{"id":42,"date":"2012-08-03T09:26:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T09:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/?p=42"},"modified":"2012-08-03T09:26:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-03T09:26:00","slug":"the-path-of-no-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordsonsoil.co.za\/?p=42","title":{"rendered":"The path of no resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nIn one way or the other, don’t we all look for the light in the pouring rain?  Time and time again, w<\/span>e keep repeating this unrewarding exercise until we realize that light and warmth cannot be found in a storm – that is life.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\nYet life is a game we absolutely hate to lose. <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\nAt this point, we note that the world outside can be so unkind.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
\nBut we keep counting on someone bigger and stronger….the omnipotent one to carry us through, to free our souls as we drift away removing ourselves from the norm.<\/span><\/p>\n

As we sail on we begin to learn to surrender to a powerfully loving force that keeps pulling us towards Light and i<\/span>nevitably, w<\/span>e grow.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

\nDeepak Chopra puts it simply when he says:<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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\nYou don\u2019t want to stand rigid like a tall oak that cracks and collapses in the storm. Instead, you want to be flexible, like a reed that bends with the storm and survives.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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<\/span>So, yes losing the game should not worry us – some games need to be lost anyway – that creates a blessed balance. Before we know it, in no time we do arrive at a peaceful space where we don’t even see the \u201cgame\u201d and therefore winning or losing matters no more! <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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\nIt is only then that we stop searching.  We slowly and tenderly lean forward and <\/span>learn to follow the path of no resistance: a long and lonely path.  I hear that this path is also rewarding, but I must confess, I still have to experience the rewarding part.<\/span><\/p>\n

Talk about rewarding storms, how healthy they are . . . !<\/span>
\n#lost games#<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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