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Ezekiel 10:3 · World English Bible

Ezekiel 10:3 Meaning Now the Cherubim Stood on the Right

Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.

What does Ezekiel 10:3 mean?

The living powers stand on the right side of the house, the side of strength and action within the body-temple, and the cloud fills the inner court as the man goes in. The inner court is the deep interior of a person, the chamber closest to the center, and it does not clear when awareness enters; it fills with cloud.

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The living powers stand on the right side of the house, the side of strength and action within the body-temple, and the cloud fills the inner court as the man goes in. The inner court is the deep interior of a person, the chamber closest to the center, and it does not clear when awareness enters; it fills with cloud. That obscuring cloud is the presence itself made dense, the point where the mind can no longer see by its usual light and must proceed by presence alone. The cherubim, the guardian energies of consciousness, hold their station while the deepest room goes dim with glory. What enters the center meets not clarity but a fullness that hides.

Cherubims: the guardian energies of consciousness, the living powers that keep their station in the body-temple. Right side of the house: the side of strength and action within the body, where the powers take their stand. Cloud: the divine presence made dense, the fullness that fills the interior and hides it from the ordinary light of mind. Inner court: the deep chamber of a person nearest the center, the innermost room of the body-temple.

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Live Ezekiel 10:3 today

  1. Sit with the question you cannot answer and let it stay unanswered for five minutes. You do not have to solve it tonight to be allowed to rest.
  2. When someone tells you something heavy, resist handing them an explanation. Stay beside them in the part neither of you understands.
  3. In a decision at work where the data runs out, say plainly that you do not know yet. Fog is not failure, and pretending clarity costs more than admitting the cloud.

Can I stay somewhere important without needing to see it clearly?

The same truth in other traditions

Cloud of Unknowing tradition · apophatic mysticism

Between you and what you are reaching for there is a darkness that does not lift. You go in by love, not by understanding.

Tao Te Ching 1

The real thing cannot be said. The moment you name it clearly you are holding the name and not the thing.

Zen

The closer you get, the less there is to explain. Deep understanding looks a lot like not knowing.

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