The Ascension
I think you've got the right idea. The reason we think the soul is only a fraction is because of identification with the personality. Once we reverse engineer it's structures we actually experience our true infinite selves. It is analogous to the resurrection and Ascension.
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I'll step out on a limb here, especially because of prize lights words in addition to our dialogue.
I used grammatical slight of hand. You detected it.
A fraction of infinity is still fully infinity.
The story of Adam and Eve is clearly more than just an occurrence conveyed to give us a sliver of an idea of why and how. It contains verbiage that insinuates a desire of God to convey his desire for us to be unified with Him.
By Yeshewa being equated with Adam later on, it makes this very apparent.
Adam essentially would have rather died, than lose the companionship of Eve, for it was not good for Him to be alone. Yet, his choice of sharing in disobedience to God was a disruption of the souls Harmony with God.
As far as the level of that Harmony, well the word Numa or Breath of God is given to Adam for life and transferred to Eve from Adam after it is clear that harmony and companionship are principles God desires.
The Numa is literally Spirit! It's in the Hebrew study of the word. And to say that God dwells in us as part of us at birth may sound crazy to many, or even offend, but if Paul is taken into account, he says... "Do you not know that your body is the temple of God?" Um... This is clearly a God dwells within us validation.
Our surrender to God is the start of our unique identities union with God. However it also begins a collective union with ALL humanity! Love begins to dominate our decisions. And unity becomes a concern.
To put it basic. Eve was to Adam as We (humanity) are to God. And of course, Yeshewa/Jesus is called our bride groom. That means we are His cherished bride by this frequently used analogy. The very idea again insinuates a collective Union with God and one another.
The importance of this is that many take religious formats of salvation and ritual and dogma. This causes them to believe they must make others understand God as they do. Typically, exactly as they do. And... Vwallla.. Division on a mass human scale. To divide is human and angelic, but to unify is Gods work. Love is the binding of humanity, while division is the obvious work of all that are not God.
When God divides, it is clearly with pain, tears and an overwhelming sense of loss that was unavoidable. It is clearly a function of doing away with that which refuses to unify with God and humanity.
There is a warning in Jesus's words. He says.. "Many will come to me saying Lord, Lord"... (Paraphrasing)... I did this and that for You, but He replies.. Get away from me, I do not know you. This would insinuate they knew Jesus but did not know Love and thus did not really know Him. This is echoed again in a more specific parable about sheep and goats. The bottom line is that God stated that what Love was given to even to least, lowest, most judged of humanity... It was given to Him. And the opposite is true of ill that was given to the least. It is equated with being given to God. There is even verses in the Tanakh and Christian Bible that insinuate and even plainly say, how can we Love God who we haven't seen if we Hate any that we have seen.
More specifically, Union with Gods precepts goes far beyond teaching, or precepts of theology. It goes to our Union with the Numa and its Will. (To be specific... ). The word Numa/Breath that was placed in Adam is the same word that was used for Spirit of God hovering over the formless vapor.
Clearly, there is a need for our souls to listen to infinity. Clearly we are not God, but God is closer than we think. Or more specifically... Part of our very spiritual being. I say spiritual being instead of soul, to allow interpretation to be a little less controversial to any who read this.
In the end, the story of Jesus shows Jesus making it clear that God would rather take responsibility for all of our errors, than be disunified with a single one of us, though God produces no error. Even our imperfection speaks of a God that believes in CHOICE and freedom, above dystopian tyranny and meaningless practices that fail to unify the finite with infinity.
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