{"id":1344,"date":"2012-09-02T22:06:32","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T04:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wrestlingwithyourself\/?p=1344"},"modified":"2012-09-02T22:06:32","modified_gmt":"2012-09-03T04:06:32","slug":"the-naked-mystic-give-up-your-clothes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wrestlingwithyourself\/2012\/09\/the-naked-mystic-give-up-your-clothes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Naked Mystic: Give Up Your Clothes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Let us look at the EGO (Electing God Out) as different clothes we try on. \u00a0And we will look at the heart as being undiscovered, naked. \u00a0The EGO which uses itself to keep us safe or simply to protect us from them out there has lost its meaning. \u00a0The ego has worked for hard for many centuries to do this job. \u00a0It\u2019s original job before we fell, was to work with the Soul to teach us and guide us. \u00a0We entering a shift now on our planet, whether you believe it or not, whether you care about it or not, it is happening. \u00a0Things are shifting. \u00a0We are leaving what we have been told we are, to returning back to Love. \u00a0This little dialogue may help you discover why you may be scared.<\/p>\n

The Master final said to the student, \u201cI want to know your heart\u201d.
\nThe Student replied, \u201cBut that is a scary place Master.\u201d
\nThe Master smiled, \u201cWe all must leave what we have known, to discover we did not know anything. You are not scared of the heart, you are scared to leave all you have known behind.\u201d<\/p>\n

This simple story illustrates what Jesus, Buddha, taught us on their journey. Jesus suggested that we leave ourselves behind and pick up our cross. \u00a0To me this means that we have to drop our ego\u2019s, small minded lives, and live now. Live naked in our hearts. That process is a process. It is moment to moment. \u00a0Be gentle with yourself. \u00a0Be kind..<\/p>\n

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The Master final said to the student, “I want to know your heart”.
\nThe Student replied, “But that is a scary place Master.”
\nThe Master smiled, “We all must leave what we have known, to discover we did not know anything. You are not scared of the heart, you are scared to leave all you have known behind.”<\/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":[163,285,296,373,421,986,985,987,988,942,672,725],"class_list":["post-1344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spiritual","category-uncategorized","tag-david-matthew-brown","tag-heart","tag-holy","tag-light","tag-mind","tag-politics-2012","tag-scary","tag-shine","tag-shining","tag-the-naked-mystic","tag-truth","tag-wrestling-with-yourself"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wrestlingwithyourself\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344","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=1344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wrestlingwithyourself\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wrestlingwithyourself\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wrestlingwithyourself\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wrestlingwithyourself\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}