Luke 15:12 · World English Bible
Luke 15:12 Meaning The Younger of Them Said
The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of your property.’ He divided his livelihood between them.
What does Luke 15:12 mean?
The son asks for his portion so he can go and live apart, and this is where the ego's story begins. Something in us wants to take its share of the world and build a separate self, a self defined by what it owns.
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The son asks for his portion so he can go and live apart, and this is where the ego's story begins. Something in us wants to take its share of the world and build a separate self, a self defined by what it owns. The father allows it, because that separation must be lived before it can be seen through.
This is not sin so much as a stage of consciousness. You turn away from the Being that is your source to go looking for yourself in possessions, and that turning away is how most of us first set out.
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Live Luke 15:12 today
- When you catch yourself building a case for what you deserve, your cut, your credit, your share, look at it without shame. That wanting is ordinary. Seeing it is already a step out of it.
- Let somebody else take the bigger piece today, the better seat, the credit in the meeting, the last word in the chat. Watch what gets uncomfortable in you.
- Under financial pressure, when the mind starts tallying what is yours against what is theirs, take one slow breath before you speak. The arithmetic of mine and yours will still be there. You do not have to be run by it.
What would you stop chasing if you were not trying to prove you are separate?
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