Joshua 3:8 · World English Bible
You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, ‘When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.’
The way forward does not open through more struggle. It opens when those carrying what is sacred come to the very brink of the flood and, instead of thrashing across, stand still inside the water.
From the Ego v. Being reading below.
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EGO & BEING
The way forward does not open through more struggle. It opens when those carrying what is sacred come to the very brink of the flood and, instead of thrashing across, stand still inside the water. Standing still at the edge is presence itself, the mind grown quiet where it most wants to act.
Something strange happens in that stillness. The river that seemed impassable begins to give way, and the ground appears underfoot. A person at their own hard edge learns the same thing the priests learned in Jordan. The crossing comes not from the frantic effort to force it, but from being fully here, unmoving, at the brink.
Ego v. Being lens
What might open if I stood still right at the edge of it?
Muddy water clears when left alone. Act from stillness, and the right move shows itself.
Sit. Just sit. The answer does not come from chasing it but from stopping long enough for it to arrive.
An obstacle to the action becomes the action. Standing where you are, fully, is itself the way forward.
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Ego v. Being