1 Kings 5:3 · World English Bible
You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of Yahweh his God because of the wars which were around him on every side, until Yahweh put his enemies under the soles of his feet.
A person cannot raise the inner temple while war surrounds the self on every side; the constant inner conflict blocks the building of peace within. The house is the self, and it cannot be built toward the way of the photon-light while the mind is besieged by strife pressing from all directions.
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A person cannot raise the inner temple while war surrounds the self on every side; the constant inner conflict blocks the building of peace within. The house is the self, and it cannot be built toward the way of the photon-light while the mind is besieged by strife pressing from all directions.
The name is not a word but the way, the true path the temple is meant to embody. Only when the warring forces are put down, subdued beneath the feet, can the structure of inner peace rise. As long as opposing forces harass the awareness, the seat of light stays unbuilt, and it must first be cleared of conflict before it can be raised.
House: the self, the inner temple a person is meant to raise Name: the way, the true path, not a literal name God: the photon, the radiant light the temple is built toward Father: the right hemisphere of the brain, the higher mind
Esoteric lens
What would you finally have space to build if you stopped fighting on every side?
The one who has quieted their own quarrels is more of a victor than the one who wins a thousand battles outside. The real conquest happens inward.
You carry your own peace with you, and you can withdraw into it at any hour, but not while you keep picking up every fight the day hands you.
Return to stillness and things settle into their places on their own. Nothing can be built on water that is still churning.
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