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1 Kings 12:20 · World English Bible

1 Kings 12:20 Meaning When All Israel Heard That Jeroboam Had

When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel. There was no one who followed David’s house, except for the tribe of Judah only.

What does 1 Kings 12:20 mean?

A split runs through the inner kingdom, where the greater part of the self turns to follow a new ruler and only one faculty stays loyal to the light. Israel is isis the spirit joined to ra the mind and el the god within, and when that whole field divides, most of it goes after the lower governance while the tribe of judah alone holds its ground.

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A split runs through the inner kingdom, where the greater part of the self turns to follow a new ruler and only one faculty stays loyal to the light. Israel is isis the spirit joined to ra the mind and el the god within, and when that whole field divides, most of it goes after the lower governance while the tribe of judah alone holds its ground.

Judah is the right hemisphere of the brain, the children of light, the one part that keeps allegiance to the higher self when the rest of consciousness defects. What reads as a nation breaking apart is the ordinary experience of a divided mind, where the intuitive light-bearing side remains faithful even as the majority of the self follows appetite and habit.

Israel: isis the spirit, ra the mind, and el the god within, the whole field of consciousness in a person Judah: the right hemisphere of the brain, the children of light that stay loyal to the higher self House of David: the inner seat of the anointed self that most of the mind abandons

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Live 1 Kings 12:20 today

  1. Scrolling late, you can usually feel a small clear voice saying put it down, outvoted by everything else in you. Side with that voice once tonight, even if the rest of you grumbles all the way to bed.
  2. In a group chat or a room where the whole mood has swung one way and you quietly do not agree, say your one sentence anyway, kindly, without trying to win. Being the only vote is not the same as being wrong.
  3. Under pressure most of you wants the fast, easier move. Find the part of you that knows better, give it ten seconds of airtime before you reply to the email, and let it draft the first line.

When most of you votes one way, which part of you stays loyal to what you actually believe?

The same truth in other traditions

Hinduism · Bhagavad Gita 6

The mind is both your ally and your enemy. The same self that follows appetite also carries the part that can look at appetite and not be ruled by it.

Judaism · the two inclinations

The sages taught that every person carries a pull toward self and a pull toward good, living side by side in one heart. The work of a life is which one you feed.

Stoicism · Marcus Aurelius

He wrote to himself as the one honest voice in a crowded room, holding a line most of him was tired of holding.

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