Divine Paradox
This came from the Internet. It seems rather profound.
What do you think about this?
Forwarded message:
>
> Greetings Earth Being:
>
> Distribute wide and fast as you are causing your own destruction so
> there is no time to lose!
>
> You cannot teach a person anything, you can only help them discover
> it within themselves. Today something is happening to the structure
> of human consciousness. A fresh kind of life is starting. Silence
> of the heart, practiced with wisdom, will see a lofty depth, and the
> ear of the silent mind will hear untold wonders.
>
> An ancient legend says that there was a time when all men were gods
> or godlike, but they so abused their divinity that the lord god decided
> to take it away from men and hide it where they would never find it.
> Where to hide it became the big question. When the lesser gods were
> called in council to consider this question, they said, "We will bury
> man's divinity deep in the earth." But the lord said, "No, that will
> not do, for man will dig deep down into the earth and find it." Then
> they said, "Well, we will sink his divinity into the deepest ocean."
> But again the lord replied, "No, not there, for man will learn to dive
> into the deepest waters, will search out the ocean bed, and will find
> it." Then the lesser gods said, "We will take it to the top of the
> highest mountain and there hide it." But again the lord replied, "No,
> for man will eventually climb every high mountain on earth. He will
> be sure some day to find it and take it up again for himself." Then
> the lesser gods gave up and concluded, "We do not know where to hide
> it, for it seems there is no place on earth or in the sea that man
> will not eventually reach." Then the lord said, "Here is what we will
> do with man's divinity. We will hide it deep down in man himself, for
> he will never think to look for it there." Ever since then, the
> legend concludes, man has been going up and down the earth, climbing,
> digging, diving, exploring, searching for something that is already
> in himself.
>
> 2000 years ago someone, possibly named Jesus, is said to have found
> the secret and shared it with others but the MOVEMENT that occured
> in His NAME kept the Divinity in Man a secret and it has remained a
> secret for most of the world.