1 Peter 1:16 · World English Bible
1 Peter 1:16 Meaning Because It Is Written
because it is written, “You shall be holy; for I am holy.”
What does 1 Peter 1:16 mean?
To be holy has little to do with moral perfection or a code. The word itself is close to whole, and to be whole is to be undivided within, no longer split between the self you show and the self you hide, no longer at war with the present moment.
From the Ego v. Being reading below.
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Ego v. Being
EGO & BEING
Ego v. Being
To be holy has little to do with moral perfection or a code. The word itself is close to whole, and to be whole is to be undivided within, no longer split between the self you show and the self you hide, no longer at war with the present moment.
And the ground of it is already whole. I am holy. The presence at the source of everything is not fractured or searching, and neither, at your depth, are you. You become whole not by adding anything or fixing yourself, but by returning to the still awareness beneath your thoughts, where you were never broken.
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Live 1 Peter 1:16 today
- Go one hour today without performing for anyone, including yourself. No mental draft of how you sound, no checking how you are coming across, just doing the next ordinary thing.
- Say one true thing to someone close to you that you usually soften or hide. Being one person instead of two is a relief you can feel in your chest.
- When you catch yourself acting like a different person for a boss, a group chat, a stranger at the counter, let the gap close a little. You do not need a version of yourself for every room.
Where in my life am I being two people, and what would it cost me to just be one?
The same truth in other traditions
Hinduism · Upanishads
That vast wholeness and the one looking for it are the same thing. You are not reaching for something foreign, only recognizing what you are.
Zen
You are already what you are searching for, like a wave hunting for the ocean. Nothing has to be added, only seen.
Taoism · Tao Te Ching
The uncarved block is complete before any shaping begins. Trying to improve it is what divides it.
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