Ezekiel 2:8 · World English Bible
Ezekiel 2:8 Meaning But You
But you, son of man, hear what I tell you. Don’t be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth, and eat that which I give you.
What does Ezekiel 2:8 mean?
The one addressed as son of man carries the meaning of Uranus, the higher cosmic faculty in a person, and he is set apart from the rebellious house, which is the divided self that resists the inner voice. To be told not to rebel like that house is to be called out of the ordinary self's refusal and into obedience to what speaks from within.
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The one addressed as son of man carries the meaning of Uranus, the higher cosmic faculty in a person, and he is set apart from the rebellious house, which is the divided self that resists the inner voice. To be told not to rebel like that house is to be called out of the ordinary self's refusal and into obedience to what speaks from within.
To open the mouth and eat what is given is to take the inward word fully into oneself, to make it substance rather than something merely heard, so that the higher self is fed directly by what the deeper voice provides.
Son of man: Uranus, the higher cosmic faculty awakening in a person House: the self, here the divided and rebellious self that resists the inner voice
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Live Ezekiel 2:8 today
- When you know the honest thing to do and feel yourself negotiating with it, name the negotiation out loud: "I am talking myself out of this." That one sentence usually ends the argument.
- The next time someone tells you something true about yourself that stings, say "let me sit with that" instead of defending. Take it in before you decide what to do with it.
- Under pressure, the rebellious part of you wants to do the opposite just to stay in charge. Do the right small thing anyway, and let it cost you the feeling of winning.
What do I already know I should do, that I have been quietly arguing with all week?
The same truth in other traditions
Stoicism · Epictetus
It is not enough to admire the teaching. Chew on it until it turns into muscle, or you are just a person who quotes things.
Judaism · Pirkei Avot
Study that never reaches your hands and feet is study that has not landed. The point is the doing.
Taoism
The soft inner voice does not argue with you. It waits, quietly, for the part of you that is busy refusing.
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