower mind, they are unable to apprehend the higher qualities which are the expression of the Love and Wisdom nature within. Dust being free from water, signifies a state of ignorance, absence of truth (water), which is the original state of mind (man).

 

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ADAM (Lower)
BEASTS (Earth)
CURSE (serpent)
DRY
MAN
SOPHIA
SWEAT OF THE FACE
WATER