{"id":948,"date":"2011-10-06T03:00:17","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T07:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lettinggo\/?p=948"},"modified":"2011-10-03T23:35:14","modified_gmt":"2011-10-04T03:35:14","slug":"realize-a-new-kind-of-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/2011\/10\/realize-a-new-kind-of-unity.html","title":{"rendered":"Realize a New Kind of Unity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The more we awaken to how inwardly divided we actually are &#8212; and start to see all of the forces randomly operating within us, with no guidance apart from the &#8220;good&#8221; each separate self desires at the moment &#8212; the more we realize the need for a new kind of unity, a wholeness we are unable to create by ourselves, within ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>With this new understanding comes the dawning that the only way to accomplish our higher intentions in life is to start embracing God&#8217;s intention for us to be whole and conscious creatures. Our will must be redirected, married to a greater one.<\/p>\n<p>In this gradual redirection of our &#8220;willingness,&#8221; a new sense of self begins to surface in us; no longer do we struggle to will ourselves into being strong or righteous; no more do we turn on ourselves for our &#8220;weakness.&#8221; These former choices, once thought of as being part of what we needed to succeed with our intention, are now recognized as being part of the problem and not the solution. 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