An amusing connection to the Bible which may be serious is that "eye" can mean the third eye. And as Arthur Avalon wrote in The Serpent Power, the third eye can mean the pineal gland and also the cerebellum. And activating the cerebellum causing an awakening into our higher self is a sudden event, like in the twinkling of an eye:
The Bible quote even talks about sleep. And the twinkling of an eye is the activation (sudden event) of the cerebellum (third eye). Also, "raising the dead" hardly means people climbing out of their graves like in a fantasy movie. Instead raising the dead may be a metaphor for the awakening into the higher self. And in this other quote from the Bible Jesus talks about "the eye" in singular, which again could mean the third eye and the cerebellum. And eyes plural then possibly mean the cerebrum (large brain) plus the cerebellum (little brain):
Quote:"Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed." - 1 Corinthians 15:51-52
The Bible quote even talks about sleep. And the twinkling of an eye is the activation (sudden event) of the cerebellum (third eye). Also, "raising the dead" hardly means people climbing out of their graves like in a fantasy movie. Instead raising the dead may be a metaphor for the awakening into the higher self. And in this other quote from the Bible Jesus talks about "the eye" in singular, which again could mean the third eye and the cerebellum. And eyes plural then possibly mean the cerebrum (large brain) plus the cerebellum (little brain):
Quote:"22 The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy,[c] your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are unhealthy,[d] your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
c. Matthew 6:22 The Greek for healthy here implies generous.
d. Matthew 6:23 The Greek for unhealthy here implies stingy.
" - Matthew 6:22-23