UNDERSTANDING

UNDERSTANDING

This image depicts an ancient Egyptian relief of a hunting scene from the tomb of King Tutankhamen. The scene shows King Tutankhamen hunting in a papyrus marsh with his wife, Queen Ankhesenamen, who is shown handing him an arrow. A small pet lion is also depicted at the pharaoh's feet.

In ancient Egyptian art, hunting scenes like this one were not simply depictions of royal leisure; they were rich with symbolism. They represented the pharaoh's dominion over nature and chaos, thereby reaffirming his role as the protector of cosmic order. The presence of the queen in the scene symbolizes sacred union and balance in the pharaoh's life.

The above description is the result of AI scouring the internet, probably for scholarly articles, related to this image. While AI’s literal description may be correct, looking at the image through the lens of esoteric understanding, a wholly different scene unfolds.

The queen handing arrows to the king represents the inner-chamber of the heart. She gives the steward, depicted by the pharaoh, the inspiration he needs, as portrayed by the arrows, to protect third eye. In this image consciousness is symbolized by the bird, probably a kite, located behind the pharaoh. The steward uses the continued inspiration that the inner-chamber of the heart provides him to stop the i’s (imagination, opinions, identifications, irritations, and so on), from impinging on presence, as depicted by the birds,. The lion in this image (as it does in all esoteric symbology) represents an emotional element. It is the unwavering conviction of the inner-chamber of the heart that supports the efforts of the steward to continue to inconspicuously introduce and prolong presence.

There’s more in this image that I don’t understand. However, with ancient Egyptian art, and in fact, in all esoteric art, almost everything portrayed has an inner-meaning. Rather than guess what the other elements symbolize, the Teacher reminds us not to, because doing so only leads to imagination. Understood correctly though, the image and it’s symbols, although not the state of divine presence, are nevertheless, a sublime inspiration to BE.

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Replica of a painted chest from the tomb of Tutankhamen