Joshua 6:10 · World English Bible
Joshua commanded the people, saying, “You shall not shout nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout.”
The wall that must fall is the thin web of membrane dividing the left brain from the right, the veil sealing the carnal mind away from the divine mind on the higher side. Jericho, whose name breathes fragrance, is that right hemisphere where the inner light is seen, walled against you until the energy has risen.
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The wall that must fall is the thin web of membrane dividing the left brain from the right, the veil sealing the carnal mind away from the divine mind on the higher side. Jericho, whose name breathes fragrance, is that right hemisphere where the inner light is seen, walled against you until the energy has risen. The saviour within, bearing the same name as Joshua, circles that barrier 7 times, once for each of the 7 nerve centers set like resistors along the spine.
The long silence is not restraint for its own sake. In deep stillness the current gathers, and the mouth stays shut because the power is not yet full. Only when the 7th center opens does the shout come, and the membrane gives way, so the higher mind floods the lower and the 2 halves become one.
Wall of Jericho: the web of membrane between the left and right hemispheres, the veil that seals the carnal mind away from the divine mind Jericho: the right hemisphere, the fragrant place where the inner light is seen face to face Joshua: the saviour within, the higher self that leads the inner powers up through the body 7 days of marching: the climb through the 7 nerve centers ranged along the spine, opened one at a time Rams' horns: the sound at each center that trips it open and lets the energy pass higher
Esoteric lens
What am I spending in words that I need to keep until it is full?
The one who knows does not keep talking, and the one who keeps talking does not know. Speech spends what silence gathers.
Silence is called a fence around wisdom. Words kept in become something, words spilled early become nothing.
In retreat, speech is set aside for days on purpose. Energy that normally leaks out through talk collects, and the mind grows clear enough to see what it could not see while chattering.
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