Být sám v Bibli znamená být bez zlých a falešných vlivů. Proto Pán hledá samotu, aby se modlil, a proč je izraelský národ často popisován jako „obydlí sám“.

(Notae: Nebeská tajemství 138, 139, Nebeská tajemství 4273, Nebeská tajemství 8689; Exodus 18:14; Geneze 2:18, 32:24; Žalmy 102:7, 136:4; Proroci a Žalmy 352, 386)

Když se používá „sám“ ve vztahu k vlastnictví - když je něco „jeho a jeho sám“ - význam je doslovnější.

(Notae: Nebeská tajemství 139, Nebeská tajemství 8168)

6316. The majority of the learned, it will surprise you to learn, think on the level of the senses. The reason for this is that they have studied different branches of knowledge solely for the sake of renown. They have studied them so that they may be promoted to important positions and thereby earn material gain, not to the end that they may be made wise; for all branches of knowledge that exist in the world of learning are means that may serve to make a person wise or that may serve to make him insane. Once those learned people have been raised to important positions they live, more than those who are simple, on the level of the senses, and they then think it a sign of simplicity to attribute anything to the Divine instead of attributing it to prudence and natural instinct and all else to chance.