THE 23RD PSALM IS OUR INNER INITIATION INTO SOUL-BODY CONSCIOUSNESS.
We are Spirit, thinking ourselves to be matter, a mere parenthesis in eternity. The little pokes (pain) from the rod remind us we’ve strayed from the ONE SELF. In the Soul you are alive forever – the Tree of Life. In the mind, we are the Tree of Good&Evil. The Table prepared for me in the midst of my enemies is eternal life. Reality (God) is: we’re in the Place prepared for us NOW !!
<●> The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
[2] He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,
[3] he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.
[4] Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
[5] You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
[6] Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Psalm 23:1-6 NIV