{"id":3029,"date":"2015-05-17T11:37:10","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T15:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/?p=3029"},"modified":"2016-10-19T09:29:19","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T13:29:19","slug":"embody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2015\/05\/embody.html","title":{"rendered":"Embody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The human body is riveting, intricate, and sophisticated. It also is vulnerable and can be twisted, therefore I can\u2019t help but ponder its origin. I think the origin of the physical body is the human mind, not God.<\/p>\n<p>In the first chapter of the book of Genesis in the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2014\/07\/slow-motion-research.html\"> Bible<\/a>, we read about a God that made light, trees, and animals. Then people as image. We were given dominion, not domination, but dominion to give identity to the boundless array of spiritual creation.<\/p>\n<p>As my concept of light turns to enlightenment, and my idea of trees turns to ever-rejuvenating <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2011\/11\/flashback-can-move-us-forward.html\">newness,<\/a> and my thought of animals coincides with courage and egoless strength, I can take those ideas and express them, with authority. We\u2019ve been given the dominion to give identity to all the glorious spiritual ideas. We embody spirituality.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The human body is riveting, intricate, and sophisticated. It also is vulnerable and can be twisted, therefore I can\u2019t help but ponder its origin. I think the origin of the physical body is the human mind, not God. 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