Song of Solomon 4:1 · World English Bible
Song of Solomon 4:1 Meaning Behold
Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is as a flock of goats, that descend from Mount Gilead.
What does Song of Solomon 4:1 mean?
The beauty praised here belongs to the awakened soul seen from within, the inner nature that becomes fair once the spirit rules the body. Doves' eyes are the single, peaceful vision that no longer darts after a thousand cravings but rests on one thing, gentle and clear behind the veil of the hair, which is the outward thought and appearance that hides the inner seeing.
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The beauty praised here belongs to the awakened soul seen from within, the inner nature that becomes fair once the spirit rules the body. Doves' eyes are the single, peaceful vision that no longer darts after a thousand cravings but rests on one thing, gentle and clear behind the veil of the hair, which is the outward thought and appearance that hides the inner seeing. The flock of goats streaming down Gilead is the abundance of vital force gathered on the high place of the skull, the many energies flowing together off the heights of the head.
What is called love in this song is the union of spirit with the body it has cleansed, and what makes it fair is that the 2 now move as one.
Dove: the calm, single eye of the settled mind, peaceful vision that seeks one thing rather than many Hair: the outward thought and covering that veils the inner seeing behind it Goats: the gathered vital energies of the body, a flock of forces streaming together Gilead: the high mount of the head, the heights of the skull where the inner powers assemble
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Live Song of Solomon 4:1 today
- For one stretch today, do a single thing with no second screen open. Just the one thing, all the way through.
- When someone talks to you, hold your eyes on them instead of on the doorway or the notification. That alone changes how the conversation goes.
- When you are overloaded, write down the one thing that actually has to happen next and let the rest wait in the list. One thing in view, not twelve.
Where is my attention actually resting today, and is it a place I would choose?
The same truth in other traditions
Buddhism · Dhammapada
The mind that rests on one thing is clear and happy. The mind chasing everything is restless and sees nothing truly.
Tao Te Ching
Can you keep the inner vision undivided, soft as a child's, clear as water that has stopped moving? That is the whole practice.
Stoicism · Epictetus
Beauty belongs to a thing by what is excellent in its own nature, and in a person that is the reasoning self. Tend that, and you are beautiful.
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