Anyone who has tried to write about God knows that one must resort to symbols, parables, metaphors, and many other suggestive pointers and devices that lift the mind beyond intellection. This is why the bible should not be read or interpreted literally. Sacred scripts like the bible are often written to carry the word to as many people as possible, both the sophisticated and educated as well as not. These writings are aimed at the lowest common denominator, like much of our media today, to bring in the largest audience. This is another reason I love Advaitan philosophy. It treats me as an adult with "ears ready to hear" as Jesus said. Metaphors are understood as such and therefore convey the intended message.
Erase a penciled word long enough and you will erase yourself a hole in the paper. Realization is recognition that the hole was there all along - the pencil, the eraser, the paper just figments of mind obscuring reality.
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