Fear as an object of interest. .

To My Mind The Serpent In The Garden of Eden Allegory Represents My

ego . . .

The image of the serpent/ego is beguiling and also a bit frightening.

Until the moment of the tasting of the forbidden fruit there had been no reason for fear (and so no fear consciousness).  It is interesting to philosophize/speculate about the possibility that a twinge of ‘fear’ entered the picture when the serpent made its proposal.

According to the discussion in the Bible the Holy Spirit knows not of fear, but ‘can cast out fear’ in a mortal mind.  

How is this possible if the mortal mind has freedom of choice?  The obvious answer is that the power is available, but must be accepted and allowed to work.

So then, casting out fear requires the combined auspices of the finite mind and the infinite mind.

The World-Wide Significance of The Bible

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The fact of the great importance of The Bible in human history, psychology, and spirituality can be understood and/or explained in secular terms as follows:

Human thought and understanding is in direct proportion to the breadth and depth and completeness of ground (or background) against which it is presented and analysed.

Because of my Christian upbringing, I know of no more thorough and complete ground against which to view my experiences and my thinking than the Bible.