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Luke 17:23 · World English Bible

Luke 17:23 Meaning They Will Tell You

They will tell you, ‘Look, here!’ or ‘Look, there!’ Don’t go away or follow after them,

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What does Luke 17:23 mean?

Every finger pointing at a place points away from the only spot where anything can be found. The mind loves there, because there needs travel, time and preparation, and all of it is postponement dressed as sincerity.

From the Indian Guru reading below.

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Indian Guru

Every finger pointing at a place points away from the only spot where anything can be found. The mind loves there, because there needs travel, time and preparation, and all of it is postponement dressed as sincerity. A man crossing continents for a master is often escaping the silence waiting in his own room.

Following belongs to the crowd, and crowds only repeat what they have heard. Truth cannot be handed over secondhand, so no announcement from outside deserves the legs. Stay where the running would have begun, and what was being pointed at is found there.

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Live Luke 17:23 today

  1. Skip one thing today that promised to change your life, the course, the thread, the method, and sit quietly in your own room for ten minutes instead.
  2. When someone tells you the thing that finally worked for them, be glad for them and do not pick up their route. Your situation is not theirs.
  3. When you are anxious and start searching for someone to tell you what to do, stay with not knowing for a few minutes first. The answer that comes from there is usually yours.

How many answers have I collected without once sitting still?

The same truth in other traditions

Tao Te Ching

Those who know do not announce it, those who announce it do not know. The loud pointing is the giveaway.

Zen · Linji

If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him. Any figure you can run toward is still an image in your own head.

Buddhism · Kalama Sutta

Do not take it because a teacher said it or a book holds it. Try it in your own life and see what happens.

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