{"id":5487,"date":"2018-01-11T08:18:59","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T08:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/?p=5487"},"modified":"2018-01-11T08:18:59","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T08:18:59","slug":"bare-witness-see-world-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/2018\/01\/bare-witness-see-world-love.html","title":{"rendered":"Bare Witness. See the World with Love."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5489 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/305\/2018\/01\/Full-Moon-in-Cancer-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Full-Moon-in-Cancer\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>We have all born witness to events that shake us to the roots of our existence. How we deal with these events and the effort of learning that &#8216;this too shall pass&#8217; allowing the healing around the corner to unfold is the essence of picking a path and sticking to it, from witnessing the darkness and moving into the light, acknowledging that which is necessary for us to be free of that which weighs us down. We find our spots to process through what we need to release the energies that surround our being, we do this in many ways, scrapbooking, facebooking, video games, exercise, a great conversation with a dear friend, these moments of letting down are important to rise into the challenges and meet what comes with a sense of courage and confidence and fun and sun. Finding a way to process through the grief and the sheer unbelievability of loss, disaster and accidents that erupt in our lifetime is the way we find the joy in the present moment, connected to our core, feeling blessed and happy with what we have. This is the practice of humanity where we celebrate what we do have while mourning deeply what needs to be mourned.<\/p>\n<p>Surrender into the divine grace of presence with love.<\/p>\n<p>Love, Mel<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5488 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/305\/2018\/01\/7th-Annual-Next100-6-300x300.png\" alt=\"7th Annual Mels Love Land Next100 (6)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>#AllSytemsLove #Next100 #WhyWeSpeakofLove<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have all born witness to events that shake us to the roots of our existence. 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