Ezekiel 1:9 · World English Bible
Ezekiel 1:9 Meaning Their Wings Were Joined to One Another
Their wings were joined to one another. They didn’t turn when they went. Each one went straight forward.
What does Ezekiel 1:9 mean?
The wings joined one to another are the paired structures around the third eye meeting as one, the temple architecture of the brain fitted together so the inner powers move in a single accord. Their going straight forward without turning is the undeviating motion of awakened faculties: what is aligned around the third eye advances without swerving, each part holding its true course.
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The wings joined one to another are the paired structures around the third eye meeting as one, the temple architecture of the brain fitted together so the inner powers move in a single accord. Their going straight forward without turning is the undeviating motion of awakened faculties: what is aligned around the third eye advances without swerving, each part holding its true course.
That they turn not is the steadiness of a mind whose centers are joined, no longer pulled aside by the lower agitations. When the structures around the inner eye are set as one and face forward, awareness moves straight into its own light rather than wandering.
Wings: the paired structures around the third eye, joined as one accord Straight forward: the undeviating course of awakened faculties that do not swerve
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Live Ezekiel 1:9 today
- Pick the one thing that actually matters today and do it with everything closed, no tabs, no notifications, nothing waiting in the corner of your eye. One thing, straight forward.
- Say what you mean to one person today without the hedging and the sideways approach. A joined-up inside sounds different, and people can hear it.
- When someone tries to pull you off course mid-task with something urgent and not important, hold your line kindly. "I will get to that at two" is a whole sentence.
Where are you swerving today, and what would it feel like to go straight?
The same truth in other traditions
Bhagavad Gita 2
The person whose faculties move together, undisturbed by pull and push, has a steadiness that does not depend on circumstances staying pleasant.
Dhammapada
The mind collected and one-pointed goes straight, while the scattered mind wanders everywhere and arrives nowhere. Unity of mind is itself the forward motion.
Stoicism · Marcus Aurelius
He wrote of going straight on, not turned aside by praise or blame, like something that keeps its own course because its inside is not divided.
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