The ark, or physical body, was once considered sacred by all ancient religious traditions. The animals of the Noah story represent these germs of all living things, the sperm and ovum contained within the physical body. These germs within man and woman are represented by the "male and female animals" stored within the "ark". These primordial root elements can provide physical life or spiritual life, depending upon the usage.
Physical death does not guarantee purification and salvation, since this is something internal, beyond the physical world. Despite the sufferings, difficulties, and sacrifices involved by walking this path, it is the only one that results in the complete development and liberation of the soul.
It is only once our internal psychological filthiness is eradicated by the flood water of spiritual practice that Elohim can establish a new heaven and a new earth. The heavens representing a pure state of consciousness and the earth referring to purity within one's physicality and mind- the temple of the divine.
Reference~ gnosticteachings.org
Physical death does not guarantee purification and salvation, since this is something internal, beyond the physical world. Despite the sufferings, difficulties, and sacrifices involved by walking this path, it is the only one that results in the complete development and liberation of the soul.
It is only once our internal psychological filthiness is eradicated by the flood water of spiritual practice that Elohim can establish a new heaven and a new earth. The heavens representing a pure state of consciousness and the earth referring to purity within one's physicality and mind- the temple of the divine.
Reference~ gnosticteachings.org
