{"id":2035,"date":"2012-11-02T01:42:25","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T01:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flightofthesoul\/?p=2035"},"modified":"2012-11-03T06:30:08","modified_gmt":"2012-11-03T06:30:08","slug":"day-seventeen-day-of-lightening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/2012\/11\/day-seventeen-day-of-lightening.html","title":{"rendered":"Day Seventeen &#8211; Day of Lightening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lightening strikes.\u00a0 It is what it does.\u00a0 Out of nowhere electrifying our being with a knowledge we have been darkened to. It lights that space we\u00a0keep hidden from our daily thinking lighting however briefly what we need to feel and understand and see.\u00a0Enlightenment isn&#8217;t a change but it is the recognition of the fiery passion that waits for the strike in that sacred encounter with the truth of who we are.<\/p>\n<p>Remember the booming crack of brain lightening is yours in every moment you are willing to bare witness to the truth with love.<\/p>\n<p>Marianne Williamson&#8217;s &#8220;God is the Electricity that flows between two people&#8221; \u00a0is the essence of that sacred space created in a whole relationship where there is space for all of it and space for the divine eternal energy to express and expand itself fully.<a title=\"30 Lightening and Thunder Photos - UK The Telegraph\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/earth\/earthpicturegalleries\/7859013\/30-electrifying-pictures-of-lightning-and-thunderstorms.html?image=4\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2049\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/305\/2012\/11\/awesome-lightning_1683593i-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Epiphanies\u00a0are openings in the chaotic projection of daily life.\u00a0 They are awakenings to the truth.\u00a0 They are moments of lightening strikes illuminating the field in the haze of our days.<\/p>\n<p>Open yourself up today to this sacred experience between you and those you encounter.\u00a0 Allow the lightening of expression to flow through you and into the communion with another.\u00a0 Experience all of yourself in its entirely in the electricy of the moment and allow that strike to unfold more and more of your experience with loving yourself.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy this link to a tiny moment from Oprah&#8217;s website where Marianne shares her words of wisdom in a tight package.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/static.oprah.com\/podcasts\/mwilliamson_mwmt.xml\">http:\/\/static.oprah.com\/podcasts\/mwilliamson_mwmt.xml<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Day\u00a0Seventeen of 100 days of Mel\u2019s 100 days of Love and Inspiration.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong><em>Melanie Lutz is a screenwriter, author, and poet. For more from Melanie, visit her\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flightofthesoul\/2012\/09\/love-is-gonna-break-through.html\">Flight of the Soul<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0blog on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Beliefnet<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lightening strikes.\u00a0 It is what it does.\u00a0 Out of nowhere electrifying our being with a knowledge we have been darkened to. 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