Revelation 18:2 · World English Bible
He cried with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and she has become a habitation of demons, a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird!
Babylon is the confused lower mind of a person, the inner city of mixed and warring thoughts built up over a lifetime of living in the senses, and its fall is the collapse of that whole disordered mental world when the higher light rises. Its very name carries the confusion of tongues, the scattered voices that never agree within a divided man.
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Babylon is the confused lower mind of a person, the inner city of mixed and warring thoughts built up over a lifetime of living in the senses, and its fall is the collapse of that whole disordered mental world when the higher light rises. Its very name carries the confusion of tongues, the scattered voices that never agree within a divided man.
The devils and foul spirits are the base impulses and the birds are the flighty restless thoughts that nest and circle in an unclean mind. When the sensual lower nature finally breaks down, all the dark impulses and scattered thoughts it once housed are exposed as the tenants they always were.
Babylon: the confused lower mind, the inner city of mixed and warring thoughts built over a lifetime Devils and foul spirits: the base sensual impulses that inhabit the lower nature Unclean birds: the flighty restless thoughts that nest and circle in a darkened mind
Esoteric lens
How many of the voices in my head today are even mine?
A monk asked how to quiet a troubled mind and was told to show it to him. Look for the disturbance directly and there is nothing solid there to pacify.
Who can make the muddied water clear? Leave it alone and let it settle, and clearness returns without anyone working at it.
Much of your distress comes from the stories you keep telling yourself about events, not the events. Drop the running commentary and most of the crowd in your head goes quiet.
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