Literary Discussions

The spacious womb thing fits in perfectly with what King Solomon said once the temple had been constructed (paraphrasing from memory) "Will the Lord whom the heavens cannot contain dwell in this small temple" ... so, IF it is the case that Jesus in the womb is non different than God, then it is true that the uncontainable one has been contained... but that is the entire notion of incarnation that the infinite takes on finite form and nature...  The infant Krishna was always doing prankish things so his mother chased him with a rope so that she could bind him to a tree. He allowed himself to be caught, but when she wrapped the rope it was an inch too short... so she sent for more rope... no matter how much rope was brought it was always an inch too short... finally all the rope in the village had been brought. It was then that Krishna allowed himself to be bound, and suddenly, the rope was sufficient. This episode in the life of Krishna is as close to a crucifixion as one gets. In the Ramayan, it is when Ram (avataric incarnation of Vishnu) is stunned by the serpent weapons. Hinduism states that God has the contrary abilities to 1.) become infinitely heavy 2.) become very light 3.) become infinitely great great 4.) become infinitesimally small 5.) be absolutely almighty and unconquerable 6.) become vulnerable and conquerable - the exact formula is in a footnote of my copy of the Ramacharitamanasa (The Holy Lake of the Acts of Ram) by Tulsidas