{"id":32116,"date":"2018-07-26T02:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/?p=32116"},"modified":"2019-02-02T06:38:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-02T13:38:12","slug":"thursday-july-26-daily-contemplation-thoughts-of-awakening-184","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/thursday-july-26-daily-contemplation-thoughts-of-awakening-184\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts of Awakening # 184"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Appearances are like stories.<br \/>\nThey only seem more real<br \/>\nbecause they seem to be outside of you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But just as you noticed<br \/>\nthat stories are merely stories,<br \/>\nyou can see<br \/>\nthat appearances are stories too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Start by observing appearances<br \/>\nwithout immediately investing belief in them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Withhold belief even a little,<br \/>\nand see if you don&#8217;t start to see<br \/>\nappearances as stories.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~From our Holy Spirit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Appearances are like stories. 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