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FOOT
A symbol of lower activities exercised in the
course of the progress of the soul.
"Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and
feathers unto the ostrich? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and
warmeth them in dust. And forgetteth that the foot may crush them,
or that the wild beast may break them." - JOB xxxix. 13-15.
This refers to the state of ignorance and feebleness which the
indwelling Self (Job) experiences when involved in matter. Nature is
not designed to subserve the desires or the will of man. The
external conditions necessitate effort and suffering from which
there is no escape. The ambitions (wings) allure, but are not
kindly; they are generated in the lower mind (dust), and in the
soul's progress (foot) they may be frustrated, or the unruly desires
(beast) may destroy them.
“What is understood by 'foot,' but the passing over of active work?
What is signified by the 'field,' but this world? Of which the Lord
says in the Gospels, 'But the field is the world.' What is expressed
by the 'beast,' but the ancient enemy, who lying in wait for the
spoils of this world is daily satiated with the death of men ?"-ST.
GREGORY, Morals on the Book of Job, Vol. III. p. 437.
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