Zechariah 11:12 · World English Bible
Zechariah 11:12 Meaning I Said to Them
I said to them, “If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them.” So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
What does Zechariah 11:12 mean?
Silver is the reflective metal of the mind, thought that mirrors like the moon and takes no light of its own. To weigh out silver as a price is to set the reflecting mind against the true worth of the inner shepherd and name a figure for it.
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Silver is the reflective metal of the mind, thought that mirrors like the moon and takes no light of its own. To weigh out silver as a price is to set the reflecting mind against the true worth of the inner shepherd and name a figure for it. The number 30 reduces to its root 3, the creative principle, the power in a person by which spirit expresses and manifests: so here that manifesting power is sold off cheap, the creative life priced like common coin. The story hides in Scorpio, where the same wage counts out the degrees of the deep sign. What is beyond price in a person gets valued by a mind that only mirrors and does not shine.
Silver: the reflective mental metal, thought that mirrors like the moon and shines with no light of its own
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Live Zechariah 11:12 today
- Look at one thing you traded away this week for something cheap, an hour of sleep for a screen, a walk for a scroll. Name the price out loud, no guilt, just see the number.
- When someone asks for your time today, answer with your real yes or no instead of the one that keeps the peace. Agreeing when you mean no sells something that was not yours to sell.
- Under pressure, watch for the moment you start shaving the truth to keep a client, a deal or a reputation. That is the exact moment the price is being set.
What in me am I selling cheap, and what did I tell myself to make the trade feel reasonable?
The same truth in other traditions
Tao Te Ching 44
Fame and gain are weighed against your own life, and the trade is always bad. What you give up to get them is never priced correctly.
Stoicism · Epictetus
He warned that if you sell your integrity, set the price high, because the buyer never pays what it was worth. The mind that bargains is already losing.
Buddhism
A mind caught in grasping mistakes the reflection for the real thing. It counts coins while the life it was meant to serve slips past unlived.
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