Ezekiel 20:7 · World English Bible
Ezekiel 20:7 Meaning I Said to Them
I said to them, ‘Each of you throw away the abominations of his eyes. Don’t defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.’
What does Ezekiel 20:7 mean?
The call is to throw away what the eyes have fastened onto, the idols carried out of the old land. These were things made by hand and then bowed to, as if they held the life a person was missing.
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Ego v. Being
EGO & BEING
Ego v. Being
The call is to throw away what the eyes have fastened onto, the idols carried out of the old land. These were things made by hand and then bowed to, as if they held the life a person was missing. Underneath them all stands the one being that needs no image.
The mind is a maker of idols. It fixes on some object, some outcome, some picture of itself, and treats it as the source of its wholeness. When those grasped things fall from a person's hands, what remains is the plain presence that was always the ground beneath them. Nothing outside had to be worshipped. The one who worshipped was already home.
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Live Ezekiel 20:7 today
- Take one thing you have decided you need before you can be at ease, the job, the number, the house, and set it aside for a day. Live this day as if it already counts.
- Spend time with someone today without wanting anything from them, not approval, not a favor, not to be seen a certain way. Just their company.
- When you catch yourself refreshing something for a result that will tell you who you are, close the tab and feel yourself still here, perfectly intact.
What am I waiting to have before I let myself be at peace?
The same truth in other traditions
Buddhism · the second noble truth
Suffering comes from grasping. Whatever you hold as the thing that will finally make you whole becomes the thing that keeps you wanting.
Tao Te Ching 44
The one who knows enough has enough. Chasing more costs more than it brings.
Sufism
The lover polishes the mirror rather than collecting pictures of the beloved. What you are looking for cannot be kept in your hands.
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