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Psalms 68:34 · World English Bible

Psalms 68:34 Meaning Ascribe Strength to God

Ascribe strength to God! His excellency is over Israel, his strength is in the skies.

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What does Psalms 68:34 mean?

The real power in a person belongs to the unseen Spirit within, not to anything the outer eye can measure. The clouds are that unseen Spirit, the raised consciousness of the right hemisphere, and to place strength there is to locate a person's true force in what cannot be seen rather than in the visible flesh.

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The real power in a person belongs to the unseen Spirit within, not to anything the outer eye can measure. The clouds are that unseen Spirit, the raised consciousness of the right hemisphere, and to place strength there is to locate a person's true force in what cannot be seen rather than in the visible flesh. The might is hidden by nature, resting above in the higher mind.

Israel is Isis, Ra and El, spirit and mind and the God within joined in one being, and the excellency held over it is the crown of light at the top, the pineal radiance above the ruling faculties. So the whole line settles inward: the strength a person keeps ascribing to something far off is already within, seated in the unseen Spirit and crowned by the light at the summit of the head.

Clouds: the unseen Spirit, the raised consciousness of the right hemisphere where the true force rests Israel: Isis, Ra and El, spirit and mind and the God within joined in one being Excellency: the crown of light above the ruler, the pineal radiance at the summit of the head

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Live Psalms 68:34 today

  1. Before you look up an answer or ask the internet what to do, sit still for one minute and ask yourself first. You may already know.
  2. When someone asks you for strength you do not think you have, say yes to the small version of it. Strength tends to show up once it is called on.
  3. Under pressure at work, stop reaching for external proof that you can handle it, the credentials, the reassurance, the approval. Put your attention at the top of your head, breathe once, and begin.

What have I been looking for outside myself that might already be here?

The same truth in other traditions

Taoism · Tao Te Ching

The greatest power is unseen and makes no display. What works quietly from within outlasts everything that announces itself.

Hinduism · Upanishads

That which you have been seeking far away is already the one who is seeking. You are that.

Sufism · Rumi

You wander the world looking for the treasure, and it is buried under the floor of your own house.

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