Parable
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Parable
Jesus said it best in the Gospels. When asked by his disciples why he didn't simply say clearly what he was talking about, the master responded that one part of our heart-mind can hear things directly—it stays in the territory illuminated by light's straight lines. Another, deeper part lingers in the darkness and understands only by coming to its
... See moreNeil Douglas-Klotz • The Little Book of Sufi Stories: Ancient Wisdom to Nourish the Heart
Henry Virkler points out, ‘By its nature a parable demands a response. When the response is one that rejects God’s truth, the parable serves as a means of exposing the condition of the heart’.(
Wastall Tony • Win the World or Escape the Earth?
stories are even able to impart the ineffable: that nuanced intuition that is beyond direct speech.
Uri Kaplan • Wise Tales From the East: The Essential Collection
when speaking hard truths, the mystics (jesus, buddha, etc.) often used parables and stories, inviting people to reflect and arrive at their own realizations
they knew that truth lands better when it feels discovered rather than imposed
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