Acts 9:6 · World English Bible
Acts 9:6 Meaning But Rise Up and Enter Into
But rise up and enter into the city, then you will be told what you must do.
What does Acts 9:6 mean?
A man certain of his mission is struck down, and in the trembling and astonishment his whole knowing collapses. Out of that emptied place comes a wholly different question.
From the Ego v. Being reading below.
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Ego v. Being
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Ego v. Being
A man certain of his mission is struck down, and in the trembling and astonishment his whole knowing collapses. Out of that emptied place comes a wholly different question. No longer what will I do, but what would you have me do. The proud self that had all the answers is suddenly, blessedly, undone.
And the reply asks only the next small step: rise, go into the city, and there it will be shown. He is not handed the plan. He is asked to move forward in not-knowing and trust that the way reveals itself as he goes. When the old certainty falls away, life begins to guide you one present step at a time.
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Live Acts 9:6 today
- Instead of planning your whole week in your head before you get out of bed, do only the next honest thing. Make the coffee. Open the one email. Let the rest stay unanswered a little longer.
- Ask someone close to you what would actually help them today, and then do what they say rather than what you assumed. Letting their answer surprise you is the whole point.
- When a decision at work has no clear answer yet, say out loud that you do not know yet and take the one small step you can see. Not knowing is not failing.
What are you refusing to start because you cannot yet see the whole way through?
The same truth in other traditions
Tao Te Ching 64
A journey of a thousand miles begins under your own foot. The whole road is never given, only the next step.
Zen
The beginner's mind, empty of what it already knows, is the only mind that can learn. A full cup has no room for tea.
Taoism · Zhuangzi
The useful kind of knowing is not knowing everything in advance. It is moving with things as they actually unfold.
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