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Exodus 21:22
"If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so
that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall
be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon
him; and he shall pay as the judges determine."
This is not an actual legal case, but rather a description of what
happens inside the soul when the lower nature is in conflict while a
new spiritual quality (child) is forming.
“Men strive” meaning the lower forces of the intellect are
in turmoil
The “men” are the active impulses of the personality, the reactions,
desires, ungoverned energies.
Their striving is the inner turbulence of the unregenerate soul,
where qualities clash without the organizing presence of the higher
consciousness.
This is the soul in a state of inner conflict, not yet harmonized.
“A woman with child” is the receptive soul carrying a new
spiritual beginning
The woman symbolizes the receptive aspect of the soul. The child is
a newly forming spiritual state — a higher perception, virtue, or
awakening that is not yet strong enough to stand on its own.
This is the soul in its gestational phase, holding something
delicate and emerging.
“Her fruit depart from her” means the premature loss of an
inner potential
The conflict of the lower forces disrupts the formation of the new
quality.
The “fruit” departing is the miscarriage of a spiritual beginning,
an insight or aspiration that is lost before it can be born into
consciousness.
This is not punishment but rather it is interruption.
“Yet no mischief follow” meaning the soul itself remains
unharmed
The loss is real, but the core of the soul is not damaged.
The inner life is bruised but not broken.
The Higher can begin the process again once order is restored.
This is the mercy, or grace, built into the inner anatomy. The soul
can lose a beginning without losing itself.
The Esoteric Message
Exodus 21:22 shows that inner conflict in the lower nature can
disrupt the birth of new spiritual qualities, causing premature loss
of growth, yet the soul itself remains intact and able to begin
again when harmony is restored.
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