1 Kings 7:21 · World English Bible
1 Kings 7:21 Meaning He Set Up the Pillars
He set up the pillars at the porch of the temple. He set up the right pillar, and called its name Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called its name Boaz.
What does 1 Kings 7:21 mean?
The 2 pillars at the entrance of the temple are the paired glands in the head, the pineal and the pituitary set within the brain that is the true temple of the divine. Jachin means "he shall establish" and Boaz means "in him is strength," and the right and left pillars name the 2 poles of the inner life, the male and female principle balanced at the threshold of the head.
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The 2 pillars at the entrance of the temple are the paired glands in the head, the pineal and the pituitary set within the brain that is the true temple of the divine. Jachin means "he shall establish" and Boaz means "in him is strength," and the right and left pillars name the 2 poles of the inner life, the male and female principle balanced at the threshold of the head. They stand at the porch because they guard the way in, the gates of the inner sanctuary where the light is meant to shine.
The temple is the human body raised into a house for the light, and its pillars are these glands, not stones but living organs. Setting them up is the ordering of the inner life so its 2 centers stand in their places, the pair through which the risen power passes into the seat of vision.
Temple: the human body and brain raised into a house for the divine light Right pillar (Jachin): the pineal gland, "he shall establish," the seat where the inner light is fixed Left pillar (Boaz): the pituitary gland, "in him is strength," the paired center that balances it Porch: the threshold of the head, the gateway into the inner sanctuary
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Live 1 Kings 7:21 today
- Look at where you lean today, all drive or all drifting, and deliberately add a little of the missing one. Set an actual stopping time if you push, start something small if you stall.
- With one person today, hold both pillars: be honest and be kind in the same sentence. That pair is the doorway, not a compromise.
- Under pressure, pick the two things you will hold steady, maybe your sleep and your word, and let the rest flex. Two standing pillars are enough to carry an entrance.
Which of your two pillars has been left on the ground, and what would it take to set it up again?
The same truth in other traditions
Taoism · yin and yang
Nothing stands upright on one pole alone. Strength and yielding hold the gate open together.
Hinduism · Shiva and Shakti
Stillness and energy are described as an inseparable pair. Either one by itself is only half of what makes life work.
Judaism · Kabbalah
The tree of life is drawn with a pillar of severity on one side and a pillar of mercy on the other, with the way forward running up the middle.
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