Just about everything in the physical world, IS, or, can be, a 'literal metaphor' - for what lies BEYOND the physical world. That is, ALL literal metaphors point to something beyond themselves. However, I do believe that all such literal metaphors (and indeed ALL metaphors) participate (to a greater or lesser extent) in the very 'thing' which they re-present.
If we take this line of reasoning to it's 'logical conclusion,' we arrive at the proposition that a 'perfect metaphor' would actually BE the very non-physical reality, or 'entity' that it represents!
There is an interesting correlate to this in the field of SADHANA, or 'spiritual practice.' That is, the actual practice, (whatever it happens to be), in fact participates in the very GOAL to which it is directed; or, to be more precise, the LIFE-GOAL it is attempting to realise. This means that it is actually possible to experience a partial realisation of the 'end-state' (or life-goal) that one is aiming at, in the midst of one's present existence - however far one may be from the final realisation!
The ultimate GOAL of ALL Spiritual Sadhana (or, 'Spiritual Practice') is known as 'God-Realisation' - or; 'True Self-Realisation' by woman/man.
PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL INTEGRATION: INTERWEAVING PSYCHOLOGICAL THEMES AND SPIRITUAL TRUTHS.
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