spotlight wrote:Could you expand on the technicalities of this part for me? Obviously you seem to understand all about it. Maybe you could include some schematics for the rest of us? Because frankly without the detail it comes off like the simple story of a 5 year old.
Ether 3:6
And it came to pass that when
the brother of Jared had said these
words, behold, the Lord stretched
forth his hand and touched the
stones one by one with his finger.
And the veil was taken from off the
eyes of the brother of Jared, and he
saw the finger of the Lord; and it
was as the finger of a man, like unto
flesh and blood; and the brother of
Jared fell down before the Lord,
for he was struck with fear.
Ether 3:20
Wherefore, having this perfect
knowledge of God, he could not be
kept from within the veil; therefore
he saw Jesus; and he did minister
unto him.
Here are just two examples of the scriptures talking about the veil. Although the Book of Mormon is fable some of the ideas in the book are indeed pointing to truth. Also in the Endowment the veil is represented by a curtain that the players must pass through to go into mortality or go back to the greater reality.
Here is another quote.
"If the veil were rent today, and the great God who holds the world in its orbit, and who upholds all worlds and all things by His power, was to make Himself visible, - I say, if you were to see Him today, you would see Him like a man in form - like yourself in all the person, image, and very form as a man.”
― Joseph Smith Jr.
The details of the veil and how it works I sure don't know. On the other side of the veil I am sure my greater self knows all about it. But we are not to know these things while here.