Ezekiel 27:3 · World English Bible
Ezekiel 27:3 Meaning And Tell Tyre
and tell Tyre, ‘You who dwell at the entry of the sea, who are the merchant of the peoples to many islands, the Lord Yahweh says: “You, Tyre, have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
What does Ezekiel 27:3 mean?
Here is the voice of the ego at the height of its pride, declaring itself perfect in beauty, admired by all who pass. It has built an identity out of its wealth, its position, its glittering image.
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Ego v. Being
EGO & BEING
Ego v. Being
Here is the voice of the ego at the height of its pride, declaring itself perfect in beauty, admired by all who pass. It has built an identity out of its wealth, its position, its glittering image. This is the mind's masterpiece, a self made entirely of form and appearance.
But everything made of form passes away. A self founded on beauty and admiration must defend itself endlessly against the loss of both, and so it can never rest. The moment you locate who you are in an image, you place your identity in something that cannot last, and it will never give you the peace you are seeking.
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Live Ezekiel 27:3 today
- Before you post something today, sit with it for a minute and ask honestly whether you want to share it or want to be seen sharing it. Either answer is fine, the point is knowing which one it is.
- In a conversation, let someone else have the impressive story. Do not top it, do not match it, just listen and let them be the interesting one.
- When a comment or a meeting makes you look worse than you wanted, feel the sting and do not immediately explain yourself. Something in you can watch that sting without being it.
If no one ever saw your best moments, would you still want them?
The same truth in other traditions
Tao Te Ching 44
Fame or your own self, which is closer to you? The more you store up and the more people praise you, the more you have to lose, and the losing is already waiting.
Buddhism · the eight worldly winds
Praise and blame, fame and disgrace, gain and loss, pleasure and pain: all eight keep swinging, and anyone who stands on them is standing on something that moves.
Stoicism · Marcus Aurelius
He reminded himself that the admired statues and the famous names of a few generations back are already forgotten, and that whoever chases applause is chasing people who will also be gone.
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