{"id":4184,"date":"2015-06-10T03:00:59","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T07:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/?p=4184"},"modified":"2015-06-08T22:06:03","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T02:06:03","slug":"reaching-heavens-shore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/2015\/06\/reaching-heavens-shore.html","title":{"rendered":"Reaching Heaven\u2019s Shore"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just as a ship lost at sea must make a course correction if it hopes to reach a safe harbor, so must the aspirant be willing to be corrected by life for there to be any hope of sighting heaven\u2019s shore. And it isn\u2019t really so much that life itself corrects us as it is that it serves to reveal us to ourselves.<\/em> When it does, the choice is ours whether to be self-correcting or deflect the light of revelation that calls for us to change. And when we consider that there can be no real correction without this light shining within us, then\u2014in some strange and mysterious way\u2014its action must be part of our perfection process.<\/p>\n

This is why refusing correction\u2014the rejection of any moment that shows us the need to let go of who and what we\u2019ve been up until that moment\u2014is the same as refusing the invitation to realize a conscious relationship with one\u2019s immortal Self. After all, what else is the illumination of any dark, limiting state within us if not an invitation\u2014by the same light that reveals it\u2014to outgrow the parts of us that have agreed to give it a home?<\/p>\n

Each time we let go and grow in this way, it isn\u2019t so much that we have learned something new as it is we\u2019ve agreed to be made whole. With each correction that we can see needs to be made\u2014and that we then agree to make within us\u2014our heart and mind are brought into a new relationship with the light that reveals this need. In this way we not only join ourselves to the light, but it unites us. We are made holy.<\/p>\n

Welcome correction; choose to be teachable. If the light can\u2019t touch you, it can\u2019t show you the wholeness of your immortal Self.<\/p>\n

www.YourImmortalSelf.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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