There has been much to talk about since this book was written. All of a sudden, everyone is talking about a big conspiracy and the Divine Feminine. Really now, Dan Brown only wrote on a topic that was lying out there for a long time. I guess as humans, we needed someone to cause a little confusion about the book before we took the time to read.
Well I bought this book at WalMart for less than $5 and it is one of the best $5 i have ever spent in my life! maybe they should quote that! Not often do we get presented the opportunity to buy something that we are able to soak up as much information from like i was able to from this book. Actually kept the book for a while on my desk before i was able to begin reading it. I was apprehensive at first because i did not know if i was ready to read a book that so many people had a problem with. maybe i was not curious enough. in trinidad, we would say, " i was not in a bacchanalist kinda mood." so anyway, i also told myself when i finally resolved to read the book that i was not going to form an opinion. little did i know that the book was based on my beliefs!
As a Hindu, I believe in the Divine Feminine. I believe that She is necessary to complete the Divine Masculine. It was not hard for me to agree with Dan Brown's ideas in The Da Vinci Code. In fact, for me, it will be easier for me to accept that Jesus was really married and that He did father a child. I believe that He existed and his soul was more spiritually advanced than mine. i do not believe in an original sin though. That will mean that we are tainted. I believe that our souls are Divine and we can attain perfection. To say that i am paying for a sin that was commmitted by the first man and woman is saying that in my life, there is no hope for me. that is something that i will not accept. what is part of the whole is considered the whole...and we may be part but that part is our chance at reaching perfection. and one other thing, if Jesus died for us and because of our sins, doesn't that include the Original sin? and if so, why do we still blame all our troubles and lack of attaining perfection on the Original Sin? are we just trying to say that we are humans and therefore, we are incapable of doing anything right, far less for reaching an advanced state for our souls?
now the book. it is a really intriguing novel. there is more fact than fiction in there. the only fiction is really the murder of jacques sauniere and the run from the police. otherwise, there is a lot of historical references and lots to learn. an art fanatic will have a fun time with this book. throw in a little love for cryptics and a head for a mystery story and you will defintely have a ball! I always remember a guy from high school saying, "Mary Magdalene was a whore!" the statement came from the kid with so much conviction and the only thing that went through my head was, "Look at this stupid idiot! wonder how he knew she was a whore!" always thought that there was something wrong there. it never fitted in right with the gospels. okay, we have a leper, we have a blind man and we have a whore. very fitting that we have a woman and on top of all that she is a whore too! kinda sends all women through the ground. especially when women are made to believe that they are unclean and unholy. I never really understood why it was such a big deal especially when men still pay a lot of money to be entertained. No one is damned. one cannot sell what is not theirs and our souls are not ours. we cannot damn what does not belong to us. by the way, i never think that i will forget that kid's name. he's a grown man now and he probably still thinks the same way he did back in high school. he's been indoctrinated real well!
so now, yes, i really think that the Holy Grail was more than just a cup. It will be really impractical to think that many a war was fought for a cup. or maybe that was just what happens when a world ruled by men is made to suffer for their boredom! And as for the book, it is not a book for the narrow minded ones. for someone open to learning, they will have much to learn from this book. it is worth the time and the money!
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