{"id":688,"date":"2010-11-06T19:58:57","date_gmt":"2010-11-07T01:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lucidtmedia.com\/journal\/?p=688"},"modified":"2010-11-06T19:58:57","modified_gmt":"2010-11-07T01:58:57","slug":"19-why-are-you-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lucidtmedia.com\/journal\/19-why-are-you-here\/","title":{"rendered":"19. Why are you here?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li>Soaring requires well-tested wings of commitment &amp; purpose.<\/li>\n<hr\/>\n<li>Testing intentions invites conscious clarity &amp; only feels like criticism when unprepared to respond to such a challenge.<\/li>\n<hr\/>\n<li>&#8220;Why are you here?&#8221; Is not rejection or exclusion, rather invitation to more deeply own commitment &amp; purpose<\/li>\n<hr\/>\n<li>&#8220;Why are you doing that?&#8221; Is not criticism, but the opportunity to become grounded in the prayer behind the deeds.<\/li>\n<hr\/>\n<li>&#8220;Why are you saying that?&#8221; Is not silencing with shame, but the wind needed for words to take resonant flight.<\/li>\n<hr\/>\n<li>&#8220;Why should we consider this proposal?&#8221; Be prepared to light vision aflame &amp; fan vivid embers into their hearts.<\/li>\n<hr\/>\n<li>Thus, silently ring the  bells of intention &amp; transparently fly the flag of purpose for  thoughts, words &amp; deeds to stand under.<\/li>\n<hr\/>\n<li>Hearing the silent calling  of creative inspiration, the air &amp; water of earth becomes alive,  &amp; the soul sings on moist lips.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soaring requires well-tested wings of commitment &amp; purpose. Testing intentions invites conscious clarity &amp; only feels like criticism when unprepared to respond to such a challenge. &#8220;Why are you here?&#8221; Is not rejection or exclusion, rather invitation to more deeply own commitment &amp; purpose &#8220;Why are you doing that?&#8221; Is not criticism, but the opportunity &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lucidtmedia.com\/journal\/19-why-are-you-here\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">19. Why are you here?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tao-of-the-arisen-son"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucidtmedia.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucidtmedia.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucidtmedia.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucidtmedia.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucidtmedia.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lucidtmedia.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":689,"href":"https:\/\/lucidtmedia.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688\/revisions\/689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucidtmedia.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucidtmedia.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucidtmedia.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}