{"id":1634,"date":"2013-01-19T11:15:19","date_gmt":"2013-01-19T16:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/?p=1634"},"modified":"2013-01-15T11:27:18","modified_gmt":"2013-01-15T16:27:18","slug":"zen-kitty-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2013\/01\/zen-kitty-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Zen Kitty"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I am a cat. I was born potty-trained. I know how to bury my refuse and stay clean.<\/p>\n

You are a person. You were born innocent<\/a>. You do know how to clear yourself of guilt.<\/p>\n

I live in upstate New York where rocks and grass make for an impossible ground to dig in. The person I live with supplies me with a litter box full of litter he keeps cleaned out.<\/p>\n

People can live in circumstances that cause them to make mistakes and become guilty. However, God supplies them with the knowledge to overcome<\/a> the guilt with their innate innocence.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>You don\u2019t lose your innocence, just like I won’t lose my ability to potty outside. When it snows, I am out there doing my business.<\/p>\n

Innocence is constantly being supplied by God, Truth. You can yield to this innocence and heal the mistakes and guilt.<\/p>\n

Within the framework of innocence and truth, your thoughts and behaviors will be humble and honest and healthy.<\/p>\n

From 21st Century Science and Health, <\/em>“At all times and under all circumstances, overcome evil with good. Know yourself, and God will supply the wisdom and the occasion for a victory over evil. Love is a protective covering. Wear it! Wrapped up in love, human hatred can\u2019t reach you. The confirmation of a higher humanity will unite all interests in the one divinity.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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