{"id":6507,"date":"2014-05-22T22:12:13","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T02:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/?p=6507"},"modified":"2014-05-22T22:12:13","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T02:12:13","slug":"spiritual-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2014\/05\/spiritual-transformation.html","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-frc3\/t1.0-9\/19670_1334380757756_582930_n.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My mind is open to wonders beyond words.<\/p>\n<p>My Spirit dances with delight in the knowing that in Essence I am One with all that it is and thus I am never alone.<\/p>\n<p>My heart embraces each Soul as Self rather than Other.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I courageously explore the Shadow, the dark mystery that is within all.<\/p>\n<p>I acknowledge its place in my life, rather than casting it out in terror.<\/p>\n<p>I use it to reach out, create from the depths, such power, such magic, such wisdom.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My body is strong in its journey toward reaching out and stretching comfort zones, this vehicle that totes around my Spirit.<\/p>\n<p>It interacts lovingly with other bodies.<\/p>\n<p>I care for it with food that nourishes it, touch that heals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I release old wounds and perceived slights, surrendering them into the Light.<\/p>\n<p>I give over my need to control the outcome of anything, trusting in the Highest Good.<\/p>\n<p>My grief overflows as a font of tears that cleanse and heal me and those whose paths I cross.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am a shelter from the storm, a safe place for those who seek solace.<\/p>\n<p>I refrain from judging the wounds of others.<\/p>\n<p>I withhold judgment of my own vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I flow on the river of life, carried tenderly on its currents.<\/p>\n<p>I know stillness and silence as intimate companions.<\/p>\n<p>I always live in a sense of awe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I empty out, releasing busy-ness that camouflages my genuine feeling.<\/p>\n<p>I do not hide behind doing, for fear of being.<\/p>\n<p>I open my hands and heart to receive what comes, once there is open space.<\/p>\n<p>I know that I am and we are, Love and Peace incarnate.<\/p>\n<p>Edie Weinstein, copyright 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: Janice O&#8217;Reilly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; My mind is open to wonders beyond words. 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