{"id":35479,"date":"2018-12-06T02:00:49","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T09:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/?p=35479"},"modified":"2019-02-02T07:38:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-02T14:38:54","slug":"thursday-dec-6-thoughts-of-awakening-303","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/thursday-dec-6-thoughts-of-awakening-303\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts of Awakening #303"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Direct experience of joy<br \/>\nrequires direct experience of release.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">One cannot hold to<br \/>\nhabitual mental activity<br \/>\nand know the joy of peace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">One can only know the joy of peace<br \/>\nby choosing to release<br \/>\nthat which obstructs it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Practicing what I teach<br \/>\nis choosing to release.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~From our Holy Spirit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Direct experience of joy requires direct experience of release. 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