Ezra 1:11 · World English Bible
Ezra 1:11 Meaning All the Vessels of Gold
All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand four hundred. Sheshbazzar brought all these up when the captives were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
What does Ezra 1:11 mean?
The vessels of gold and silver are the faculties of a person, the higher wisdom and the reflected understanding, carried out of bondage and restored to their rightful place. Babylon is the state of confusion and scattered thought where these powers were held captive, and Jerusalem is the center of peace within to which they are returned.
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The vessels of gold and silver are the faculties of a person, the higher wisdom and the reflected understanding, carried out of bondage and restored to their rightful place. Babylon is the state of confusion and scattered thought where these powers were held captive, and Jerusalem is the center of peace within to which they are returned.
The bringing up is the whole ascent of consciousness reclaiming what confusion had seized, gold and silver together naming the 2 grades of inner light, the direct knowing and its cooler reflection. What reads as a caravan of temple treasure moving between cities is the recovery of a person's own powers, drawn up out of scattered captivity and set back in the inner sanctuary where they belong.
Vessels of gold: the faculties of higher wisdom and direct spiritual knowing within a person Vessels of silver: the reflected understanding, the cooler light of the mind that mirrors the higher Babylon: the state of confusion and scattered thought that holds a person's powers captive Jerusalem: the center of peace within, the inner sanctuary where the reclaimed faculties are restored
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Live Ezra 1:11 today
- Count the tabs, apps and half-finished things pulling at you right now, and close most of them. Not to be efficient, just to get your own attention back from the places it was being held.
- Sit with one person today without your phone in sight, not in your pocket, not face down on the table. Give them the clear part of your mind rather than the leftovers.
- When the group chat or the news feed gets you spun up, put the phone in another room for ten minutes and let your thoughts come back to one piece. You will feel your own good judgment show up again, like it was waiting.
Which of your best powers is currently being held somewhere you did not agree to?
The same truth in other traditions
Bhagavad Gita 6
The mind scattered in a hundred directions is a man's enemy, the mind gathered is his best friend. The whole practice is to bring the wandering pieces home.
Zen
Look for the ox you lost and you find you were riding it the whole time. Nothing was ever added, only recovered.
Judaism · Hasidic teaching
Exile is not only a place, it is a state of scattered attention. Every piece of your own light that you gather back from distraction is a return.
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