The silver cord
The homosexual who still lives at home with mother (who did it to him in the first place) will get nowhere unless he is prepared to cut the silver cord. Of course, he is low in selfsufficiency, and will usually shake his head and say, "I think this problem is too big for me."----by Salter
Hello,
Does "silver cord" refer to the following words I copied from Wikipedia? It seems it is a very complex concept. Do most native speakers understand-atma, etheric body,astral body?
But I think it refers to cut the overly dependent link between his mother and the son. Thanks!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_cord
The silver cord in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysics studies and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literature, also known as the sutratma or life thread of the antahkarana, refers to a life-giving linkage from the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higherself (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atman(disambiguation)) down to the physical body. It also refers to an extended synthesis of this thread and a second (the consciousness thread, passing from the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul to the physical body) that connects the physical body to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etheric_body, onwards to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astral_body and finally to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_body.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_cord#cite_note-1[unreliable source?]
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Hi The wiki link is interesting but - for me - I'd say it is the umbilical cord: the physical cord that links you to your mother when you are born. Once that cord is cut, you become an individual. Metaphorically, you can say "the cord has not been cut" - so the person remains linked to their mother Dave
- Hi The wiki link is interesting but - for me - I'd say it is the umbilical cord: the physical cord that links you to your mother when you are born.
- Once that cord is cut, you become an individual.
- Metaphorically, you can say "the cord has not been cut" - so the person remains linked to their mother Dave
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The wiki link is interesting but - for me - I'd say it is the umbilical cord: the physical cord that links you to your mother when you are born. Once that cord is cut, you become an individual. Metaphorically, you can say "the cord has not been cut" - so the person remains linked to their mother
Dave
0I know you're just asking about the grammar, but I hope you're not assuming that text has anything useful or reasonable to say about homosexuality!
iclearwater Do most native speakers understand-atma, etheric body,astral body?
No, definitely not.
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