Cleaning Your Spiritual House: The Parable of the Unclean Spirit, a Metaphysical Perspective
Jesus loved sharing parables as a way of teaching Truth principles. But sometimes His stories sound somewhat strange and even harsh. It is necessary to delve a little deeper, to figure out the metaphysical interpretation and how it relates to our lives.
A perfect example is the story of the unclean spirit, shared in Matthew 12:43-45 and Luke 11:24-26. Jesus shares the story of when an unclean spirit leaves a person; it wanders waterless regions searching for a resting place. Finding none, it decides to go back to the house from which it came. Finding it swept clean and in order, the spirit then brings along seven of his buddies to join him. The end result is that the state of the person is worse than it was before.
Wow! That’s a strange story to read. So let’s explore some of the important elements, for a deeper meaning.
Unclean Spirit: error thoughts or habits that contradict our Divinity and get in the way of our Spiritual growth.
Waterless region: environment that lacks spiritual enrichment.
House: our consciousness.
Swept and put in order: a consciousness that has created a vacuum by recognizing and eliminating error thoughts, without replacing them with spiritual ideas and principles.
Seven: represents completeness in the world of phenomena (unusual or extraordinary)
So let’s take a look at this parable again, with this new information. Here’s what it is saying:
When a person identifies error thinking and, through denials, refutes its power, those error thoughts depart, leaving a void which must be filled. If it is not filled, the bad habits will return, and become even stronger than before, making the person more skeptical and frustrated with the world of appearance than when they started their spiritual journey. This is why it is so critical to create a regular practice of prayer and meditation, coupled with denials and affirmations, to refuel and rejuvenate yourself as you continue strengthening your life built on Truth principles.
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Denials: cleansing your Consciousness by refusing to give any power to your error thoughts;
Affirmations: claiming a mighty spiritual principle and affirming it. Keep in mind, things do not become true because you affirm them; you affirm them because they are Truth!
Prayer and Time in the Silence: providing opportunities to realign, reconnect, and receive Divine guidance, ideas, and inspiration.
When, with good intentions, you clean up your spiritual act, without creating Truth-based spiritual practices, you will feel like that poor subject of the parable you will feel too busy to practice Truth principles; too embedded in the world of appearance to focus on Truth; and too skeptical to allow Divine Wisdom and Ideas to flow to you.
But when you create the time to practice denials, affirmations, and time at headquarters, you will have “cleaned your house” and redecorated your thinking and habits, so there is no space for those spirits to come back with their negative buddies! You are aligned and ready to co-create the amazing, healthy, abundant, spiritual life that you deserve by right of Consciousness!
Drs. Bil & Cher Holton are Spiritual Leaders at Unity Spiritual Life Center in Durham, NC, where they practice positive, practical, progressive Christianity. Visit their website at Unity Spiritual Life Center and sign up to receive a complimentary 4-week e-course.
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A Metaphysical Parable
Once upon a time, twin boys were conceived in the same womb. Seconds, minutes, hours passed as the two dormant lives developed. The spark of life glowed until it fanned fire with the formation of their embryonic brains. With their simple brains came feeling, and with feeling, perception – a perception of surroundings, of each other, of themselves.
When they recognised the life of themselves and each other, they knew that life was good, and they laughed and rejoiced. One said:
“Lucky are we to have been conceived and to have this world”.
The other chimed:
“Blessed be the Mother who gave us this life and each other”.
Each budded and grew arms and fingers, lean legs and stubby toes. They stretched their lungs, churned and turned in their new-found world, and in it found the life-cord that gave them life from the precious Mother’s blood. So they sang:
“How great is the love of the Mother that she shares all she has with us!”
And they were pleased and satisfied with their lot.
Weeks passed into months, and with the advent of each new month, they noticed a change in each other, and each began to see a change in himself.
“We’re changing. What can it mean?”
“It means”, replied the other, “that we are drawing near to birth.”
An unsettling chill crept over the two, and they both feared, for they knew that birth meant leaving all their world behind.
Said the one, “Were it up to me, I would live here forever.” “We must be born”, replied the other.” It has happened to all others who were here.” For indeed there was evidence of life there before, as the Mother had borne others.
“But couldn’t there be a life after birth?”
“How can there be a life after birth?” cried the one. “Do we not shed our life cord and also the blood tissues? And have you ever talked to one who has been born? Has anyone ever re-entered the womb after birth? NO!” He fell into despair, and in his despair he moaned “If the purpose of our conception and all our growth is that it be ended in birth, then truly our life is absurd.”
Resigned to despair, the one stabbed the darkness with his unseeing eyes, and as he clutched his precious life cord to his chest, said:
“if this is so, and life is absurd, then there really can be no Mother.”
“But there is a Mother,” protested the other. “Who else gave us our nourishment and our world?”
“We get our own nourishment, and our world has always been here. And if there is a Mother, where is she? Have you ever seen her? Does she ever talk to you? NO! We invented the Mother because it satisfied a need in us. It made us feel secure and happy.”
Thus while one raved and despaired, the other resigned himself to birth, and placed his trust in the hands of the Mother. And together they feared what they did not know.
Hours ached into days, and days fell into weeks.
And it came to pass that they were born.
They coughed up fluid and gasped the dry air, and when they were sure that they had been born, they opened their eyes.
They saw for the first time, and found themselves cradled in the warm love of the Mother!
They lay open-mouthed, awe-struck before the great beauty and truth they could not have hoped to have known.
Really interesting concept! Thanks for sharing it. Isn’t it amazing how we so often fear the very thing that catapults us to new and better experiences?