John 21:20 · World English Bible
Then Peter, turning around, saw a disciple following. This was the disciple whom Jesus loved, the one who had also leaned on Jesus’ breast at the supper and asked, “Lord, who is going to betray you?”
The crucifixion was an inner and symbolic experience, and the beloved one leaning close is the faculty that rests against the source of divine nourishment. The breast is the place of that nourishment, and to lean upon it is to draw awareness directly from the higher mind, which is what Lord names within a person.
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The crucifixion was an inner and symbolic experience, and the beloved one leaning close is the faculty that rests against the source of divine nourishment. The breast is the place of that nourishment, and to lean upon it is to draw awareness directly from the higher mind, which is what Lord names within a person. Peter turns and sees this closeness following him: the practicing self recognizes the part of itself that stays nearest the inner supply, fed straight from the center rather than reaching for it from a distance.
The part of a person that stays closest to the higher mind is fed directly from it, resting against the very source of inner nourishment.
Breast: the place of divine nourishment against which the awareness rests Lord: the higher mind within a person
Esoteric lens
Where do you go for comfort when the thing you actually need is already closer than that?
Do not go looking for water with a bucket when there is a spring under your own feet. The seeker who leans close drinks without reaching.
Two birds sit in one tree. One eats the fruit and flits about, the other watches in stillness. The watcher is nearest to the root of things, and the restless one forgets it is there.
The spirit of the valley is spoken of as a source that is drawn on forever and never runs dry. Draw from it and it is not spent.
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