Exodus 17:10 · World English Bible
Exodus 17:10 Meaning So Joshua Did as Moses Had Told
So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
What does Exodus 17:10 mean?
The whole battle is a description of what happens in the head during meditation. Amalek is the dweller in the valley, the lower carnal mind rooted down in the body and the senses, and the fight with him is the daily struggle to overcome that pull.
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The whole battle is a description of what happens in the head during meditation. Amalek is the dweller in the valley, the lower carnal mind rooted down in the body and the senses, and the fight with him is the daily struggle to overcome that pull. Joshua, the savior force, meets it below while the mind itself climbs: going up to the top of the hill is the lifting of attention to the crown of the head, to the high point where the pineal center sits. Moses the mind ascends, joined by Aaron the illuminating light, and from that height the lower nature is met and beaten.
The hilltop is the pineal gland, the summit of the inner landscape, and the victory comes not by wrestling the body on its own ground but by drawing consciousness up to that high still point where the light gathers.
Amalek: the dweller in the valley, the lower carnal mind rooted in the senses and the body Joshua: the savior force within, the same as Jesus, that meets and overcomes the lower nature Moses: the mind itself in its movement and ascent Aaron: the illuminator, the inner light that rises with the mind The hill: the head, whose summit is the pineal center where attention gathers in meditation
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Live Exodus 17:10 today
- Before you reach for your phone tomorrow morning, sit on the edge of the bed for one minute with your eyes closed and your attention resting high behind your forehead. Let the day's first pull go past you unanswered.
- When someone at home or at work says something that yanks at you, pause and feel the top of your head instead of your stomach. Answer from up there, where you are calmer, not from the place that is already reacting.
- In a tense meeting or a long line, let your shoulders drop and bring your attention to the quietest point you can find inside yourself, and stay there while everything else keeps moving.
Where in your body are you living right now, and would it be different if you sat still for a minute?
The same truth in other traditions
Patanjali, Yoga Sutras
The senses pull the mind outward and down, so the practice is to gather attention inward and hold it at a single point. From that collected height the restless movements lose their power.
Bhagavad Gita 6
Sitting still, Krishna says, draw the gaze and the breath to one place and let the mind rest there. The one who does this becomes a friend to himself instead of an enemy.
Zen
A monk asked how to deal with the wild mind, and the teacher told him to sit. The fight is not won by chasing thoughts through the valley, it is won by staying on the cushion.
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