When any of us listen to or read parables the lessons they contain are quite complex on many levels and these spiritual stories often cause us to reconsider the meaning of what we have heard long after the tale has been completed. Every time we revisit a story, we gain new insight and begin to understand the whole meaning of the story a little bit at a time.
A spiritual story can also be seen in a similar light as the 3D pictures from a few decades ago. You may remember the elaborate pages of art that had hidden pictures within them. Even when many people were prompted they could still not see the hidden drawings that the pictures contained. This was because they were letting the colorful pictures overshadow the little buried treasures. It is much the same with spiritual stories. When people hear a story, at first they may not always understand the wisdom contained within it.
The benefits to these spiritual parables are in the challenge to our thinking and also the growth that they bring to an individual’s spiritual and emotional being. These words never have an absolute wrong or right lesson to be learned. The experience is a completely unique and personal one. Of all the blessings derived from sharing a spiritual story, this is perhaps the greatest. Teaching others is not always required for them to receive new understanding and insights. These stories concisely point out lessons and obligations that all can gain from in some way.
Spiritual stories that have spiritual knowledge and lessons to share offer benefit to all who hear them and read them and this knowledge does not leave us. The words of a particular parable may fade over time but the core meaning will steadfastly be an ever present part of our spirit. Therefore, whenever needed we can still draw upon it.
