Post-gather-hunter humans are conditioned by their cultures' theological and religious traditions or lack of same. The typical believer falls short of appreciating the mystical traditions of his culture and the ability to relish the divine mystery.
Mystics, like Solomon ibn Gabirol, have come to visualize the divine as beyond human ability to categorize. Thus the Divine can be (and cannot be) nowhere and everywhere, far and near, undergirding and overseeing, omnipresent and non-existent. All of these are just human concepts.
Gabirol asks: How would mem you made from dust and clay fathom your presence there.....? He does not answer, he does not try to answer, but the question is stated beautifully.
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Mystics, like Solomon ibn Gabirol, have come to visualize the divine as beyond human ability to categorize. Thus the Divine can be (and cannot be) nowhere and everywhere, far and near, undergirding and overseeing, omnipresent and non-existent. All of these are just human concepts.
Gabirol asks: How would mem you made from dust and clay fathom your presence there.....? He does not answer, he does not try to answer, but the question is stated beautifully.
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