{"id":216,"date":"2012-01-09T15:46:51","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T20:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/insweetcompany\/?p=216"},"modified":"2012-01-09T15:46:51","modified_gmt":"2012-01-09T20:46:51","slug":"more-than-a-little-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/insweetcompany\/2012\/01\/more-than-a-little-light.html","title":{"rendered":"More Than A Little Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u00a0\u201cGreat Mystery &#8230; is an energy that lives within me constantly. It calls to me internally and prompts me to develop or expand specific information or insights for myself and for others. It talks to me through my mental processes, through my intuition and feelings, and through inner visions. Great Mystery both sends and receives \u2014 it\u2019s a two-way street. I talk to Great Mystery all the time and Great Mystery responds.\u201d<\/em> &#8212; Grandmother Twylah Nitsch, IN SWEET COMPANY:CONVERSATIONS WITH EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN ABOUT LIVING A SPIRITUAL LIFE<\/p>\n<p>Wanted to share a truly inspired poem sent to me by the truly inspired editor I am working with on my new book, <em>The Architecture of Light<\/em>.\u00a0 Lesley can be reached at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lesleykellaspayne.com\">http:\/\/www.lesleykellaspayne.com.<\/a> The poem is by Lisel Mueller, a Pulitzer Prize winning poet from Illinois. Both brighten my days.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, When the Light<br \/>\nSometimes, when the light strikes at odd angles<br \/>\nand pulls you back into childhood<\/p>\n<p>and you are passing a crumbling mansion<br \/>\ncompletely hidden behind old willows<\/p>\n<p>or an empty convent guarded by hemlocks<br \/>\nand giant firs standing hip to hip,<\/p>\n<p>you know again that behind that wall,<br \/>\nunder the uncut hair of the willows<\/p>\n<p>something secret is going on,<br \/>\nso marvelous and dangerous<\/p>\n<p>that if you crawled through and saw,<br \/>\nyou would die, or be happy forever.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u201cGreat Mystery &#8230; is an energy that lives within me constantly. It calls to me internally and prompts me to develop or expand specific information or insights for myself and for others. It talks to me through my mental processes, through my intuition and feelings, and through inner visions. 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