{"id":527,"date":"2011-06-06T07:00:56","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lettinggo\/?p=527"},"modified":"2011-06-05T21:17:03","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T01:17:03","slug":"we-are-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/2011\/06\/we-are-the-world.html","title":{"rendered":"We Are the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While there is no denying our world is becoming more and more cruel, there is also no denying that we are the world. Neither our individual world nor the global one can change until the connection between <em>what we experience<\/em> and <em>who we are <\/em>is no longer denied. This is why we must have a new knowledge. Spiritual knowledge isn\u2019t something mysterious or out of this world. In fact, spiritual understanding is the most important and practical knowledge a person can possess. It is ultimately what we know about ourselves, about who we really are, that determines the quality of our life.<\/p>\n<p>The truth is we cannot separate our answers from our actions and our actions from their results. They may appear to be individual in their operation because they often occur at different times, but they are really one thing. \u201cAs ye sow, so shall ye reap\u201d\u2026 what you sow is your knowledge, what you reap is your results. This spiritual knowledge shows us the great importance of reconsidering what we think we know. Life is trying to reach us and teach us, through our experience of it, that we need new and true answers. Any new and true answer is a special kind of intelligent, personal shelter that effortlessly keeps out what is harmful and keeps in what is healthy and life-giving.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While there is no denying our world is becoming more and more cruel, there is also no denying that we are the world. Neither our individual world nor the global one can change until the connection between what we experience and who we are is no longer denied. 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