{"id":2080,"date":"2012-12-05T03:00:57","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T08:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lettinggo\/?p=2080"},"modified":"2012-12-02T19:26:09","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T00:26:09","slug":"a-prayer-for-real-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/2012\/12\/a-prayer-for-real-strength.html","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer for Real Strength"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we start to see that there is very little that&#8217;s constant in us, very little to be counted on in times of crisis (inwardly or outwardly), the tendency is to fall back into some kind of self-loathing or blaming of life in one way or another. But, if we begin to see that this fall-back &#8220;self&#8221; is just as illusory (and void of quality) as the one it decries, then comes the moment of real decision: to see&#8230;or not to see; and to see is to hold to our growing understanding that we couldn&#8217;t be shown our relative nothingness &#8212; or such darkness (as the case may be given the moment) &#8212; were it not for the presence of Light within us that reveals the same. In these trials belief plays no part; in fact, these trials are a kind of crucifixion of beliefs because we see we can no longer believe in ourselves or in the sensation of some iconic rescuing force; we are where we are, experiencing what we are, because of what we have loved up until this point.<\/p>\n<p>For maybe the first time the soul is awakened to its actual condition of having been asleep while its vessel has been overtaken and victimized by a host of wayward natures that know nothing of the &#8220;love&#8221; they imitate. We see what is, and realize what can no longer be\u2026even as we see we haven&#8217;t the power to change the condition (of ourselves). NOW the soul, seeing its actual condition, calls out in earnest for its Father, its Mother&#8230;saying: &#8220;I have wandered far and been foolish with what you have given to me. I want to come home; I wish to live with you where I know nothing can come into our home and compromise me. I need real strength, not silly dreams about powers to come.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Such prayers &#8212; these true supplications &#8212; are &#8220;heard&#8221; in heaven&#8230; and what was asunder is once again made whole by Love in action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we start to see that there is very little that&#8217;s constant in us, very little to be counted on in times of crisis (inwardly or outwardly), the tendency is to fall back into some kind of self-loathing or blaming of life in one way or another. 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