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Joshua 10:13 · World English Bible

Joshua 10:13 Meaning The Sun Stood Still

The sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Isn’t this written in the book of Jashar? The sun stayed in the middle of the sky, and didn’t hurry to go down about a whole day.

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What does Joshua 10:13 mean?

The 2 great lights of the body are held motionless while the inner conflict is finished. The sun is the current of spirit and the warm right-side channel, the moon is the cool left-side current and the reflected light of the lower mind, and both are stayed in the region of the head so that consciousness does not sink while the flesh is overcome.

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The 2 great lights of the body are held motionless while the inner conflict is finished. The sun is the current of spirit and the warm right-side channel, the moon is the cool left-side current and the reflected light of the lower mind, and both are stayed in the region of the head so that consciousness does not sink while the flesh is overcome.

Holding the sun in the midst of heaven is keeping the higher light fixed at the top of the body through a full turning, refusing to let awareness set into the dark. The victory over the enemies is won in that suspended stillness, while the 2 lights within are stopped in their course.

Sun: the current of spirit, the warm right-side channel and the direct inner light Moon: the cool left-side current, the reflected light of the lower mind Heaven: the upper region of the head where the 2 lights are held fixed

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Live Joshua 10:13 today

  1. When you sit down alone and feel yourself starting to drift, lift your head a little and keep your eyes open. Stay with the thing you are actually doing until it is finished, instead of letting the fog win.
  2. In a long conversation where you are tired and tempted to go on autopilot, hold your attention up and present with the person. Let them finish, and answer the thing they actually said.
  3. When a hard moment hits, a difficult meeting or a tense call, do not go numb and do not go blank. Stay awake through the whole of it, and let the discomfort pass under a light that you kept lit.

Where today do you usually let your awareness sink, and what would it take to keep it up a little longer?

The same truth in other traditions

Patanjali, Yoga Sutras

The practice is simply holding the mind in one place and not letting it slip, and everything else follows from that steadiness.

Zen

In sitting, you keep the spine upright and the eyes half open rather than closed, precisely so awareness does not drift down into sleep.

Hatha Yoga Pradipika

The sun and moon currents are described as two breaths, and the practice aims at stopping their ordinary alternation so attention gathers above instead of running out.

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