2.8. A Metaphor - Tealight Jar and the Sun

If we reduce the spirit to intellect and emotion and explain everything we learn about the spirit through the filter of reason and emotions, it is as if we are trapping the sun in a tealight jar. 

The sun represents the spirit, and the tealight jar stands for our mind. 

We cannot grasp the true dimension of the spirit and God – who is pure spirit – through the limited framework of intellect and emotions of our mind.

Sun in Tealight Jar

We Need a Personal, Direct Access to the World of Spirit

The true spirit is a higher, transcendent reality that cannot be grasped by reason or emotions alone.

To experience this dimension of spirit, we need a direct, personal access - a mystical access to the world of spirit that leads us beyond intellect and feeling.