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Exodus 15:1 · World English Bible

Exodus 15:1 Meaning Then Moses and the Children of Israel

Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Yahweh, and said, “I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. He has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea.

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What does Exodus 15:1 mean?

The mind and the whole inner assembly break into song once the crossing is made, and understanding along with the ego that rode it is cast into the deep truth. Moses is the description of a person's own mind, and Israel is Isis the spirit, Ra the mind, and El the god within, joined in one voice.

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The mind and the whole inner assembly break into song once the crossing is made, and understanding along with the ego that rode it is cast into the deep truth. Moses is the description of a person's own mind, and Israel is Isis the spirit, Ra the mind, and El the god within, joined in one voice. The horse is understanding and its rider the proud self that mounts it; both are thrown into the sea, the deep truth that swallows the false and leaves only the song. What drowns in that water is not a person but the overreaching intellect and the ego perched upon it.

When the deep truth takes down understanding and the self that rode on it, the mind and all its inner children are freed into the music of the crossing.

Moses: the description of a person's own mind leading the way through Israel: Isis the spirit, Ra the mind, and El the god within, joined as one Horse: understanding, the mount the self climbs upon The sea: the deep truth that swallows the false and drowns the proud intellect

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Live Exodus 15:1 today

  1. Admit out loud, just to yourself, one thing you have been pretending to understand. The relief that follows is the point.
  2. In your next conversation, let someone be right about something you had an answer for. Do not add the correction, and see how much lighter the exchange gets.
  3. When you are challenged in a meeting or a thread, try saying, that is a good point, I had not thought of that. Dropping the need to win is the fastest way out of the pressure.

What would I enjoy again if I stopped needing to be the one who knows?

The same truth in other traditions

Zen

The student who has let go of knowing is finally able to learn. Put down your cleverness and what is actually there can meet you.

Tao Te Ching

The one who knows does not parade it. Give up trying to look wise and real understanding arrives quietly.

Sufism · Rumi

Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. The song starts where the arguing stops.

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