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1 Kings 6:27 · World English Bible

1 Kings 6:27 Meaning He Set the Cherubim Within the Inner

He set the cherubim within the inner house. The wings of the cherubim were stretched out, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the middle of the house.

What does 1 Kings 6:27 mean?

The 2 guarding powers of the higher mind are set in the inmost chamber, and their wings reach until they meet at the center. The temple is the body, the inner house its head, and the paired figures are the twin currents that watch over the seat of consciousness, each touching the outer wall of its own side.

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The 2 guarding powers of the higher mind are set in the inmost chamber, and their wings reach until they meet at the center. The temple is the body, the inner house its head, and the paired figures are the twin currents that watch over the seat of consciousness, each touching the outer wall of its own side.

Where the 2 wings meet in the middle is the point of union, the divided currents of a person joining into a single force at the center of the head. Their touching in the midst is the crown reached, the higher powers closed into a single arch above the inner life.

Cherubim: the guarding powers of the higher mind that watch over the seat of consciousness. Inner house: the head, the inmost chamber where the paired powers are set. Wings: the reach of the twin currents that meet and join at the center of the head.

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Live 1 Kings 6:27 today

  1. When you feel pulled in two directions today, stop choosing a side for one minute and just hold both. The clarity usually arrives at the meeting point, not on either edge.
  2. In a disagreement, say out loud the true part of what the other person is saying before you add yours. Let the two reaches actually touch.
  3. When your week feels like work on one side and home on the other, find one thing that belongs to both, a walk, a meal, a real conversation. Give yourself a center.

Where in your life are the two halves almost touching, and what would let them meet?

The same truth in other traditions

Taoism · yin and yang

The two opposing forces are not enemies but a single circle. Where they meet at the center, the whole thing turns.

Hinduism · Hatha Yoga

The two breath currents of the body, sun and moon, run on either side until they join in the middle channel. Union is what the word yoga means.

Buddhism · Tibetan tradition

Wisdom and skillful means are pictured as a joined pair, inseparable. Either one practiced alone is said to go lame.

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