I was asked why I take scriptures metaphorically...

"The scripture compares itself to "allegory" at least five times. (Ezekiel 17:2, Galatians 4:24, Proverbs 1:6, John 10:6 and John 16:29). So we must view some, if not all of scripture as having metaphorical or allegorical value."

I decided back in 2005 to let everything that I thought I knew about Christianity/God/Jesus go. It was a time of personal transition and crisis and I knew that I was breaking down - spiritually speaking. I looked into the word “repent” and saw that it meant “to turn around and to change the way that you think.” And I did.

There is a scripture where Jesus said, "It is better for you if I go away…I will send the comforter to you.” I made the decision to let him, Jesus and everything I was taught about him, go. I was so totally confused by what I had been taught about God - this tyrant that loved and hated, was jealous, incited rape and murder, dismemberment and genocide. Really? Nope. I couldn’t do it anymore. It just didn’t make sense. This seems is a prerequisite for repentance - "to change the way you think." Everyone will begin to question the tenets of their faith at sometime. We cannot help but outgrow that clothing from our childhood.

Then I began to look at scripture more figuratively, especially the mysterious parables that Jesus taught - they were all figurative. He encouraged us to “lift our eyes.” What did that mean? Were we to look skyward all the time lol or did it mean to access a different space in our conscious awareness. I asked for help in interpreting the scriptures - not according to any Bible commentary, but what was the Spirit speaking directly to me?

Peace began to wash over me as I sojourned out from fear and into love and acceptance.

The mysteries come from meeting Christ in the "upper room” - that is, in your own higher thinking. This is where the “unveiling” takes place. There is a veil between the two hemispheres of the brain called the corpus collosum. It is referred to in the medical community as the “veil.” It acts as a mediator between the left and right hemispheres of the brain, the bride and the groom. Once the veil is “rent” we can have access to both sides of the brain and our intuitive function really kicks in. This is where we meet with “Christ” as Christ is the amalgamation - the byproduct of union.

As far as the absolutes of Christianity…

Jesus was not a Christian or even a good Jew for that matter. He said, “Before Abraham was, I AM.” Abraham was the founder of Judaism so Jesus was stating his existence even before the founding of Judaism. He was neither Christian or Jew.

In my searching I discovered much of Christianity that was simply not true but had been inherited from Constantine and the council at Nicea. I had to learn for myself like the forming of the butterfly from the liquid carcass - the breakdown of the caterpillar. No one could do this for me, and no one could help me free myself from he cocoon, lest I miss the struggle that forced the life’s blood into my metaphorical wings.

The term Christian was around long before Jesus and simply eludes to an enlightened being. Our enlightenment was nullified when we began to embrace the traditions of men and the doctrines of "men and demons.”