{"id":3748,"date":"2014-06-21T18:39:16","date_gmt":"2014-06-21T18:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flightofthesoul\/?p=3748"},"modified":"2014-06-21T18:39:27","modified_gmt":"2014-06-21T18:39:27","slug":"loves-transformative-power-deliciously-simple-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/2014\/06\/loves-transformative-power-deliciously-simple-summer.html","title":{"rendered":"Love&#8217;s Transformative Power Deliciously Simple Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we enter summer it is that time to throw open the windows, open our hearts to the longer cycles of the sun <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/files\/2014\/06\/AMP-Happiness-Tea.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4608 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/305\/2014\/06\/AMP-Happiness-Tea-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"AMP EXPERIENCE Happiness Tea Melanie Lutz\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" \/><\/a>and enter that deliciously simple time when the soul blows wide open.<\/p>\n<p>Take today and the gentle joy of this moment to let the past fall away in the wash of the summer sun.<\/p>\n<p>ACIM has a great line that feels right&#8230; &#8220;you can have a grievance or a miracle, you can not have both.&#8221; \u00a0This speaks directly to the truth, you can hold one thought. \u00a0Make it be loving and that will lead you through the illusions that create extended suffering beyond the moment of incident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Jesus had yelled from the cross, &#8216;I hate all you guys,&#8217; it would have been a completely different story. There would have been no resurrection. What created the space for his triumph was his defenselessness, his holding to love despite what others were doing to him. The body can be destroyed, but truth cannot be. Truth will always reassert itself, given a symbolic three days. Three days represents the time it takes between the crucifixion and the resurrection, between an open-hearted response to hurt and the experience of rebirth that will always follow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Excerpted from\u00a0<i>A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of<\/i>\u00a0A Course in Miracles<\/p>\n<p>Love always remains the answer, no matter what the circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>#LoveLand101<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy Wynonna Judd singing<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I can only imagine (Wynonna Judd) -\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fxt5TsmEZaY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we enter summer it is that time to throw open the windows, open our hearts to the longer cycles of the sun and enter that deliciously simple time when the soul blows wide open. 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