Exodus 29:45 · World English Bible
Exodus 29:45 Meaning I Will Dwell Among the Children
I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
What does Exodus 29:45 mean?
The promise to dwell among a people is not about a distant ruler taking up residence in a nation. It points to something nearer than your own breath.
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Ego v. Being
EGO & BEING
Ego v. Being
The promise to dwell among a people is not about a distant ruler taking up residence in a nation. It points to something nearer than your own breath. The presence that animates you, the awareness in which every thought and sensation arises, has never been anywhere else.
To say it will be your God is to say that this presence becomes the ground you live from, rather than the noise of the mind. When you know yourself as this awareness, you are no longer driven by fear and endless wanting. You rest in the one thing that was always dwelling within you.
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Live Exodus 29:45 today
- Sometime today, stop and feel that you are alive before you think about anything. Not an idea about yourself, just the plain fact of being here in this body, in this room.
- Look at one person today, the cashier, your kid, a coworker on a call, and let it land that the same aliveness is looking back. You do not have to say anything about it.
- When fear or wanting grips you, put a hand on your chest and feel what is breathing you. The fear is loud, but it is happening inside something steadier.
What am I still hoping to find somewhere that is already here?
The same truth in other traditions
Hinduism · Chandogya Upanishad
The teacher tells his son: that subtle essence which is the self of everything, you are that. What you have been looking toward is what you are made of.
Sufism · Rumi
A man grew tired of calling out to God because no answer came. He was told: your calling was the answer.
Taoism · Zhuangzi
Asked where the Way could be found, the master said: in the ant, in the weeds, in a clay tile. There is no place it has stepped out of.
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