Genesis 19:2 · World English Bible
and he said, “See now, my lords, please come into your servant’s house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you can rise up early, and go on your way.” They said, “No, but we will stay in the street all night.”
The visitors choosing to stay in the street rather than the house is the spirit remaining in the higher realm, the pathway above ordinary thought, instead of coming down into the ready dwelling below. The house is a person's own prepared inner self, and the street is the raised way that runs over the common traffic of the mind.
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The visitors choosing to stay in the street rather than the house is the spirit remaining in the higher realm, the pathway above ordinary thought, instead of coming down into the ready dwelling below. The house is a person's own prepared inner self, and the street is the raised way that runs over the common traffic of the mind. Washing the feet is the cleansing of the lowest point, the part that touches the earth, and earth here is the mind in its ground-level state.
When the spirit answers that it will abide in the street, it holds its place on the high road above thought. It does not descend yet into the lower rooms; it stays where the way rises, keeping to the level above ordinary thinking through the night.
House: a person's own prepared inner self Street: the higher realm, the pathway that rises above ordinary thought Feet: the lowest part of a person, the point that touches the earth of the lower mind
Esoteric lens
What am I rushing to bring down to my level instead of letting it stay above me?
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What you can honestly say about the highest is mostly what it is not. Reverence means leaving the unknown unfurnished rather than filling it with your own ideas.
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