Ezekiel 13:20 · World English Bible
Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I am against your pillows, with which you hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms. I will let the souls go, even the souls whom you hunt to make them fly.
There are soft comforts the mind offers that seem to soothe you while quietly holding you captive. They promise to let you fly and instead keep you bound, asleep to what you truly are.
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EGO & BEING
There are soft comforts the mind offers that seem to soothe you while quietly holding you captive. They promise to let you fly and instead keep you bound, asleep to what you truly are. These are the pillows slipped beneath every head that would rather dream than wake.
When such comforts are torn away, it feels like loss. But the soul was never meant to be held in anyone's arms, least of all the ego's. Letting the captive go is not cruelty. Only when the false comfort is gone can you finally wake to the aliveness that needs no illusion to keep it going.
Ego v. Being lens
What am I using to keep from feeling this?
Craving binds, and what we reach for to soothe ourselves is the rope. Cut the craving and the holding ends with it.
The prisoners are comfortable facing the shadows, and being turned toward the light hurts. The pain is part of waking, not a sign something is wrong.
Do not go back to sleep. The door you have been asking about has been standing open the whole time.
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