2 Chronicles 34:31 · World English Bible
The king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.
The young king stands in his place and gives himself wholly, with all his heart and all his soul. Nothing is held back for a second, quieter agenda.
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EGO & BEING
The young king stands in his place and gives himself wholly, with all his heart and all his soul. Nothing is held back for a second, quieter agenda. A full yes feels like this, the end of the divided life where part of a person commits while another part keeps its escape ready.
Standing in his place is itself the teaching. He does not wait for a better hour or a different self. Right where he is, in the body, in the present, he says yes with everything he is. When commitment runs that undivided, it stops being effort and becomes simply the way an awakened person lives, moment by moment.
Ego v. Being lens
Where am I keeping an escape route open instead of being all the way in?
When you eat, just eat. When you walk, just walk. Wholeness is not an intensity you work up to, it is doing one thing with all of yourself.
Act without hedging on the outcome. The divided mind, half in the work and half in its escape route, never finds peace in either.
Stop waiting for better conditions to become the person you intend to be. This hour, this place, this body is where it happens or it does not happen.
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Ego v. Being