Song of Solomon 4:8 · World English Bible
Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon. Look from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
The call is spirit summoning the soul up out of the animal heights, off the peaks where the beasts of appetite make their home, to look down from the summit rather than dwell among predators. Lebanon means white, the pure high place, and its named tops are stations of raised consciousness the soul is asked to climb through and see from.
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The call is spirit summoning the soul up out of the animal heights, off the peaks where the beasts of appetite make their home, to look down from the summit rather than dwell among predators. Lebanon means white, the pure high place, and its named tops are stations of raised consciousness the soul is asked to climb through and see from. The lions' dens and the leopards' mountains are the elevated centers still occupied by the fierce lower drives, courage turned to violence, cunning turned to prey, the animal nature lodged in the high ground of the mind.
To be brought from those dens is to leave the beasts their lair and stand at the true top as the beloved rather than the hunted. The summons is not to descend but to rise clear of the predatory self while claiming the height itself.
Lebanon: the white and pure high place, the elevated region of consciousness the soul is called to ascend Amana, Shenir, Hermon: named summits, the ascending stations of raised awareness the soul climbs through and views from Lions' dens: the high centers of the mind still den to fierce animal drives, force turned to violence Mountains of the leopards: the elevated ground occupied by cunning predatory appetite, watching for prey
Esoteric lens
Which part of me is strong today, and who is holding the reins?
Krishna says the mind is your closest friend once mastered and your worst enemy while it rules you. The same high power serves you or hunts you, depending on who is in charge.
The Dhammapada says a tamed mind brings happiness no enemy could take from you, and an untamed one does harm no enemy could match. Strength is not the problem, strength without a rider is.
He taught that anger, appetite, and fear are not forces outside you but opinions you keep agreeing with. Step back far enough to watch them and they lose their claim on the ground you stand on.
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