Exodus 10:22 · World English Bible
Exodus 10:22 Meaning Moses Stretched Out His Hand Toward
Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.
What does Exodus 10:22 mean?
When the mind reaches upward toward the higher realm, the lower mind is plunged into a thick absence of wisdom for a measured span. Moses is a description of the mind itself extending its power toward uranus, and the darkness that falls over egypt is the lower nature emptied of its ordinary light so that a deeper light can be sought.
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When the mind reaches upward toward the higher realm, the lower mind is plunged into a thick absence of wisdom for a measured span. Moses is a description of the mind itself extending its power toward uranus, and the darkness that falls over egypt is the lower nature emptied of its ordinary light so that a deeper light can be sought.
The 3 days are the fixed passage a person moves through before the higher illumination breaks, the interval of blindness that precedes real seeing. This darkness is not punishment but the lower mind stripped of its false brightness, held in stillness while consciousness turns from egypt toward the source above it.
Moses: a description of the mind of a person reaching toward the higher realm Egypt: the lower mind and the earthbound nature held in bondage Darkness: the absence of wisdom, the lower nature emptied of its ordinary light Heaven: uranus, the higher field of consciousness the mind stretches toward
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Live Exodus 10:22 today
- Tonight, turn off the lights and the screens and sit in the dark for three minutes before bed. Do not fill it with music or a podcast; let the quiet be as blank as it wants to be.
- Tell someone close to you that you do not have the answer yet. Stay in that not knowing with them instead of patching it with advice.
- When a decision is stuck and the pressure is on, stop researching. Close the tabs, walk the block without headphones, and let the blank stretch do what more input cannot.
What might you see if you let the usual brightness go out for a while?
The same truth in other traditions
Sufism
The night is not your enemy. The dark is where the lamp is lit, and whoever runs from it stays unlit.
Taoism · Tao Te Ching 11
The room is useful because of the empty space in it. Emptiness is not a failure of the room; it is what makes the room a room.
Zen
When the small lights go out, the large one can finally be seen. Darkness is often just the ordinary glare switched off.
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