{"id":1214,"date":"2012-07-15T23:46:22","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T05:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wrestlingwithyourself\/?p=1214"},"modified":"2012-07-15T23:46:22","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T05:46:22","slug":"lip-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wrestlingwithyourself\/2012\/07\/lip-service\/","title":{"rendered":"LIP service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I observed someone telling another that their friend had passed away. \u00a0The other , after hearing the news remarked, \u201cI will hold you and your family in prayer.\u201d \u00a0There was a long silence, as the two sat there in a slightly uncomfortable way. What can one say? \u00a0We say, \u201cRIP\u201d which means Rest In Peace. \u00a0I invite you to look at Life. The larger Life. The whole. The place in you, where conflict, stories, bias, doesn\u2019t exist. \u00a0Sit there, however you get there, whether that is through meditation, chanting, singing, dance, yoga, etc\u2026rest there.<\/p>\n

I encourage you to take a few moments to allow your breath some space to breath. Let it breath. Let it breath you. \u00a0Just allow it. \u00a0As the breath deepens inside of you, open your eyes, if they were closed, and simply observe your breath. Let the mind think if it must. Now as you observe, you will notice the breath, thoughts, senses, things around you, and as the carnival unfolds, begin to notice that everything is passing. \u00a0Simple. Life Is Passing LIP. \u00a0So what is LIP service? \u00a0Your only responsibility is to be in service to that which is passing now. \u00a0Can you allow what is passing in front of you? Whether the observation is that of a angry partner, happy partner. Does it matter? \u00a0If it matters either way, then you are caught in playing God in your life. \u00a0You are Life expressing itself. \u00a0Simply listen, observe, and commune. \u00a0As you are listening, you will discover inspiration. Inspiration means in God\u2019s mind it is done. Everyday each of you is inspired life.<\/p>\n

Your life is passing. How will this affect your listening? Will you listen closely now, or will you hold tight to every word, sound, thing? Or will you observe and listen? \u00a0So on the day when you give your body to the earth, to nourish the plants, and friends are gathered around, they will celebrate a life in passing. That you graced them with inspiration, love, and kindness. That you held on to nothing and loved everything.<\/p>\n

LIFE IS PASSING. Truly<\/p>\n

Questions? Email: semjase64@gmail.com<\/p>\n

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I observed someone telling another that their friend had passed away. \u00a0The other , after hearing the news remarked, \u201cI will hold you and your family in prayer.\u201d \u00a0There was a long silence, as the two sat there in a slightly uncomfortable way. What can one say? \u00a0We say, \u201cRIP\u201d which means Rest In Peace. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1],"tags":[163,845,844,841,843,842,376,387,460],"class_list":["post-1214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spiritual","category-uncategorized","tag-david-matthew-brown","tag-invitation","tag-invite","tag-lip","tag-lip-service","tag-lips","tag-listen","tag-love","tag-observe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wrestlingwithyourself\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wrestlingwithyourself\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wrestlingwithyourself\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wrestlingwithyourself\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wrestlingwithyourself\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wrestlingwithyourself\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wrestlingwithyourself\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wrestlingwithyourself\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wrestlingwithyourself\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}