Matthew 2:7 · World English Bible
Matthew 2:7 Meaning Then Herod Secretly Called the Wise Men
Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.
What does Matthew 2:7 mean?
Herod's secret meeting is the everyday self sizing up what it cannot take in. " That king is the whole, true self, the sense of God stepping into the light.
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Herod's secret meeting is the everyday self sizing up what it cannot take in.
The magi are our own gift for reading the signs that rise from the deep, star-watchers who "saw it at the beginning of the era, and were astonished, and straightway they knew that the most serene King was born in the world." That king is the whole, true self, the sense of God stepping into the light. Herod, the reigning attitude, does not welcome this news openly. He pries out the hour in secret, turning the timing of that birth into a weapon for his own defense. The inner light drives toward wholeness. The tyrant-self intercepts the signal and prepares a killing.
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Live Matthew 2:7 today
- Watch what you do with advice you did not want. If you find yourself gathering details mainly to build a case against it, stop and sit with the possibility that it is simply true.
- In a hard conversation today, ask a question you genuinely do not know the answer to, and let the answer land without having a reply ready. You will feel the difference immediately.
- When criticism comes at work, resist the quiet project of figuring out who said it and why. Take the content. Leave the investigation.
When you ask questions, how often are you actually gathering ammunition?
The same truth in other traditions
Stoicism · Marcus Aurelius
The mind can turn any truth into a tool for its own defense. Watch what you do with good news that threatens your position.
Buddhism
The clinging self is clever. It will study a teaching closely, not to be changed by it, but to find the angle that leaves it intact.
Taoism · Zhuangzi
The one who asks questions only to prepare his answer has not asked anything. He is arranging his defense while appearing to listen.
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