Metaphor & Parable Of Restricted Polluted Waters |DefinitionsUnity Consciousness #190

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Metaphor is a way of transferring meaning and understanding of one thing to another. This allows us to maximize learning. Once we recognize similarity and interrelatedness between two things, all we have to do is understand the first thing and then we can understand the second thing more easily and more quickly.

Parable means compare-able. This means two things can be paired for understanding of their common and/or uncommon aspects (compare/contrast). These aspects can then be used to teach lessons about one thing, through another thing. A parable is a shortened way to say comparable. A parable is presented as a brief saying” or short story.

Metaphor and parable are one and the same thing. They are ways of knowing.

We make and use comparisons all day everyday; thus, our daily thought processes are filled with metaphors and parables.

Restricted Polluted Waters

A family came upon a deep stream that flowed from a distant mountain. They thirsted, drank and were satisfied. People closer to the mountain restricted most of the waters. Downstream the waters slowly became polluted.

Sickness entered their midst. Ancestors sent many messages to remind them what was once pure, can become impure. They finally boiled the water. They also caught rainwater in vessels. They began to heal.

The family moved closer to the mountain where the stream flowed deeply. As they drank from the source, they experienced and remembered. Energies unified, broke free of restrictions and they all regained what was lost.