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Jeremiah 26:14 · World English Bible

Jeremiah 26:14 Meaning But as for Me

But as for me, behold, I am in your hand. Do with me what is good and right in your eyes.

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What does Jeremiah 26:14 mean?

Here is surrender in its purest form: I am in your hands, do with me as seems good to you. This is not weakness or defeat.

From the Ego v. Being reading below.

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EGO & BEING

Ego v. Being

Here is surrender in its purest form: I am in your hands, do with me as seems good to you. This is not weakness or defeat. It is the complete acceptance of what this moment brings, an inner nonresistance to life as it actually is.

When you stop fighting the present, when you no longer argue with what is already happening, a peace arises that outer circumstances cannot touch. The situation itself may not change, yet you are no longer at war with it. You accept this moment fully, and the suffering that came only from resisting it falls away.

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Live Jeremiah 26:14 today

  1. When the day goes sideways, the delay, the cancellation, the spilled coffee, say to yourself: this is what is happening. Then do the next thing without the running protest.
  2. Let someone else pick the restaurant, the movie, the route, and go along fully instead of keeping a small private objection. Being easy to be with is its own kind of rest.
  3. Stuck in traffic or in a slow line, unclench your jaw and your shoulders and let yourself be exactly where you are. Nothing moves faster for your resistance, and you do not have to spend the time at war.

What are you still arguing with that has already happened?

The same truth in other traditions

Stoicism · Epictetus

Do not demand that events go your way. Want them as they come, and you walk through life without a fight.

Tao Te Ching 8

Water takes the shape of whatever holds it and loses nothing of itself. It wins by not resisting.

Zen

Two monks argued about the rain spoiling the day. The third said: it is raining. That was the end of the argument.

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