Isaiah 40:3 · World English Bible
Isaiah 40:3 Meaning The Voice of One Who Calls Out
The voice of one who calls out, “Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God.
What does Isaiah 40:3 mean?
The wilderness is the ordinary mind before it is cultivated, the dry unworked state where nothing has been planted and the higher life has not yet taken root. The voice crying there is the first intimation of awakening, the call that sounds inside a person while the surrounding consciousness is still barren.
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The wilderness is the ordinary mind before it is cultivated, the dry unworked state where nothing has been planted and the higher life has not yet taken root. The voice crying there is the first intimation of awakening, the call that sounds inside a person while the surrounding consciousness is still barren. To make the way straight is to clear the crooked channels of thought so the energy can rise without diversion, and the highway is the direct path the current takes up the spine when the obstructions are removed.
The dry inner desert is being made passable, its winding detours straightened into one clear road so the higher power can travel through a person without wandering.
Wilderness: the uncultivated mind, the dry unworked state where the higher life has not yet been planted Desert: the barren stretch of consciousness that must be cleared before spirit can cross it Highway: the direct path the current takes up the body once the crooked channels of thought are made straight
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Live Isaiah 40:3 today
- Clear one crooked channel today: unsubscribe from five things, mute two chats, delete the app you open without deciding to. Make the inside of your day straighter by subtraction.
- Have the conversation you have been going around instead of through. One direct sentence to the person, said kindly, replaces a month of detours.
- In your next long drive, walk, or commute, go without audio. Let the quiet be uncomfortable for ten minutes and see what starts speaking in it.
What detour in your thinking have you been treating as the road?
The same truth in other traditions
Tao Te Ching 11
The usefulness of the cup is the empty space inside it. You prepare a way by clearing, not by filling.
Buddhism · the Eightfold Path
It begins with right view and right intention, straightening the mind before anything else is attempted. The road has to be made before the walking means much.
Zen
The old line says first chop wood and carry water. The plain clearing work is the practice, not a delay before it.
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