Matthew 12:1 · World English Bible
Matthew 12:1 Meaning At That Time
At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
What does Matthew 12:1 mean?
The sabbath is not a day of the week but the seventh center, the pineal gland reached after the 6 lower chakras are overcome, the seventh stage where the mind rests in its own source. In that high, still state the trained inner faculties reach out and take the ripened grain and eat, because spiritual food is received directly once a person has risen this far.
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The sabbath is not a day of the week but the seventh center, the pineal gland reached after the 6 lower chakras are overcome, the seventh stage where the mind rests in its own source. In that high, still state the trained inner faculties reach out and take the ripened grain and eat, because spiritual food is received directly once a person has risen this far. The higher life overrides the rigid rule that forbids the hour.
The hunger is the sign of a mind alive and ready to be fed from within. The ripened truth grows right there in the field of the being and is plucked in the stillness itself. Reaching the seventh center is where the inner food finally becomes yours to take.
Sabbath: the seventh center, the pineal gland and seventh stage of unfolding, reached once the 6 lower chakras are overcome Corn: the ripened spiritual nature, the grain of realized truth grown within the lower field of the self Disciples: the trained inner faculties gathered around the central awareness, ready to receive
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Live Matthew 12:1 today
- Today, in a quiet minute, take something good that is already right in front of you. The light in the window, the first sip of coffee, the quiet before anyone else is up. You do not have to earn it first.
- When someone says something true today in the middle of an ordinary conversation, stop and actually take it in. Tell them it landed, instead of letting it pass with a nod.
- When you catch yourself saying you will rest later, after the list is done, stop for two minutes now instead. The rule you made about when you are allowed to be fed is not serving you.
What are you hungry for that is already within reach, waiting on your permission?
The same truth in other traditions
Zen
When you are hungry, eat. The rule exists for the person, and a mind awake enough to be hungry is a mind ready to be fed.
Taoism · Zhuangzi
The fish trap is for catching fish. Once you have the fish, a man who still fusses over the trap has missed what he came for.
Sufism · Rumi
The hunger itself is the invitation. You would not be aching for it if it were not already on its way to you.
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