Mark 11:4 · World English Bible
Mark 11:4 Meaning They Went Away
They went away, and found a young donkey tied at the door outside in the open street, and they untied him.
What does Mark 11:4 mean?
The colt is a new consciousness born out of the old stubborn nature, the young mind that comes from the ass and yet has never carried the self before. It is found tied outside, at the point where 2 ways meet, because the new way stands blocked and unridden until a person chooses it; bound at the door and never entered, it is the fresh path left unmeditated.
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The colt is a new consciousness born out of the old stubborn nature, the young mind that comes from the ass and yet has never carried the self before. It is found tied outside, at the point where 2 ways meet, because the new way stands blocked and unridden until a person chooses it; bound at the door and never entered, it is the fresh path left unmeditated. To loose it is to make that choice and let the new consciousness carry the self upward.
Once freed, its road runs up the spine, through the 7 centers strung along the backbone, toward the lit city in the head. The untying is the turn a person makes to leave the crossroads of 2 ways and travel the inner road at last.
Colt: a new consciousness born of the old stubborn nature, never yet ridden, waiting to carry the self upward Door: the entrance to the inner way, left shut while the new path stays unchosen Place where 2 ways met: the crossing where a person must choose between the old outward road and the new inward one
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Live Mark 11:4 today
- There is one small new thing you keep circling without starting. Open the document, book the appointment, make the call, today, before you feel ready. The hesitating is the rope.
- Send the message you have been drafting in your head for weeks. The apology, the question, the invitation. One text to one person, and let them have it imperfect.
- When you hit the next fork and feel yourself freeze, pick within a minute, then stop auditing it. Standing at the crossroads costs more than choosing the slightly wrong road.
What have I already been shown, that is just waiting for me to say yes to it?
The same truth in other traditions
Tao Te Ching 64
The journey of a thousand miles waits on one step. The road exists the whole time, and nothing moves until you actually set out.
Buddhism · Alagaddupama Sutta
The raft is only worth something once you push it into the water. Left on the bank it is wood, used it carries you across.
Hinduism · Bhagavad Gita 2
Krishna tells Arjuna the knowing is useless until he stands up and acts. The teaching is already complete, the movement waits on him.
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