{"id":5391,"date":"2017-06-12T12:01:26","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T16:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/?p=5391"},"modified":"2017-06-11T18:35:17","modified_gmt":"2017-06-11T22:35:17","slug":"jump-divine-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/2017\/06\/jump-divine-wind.html","title":{"rendered":"Jump Into the Divine Wind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Life will fill whatever you empty\u2014and whatever you fill, life will empty. That\u2019s the code\u2014the higher understanding required for spiritual contentment all wrapped in mystery and filled with bittersweet contradiction.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all been spelled out once you learn to see. There\u2019s no sense in trying to save yourself by holding out. Besides, nothing you\u2019ve managed to hold on to has yet filled that hole in your soul, has it? So, why fight the wind when you can join it?<\/p>\n<p>Be as you\u2019re made to be: like a reed\u2014hollow but whole. It\u2019s not just easier, it\u2019s much more profitable. Then let the winds change their direction; it won\u2019t matter anymore which course they take because the more they play you, the more you get to play.<\/p>\n<p><em>When you\u2019re wide open, everything blows your way.<\/em> After all, nothing can shatter emptiness or steal its peace.<\/p>\n<p>Offer yourself to the wind\u2014and then jump in!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life will fill whatever you empty\u2014and whatever you fill, life will empty. That\u2019s the code\u2014the higher understanding required for spiritual contentment all wrapped in mystery and filled with bittersweet contradiction. It\u2019s all been spelled out once you learn to see. There\u2019s no sense in trying to save yourself by holding out. Besides, nothing you\u2019ve managed&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[672,2],"tags":[63,15,837,70,361,2789,269],"class_list":["post-5391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-changetransformation","category-letting-go","tag-emptiness","tag-freedom","tag-growth","tag-happiness","tag-holding-on","tag-opening-yourself","tag-wholeness"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jump Into the Divine Wind - Letting Go with Guy Finley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/2017\/06\/jump-divine-wind.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jump Into the Divine Wind - Letting Go with Guy Finley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Life will fill whatever you empty\u2014and whatever you fill, life will empty. 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