Song of Solomon 3:7 · World English Bible
Song of Solomon 3:7 Meaning Behold
Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage! Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel.
What does Song of Solomon 3:7 mean?
The resting place of the soul belongs to peace, and it can be entered only when the inner warriors have stilled the mind around it. The bed is the pineal, the upper chamber where the soul lies at rest, and it is Solomon's because Solomon is peace, the state built when the inner wars cease.
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The resting place of the soul belongs to peace, and it can be entered only when the inner warriors have stilled the mind around it. The bed is the pineal, the upper chamber where the soul lies at rest, and it is Solomon's because Solomon is peace, the state built when the inner wars cease. Around that resting place stand the valiant, the roused spiritual forces of Israel, the union of spirit and mind, guarding the still center so the meditator can enter it unafraid. The point is the guard: no one settles into that inner rest while mental battle rages, so the strong faculties must ring it round and hold the peace. When the fighting quiets, the soul finds its couch in the head.
The inner place of rest opens only to a mind at peace, fenced round by its own steadied powers.
Bed: the pineal gland, the upper chamber within where the soul lies at rest Solomon: peace, the ruling stillness built when the inner wars cease Israel: Isis the spirit, Ra the mind, and El the God within, the roused spiritual powers that guard the still center
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Live Song of Solomon 3:7 today
- Before you sleep tonight, put the phone in another room. The rest you are after does not arrive in a room where an argument can still reach you.
- Ask one person today for the thing you need to settle, a time, a yes or no, a plan. Half of your inner noise is an unfinished conversation.
- When a work disagreement follows you home in your head, say to yourself that it keeps until tomorrow, and mean it. You can keep a fight out without ending it tonight.
What battle am I still fighting in my head when the day is already over?
The same truth in other traditions
Stoicism · Marcus Aurelius
People look for quiet places in the hills and by the sea, when at any hour they could retire into themselves. Guard that place and you are never without it.
Tao Te Ching
Muddy water left undisturbed becomes clear on its own. Stillness is not something you add, it is what remains when the stirring stops.
Buddhism · Dhammapada
The mind guarded by steady attention brings happiness. Unguarded, it is a town with open gates.
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