Luke 7:22 · World English Bible
Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
To the mind that asks for proof, love offers only the evidence of changed perception. Every item in the list is one movement seen from a different angle: the mind that could not see now sees, the mind that could not move now moves, the mind cast out as unclean is welcomed home.
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To the mind that asks for proof, love offers only the evidence of changed perception. Every item in the list is one movement seen from a different angle: the mind that could not see now sees, the mind that could not move now moves, the mind cast out as unclean is welcomed home. None of it describes a rearranged world; all of it describes minds that have changed teachers and so changed what they behold.
And to the poor, the ones who know they have nothing of their own, the good news comes first. Emptiness of ego is the readiest ground, for a mind that has stopped defending its lack is free to receive its worth.
The blind: the mind that looked through fear and so saw no innocence anywhere. The lame: the mind held motionless by guilt, unable to walk toward its own release. The lepers: the thoughts a mind judges unclean and pushes to the margins, waiting to be received again. The deaf: the mind that could not hear the Voice for love beneath the ego's louder claims. The poor: the mind that knows it owns nothing of itself and is therefore open to everything love gives.
Christian Psychology lens
Where in my life am I waiting for the world to rearrange, when it is my seeing that wants to change?
The usefulness of a bowl is in the space it holds. What has nothing of its own is exactly what is able to receive.
The teaching about a cup: only an empty one can be filled. A mind already full of its own certainty has no room for anything new.
The wound is the place where light finds its way in. What you call your poverty is the opening.
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