“We may feel some aspects of our self to be difficult, perhaps those associated with our past. Most often we find these hiding or in exile. We may feel proud of other aspects of ourselves, perhaps those associated with where we want to go. These may reveal themselves clearly, or they may be hidden as well. In the Semitic view of the soul, these voices are like a community or committee that attempts to come to agreement. The degree of cooperation can be heard in the amount of confidence expressed in our voices at any moment.”
–Neil Douglas-Klotz, The Hidden Gospel: Decoding the Spiritual Message of the Aramaic Jesus, p. 123
