Numbers 6:19 · World English Bible
The priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them on the hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved the head of his separation;
The completion of a vow of inner separation is enacted in the body itself. The priest is the discriminating faculty that handles what is holy, placing strength and pure substance into a person's own hands.
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The completion of a vow of inner separation is enacted in the body itself. The priest is the discriminating faculty that handles what is holy, placing strength and pure substance into a person's own hands. The ram's shoulder is the seat of will and bearing power, cooked and made ready, while the unleavened cake and wafer are unmixed, unpuffed spirit, nourishment with no fermenting ego swelling it. The shaven hair is the letting go of the outward mark of the vow once its inner work is done.
Strength and unleavened bread laid on the hands mean the disciplined self now carries its own consecrated power, the growth of separation gathered back into the person who lived it.
Ram: the force of will and bearing strength in the body, the pushing power set apart and made ready Unleavened cake: pure spirit substance with no swelling of ego, nourishment kept from the ferment of pride Hair: the outward growth and mark of a vow, the visible sign of separation released once its inner work is finished
Esoteric lens
What have I finished lately that I never actually took into my own hands and claimed?
No one else can finish your work for you; walk the path and the strength of it stays in your hands. The teacher points, the walking is yours.
After the training, the robe comes off and you go back to carrying water and chopping wood. What the discipline built does not stay in the hall, it comes home in your hands.
Sheep do not show the shepherd the grass, they show the wool. Do not display the practice, display what it made of you.
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