Daniel 10:20 · World English Bible
Daniel 10:20 Meaning Then He Said
Then he said, “Do you know why I have come to you? Now I will return to fight with the prince of Persia. When I go out, behold, the prince of Greece will come.
What does Daniel 10:20 mean?
One polarity of energy within a person gives way to another as the inner powers shift. The prince of Persia is one polar aspect of the body's energy, and the prince of Grecia that comes after is its opposing charge, the 2 contending forces the messenger must move between.
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One polarity of energy within a person gives way to another as the inner powers shift. The prince of Persia is one polar aspect of the body's energy, and the prince of Grecia that comes after is its opposing charge, the 2 contending forces the messenger must move between. The whole exchange is spoken from the I AM, the single eye, the pineal center from which the higher awareness watches these energies rise and fall.
The prince of Grecia carries the outward learning of the Hellenistic Alexandria school, the reasoning influence that presses in as the older polarity withdraws. What reads as angelic warfare over distant kingdoms is the alternation of opposing energies inside the person, one going forth as the other arrives, all of it seen from the still single eye at the center of the head.
I AM: the single eye, the pineal center of higher awareness within Prince of Persia: one polar aspect of the body's energy Prince of Grecia: the opposing polarity, carrying the outward reasoning of the Alexandrian school
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Live Daniel 10:20 today
- Sometime today, when a mood leaves and another arrives, sit with it for a minute without picking a side. One wave going out, another coming in, and you are the one sitting there for both.
- When a conversation flips, someone warm turns cold, or a friendly thread turns sharp, hold your seat. Answer from the quiet place behind your eyes rather than from the new mood in the room.
- On a hard commute or in a long line, watch your own irritation rise and fall without feeding it a story. Let it move through while you stay where you are.
Who is the one in me that watches all these moods arrive and leave?
The same truth in other traditions
Taoism · Zhuangzi
The hinge of the world turns, day giving way to night, one force going out as another comes in. The wise one rests at the hinge and does not chase either side.
Buddhism · Satipatthana Sutta
States arise, change and pass. Watching them come and go from a still place is itself the practice, not a step before it.
Hinduism · Upanishads
Two birds sit in one tree. One eats the fruit and is moved by it, the other simply watches, and freedom is knowing yourself as the watcher.
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