A camail is a piece of chain mail armour designed to fit over the head and shoulders to protect them. The spiritual equivalent of this is hope. You need in your inner being to keep hold of hope to keep your mind protected. The kind of hope needs to be true hope in the true God. Hope in all the power available from Him to act toward you to save you. When you have it do not lose it; do not let yourself be without it protecting your mind and keeping you of sound mind. The main hope is that the Lord Jesus, though not necessarily imminently, will come raising the dead who are worthy of it and reign with these and those in Him who are alive still at His coming. What then will it be like after He arrives? Remembering the coming of Moses first to the Pharaoh of Egypt then with his people into Canaan, it was like God Himself had declared war and started to wage severe war. The sins of the Canaanites had reached a threshold. Egypt was hardened against the fear of God prefering their own gods to the real Creator. The time was full. Now things were to get very serious. Many lost their precious firstborn sons. Whole nations were all but wiped out. This was what happened when God then turned the tables on wantonly wicked nations and cities and on oppressors of His people. Christ is far greater still than Moses having been architect of all things on behalf of God who is His very Father. This will be His time and His chosen most worthy ones with Him. This is the great hope that if you have it you should keep it as armour for you mind as the days become dark and the end looks ever nearer if you are enlightened enough to see it coming. The further protection of the mind in the midst of stressfully troubled times in this world before that day is provided in meditation which is by dwelling mentally on worthy subjects of thought. There is much that is taught disciples as they follow the Holy Spirit and righteous spirits sent by God the Father in Jesus Christ's name. Dwell on what the spirits from God teach. Some gets called esoteric because the truthfulness of it can only be known by the receiving of spiritual gifts from God and the witnessing of miracles which comes to those who believe rather than by the World's wisdom and science and magic arts. Magic arts might lead to what can also be called esoteric but good discernment distinguishes what the Father wants people to be taught by spirits He sends and what other spirits teach. Dwell on the things the Father teaches. Invoking the authority of the name of Jesus and meditating on the truths you receive from the Father in His name all leads to a peace which protects your mind in troubled times until Jesus comes. Another aspect of this protection of the mind is mental dependence on God by mentally acknowledging inwardly that God is and that Jesus is and that the Holy Spirit is and resting quietly on this faith. Some say religion is a crutch. Having a mental crutch to stay the mind in troubled stressful times is a major part of religion and ought not be despised. You need a carmail in times when holding onto faith in Christ and in the Father gets fiercely opposed.
