Jeremiah 23:17 · World English Bible
They say continually to those who despise me, ‘Yahweh has said, “You will have peace;” ’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, ‘No evil will come on you.’
Beware the comforting voice that promises peace to a mind still lost in its own imaginings. It says no harm will come, all will be well, and it asks nothing of you.
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EGO & BEING
Beware the comforting voice that promises peace to a mind still lost in its own imaginings. It says no harm will come, all will be well, and it asks nothing of you. This is the counterfeit calm that lets you stay asleep inside your own thoughts.
Real peace is never a promise about tomorrow. It cannot be spoken over a mind that still chases every craving and fantasy, because that restlessness is itself the absence of peace. Genuine stillness comes only when you stop feeding those imaginings and become present, not when a voice guarantees your future will be safe.
Ego v. Being lens
Are you looking for stillness, or just for someone to promise you it turns out well?
There is no peace for a mind that still runs after every craving. Reassurance does not quiet it, only seeing it does.
Do not ask that things turn out as you wish. Peace that depends on a guarantee about tomorrow is not peace, it is waiting.
True words are not pretty and pretty words are not true. The comfortable saying is often the one that asks nothing of you.
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