{"id":3701,"date":"2014-11-05T03:00:10","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T08:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/?p=3701"},"modified":"2014-11-02T23:24:26","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T04:24:26","slug":"stop-being-knocked-down-by-punishing-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/2014\/11\/stop-being-knocked-down-by-punishing-demands.html","title":{"rendered":"Stop Being Knocked Down by Punishing Demands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Question:<\/strong> My life lately has been a seemingly unending string of \u201cunwanted events.\u201d I keep thinking God is trying to teach me something, or worse, that He is punishing me for something (\u00e0 la Job in the Old Testament!). It\u2019s hard to get knocked down so many times and keep perspective!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong> If we can only remember the following, our lives will be filled with new understanding: The only thing that gets knocked down by an activity expressed in the present moment is an unconscious structure made up of our own past preferences that we are identified with. The new moment is an invitation and an emissary of Truth, not an adversary the way our false nature presently views disturbances and their necessary lessons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: My life lately has been a seemingly unending string of \u201cunwanted events.\u201d I keep thinking God is trying to teach me something, or worse, that He is punishing me for something (\u00e0 la Job in the Old Testament!). It\u2019s hard to get knocked down so many times and keep perspective! 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