1 Samuel 14:27 · World English Bible
But Jonathan didn’t hear when his father commanded the people with the oath. Therefore he put out the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes brightened.
Jonathan had not heard the vow that bound everyone else, so he moved without the weight of it. He simply reached out, tasted the honey, and his eyes brightened.
From the Ego v. Being reading below.
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EGO & BEING
Jonathan had not heard the vow that bound everyone else, so he moved without the weight of it. He simply reached out, tasted the honey, and his eyes brightened. A body free of borrowed rules meets the moment as it is.
So much heaviness in a person comes from oaths never chosen, rules absorbed from voices long gone, a story of what must not be touched. When someone acts from direct contact with what is in front of them, rather than from the old command echoing in the head, the eyes clear. The honey was always there. What lifted was the darkness the vow had laid over simple seeing.
Ego v. Being lens
Which rule are you still keeping for someone who stopped watching years ago?
A student who carries the master's words everywhere has only exchanged one cage for another. Put down the borrowed answer and look at what is in front of you.
The way forward is by subtracting, not adding. Drop one rule, then another, until what you do rises straight out of the moment.
Do not accept a thing because it is handed down or because many repeat it. Test it in your own experience and see whether it leads to harm or to freedom.
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Ego v. Being