{"id":219,"date":"2017-01-15T12:56:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T11:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soulnudging.com\/?p=219"},"modified":"2018-01-15T16:49:32","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T15:49:32","slug":"who-owns-gods-copyright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soulnudging.com\/?p=219","title":{"rendered":"Does God have a copyright ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-\">\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mf m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mj\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mf m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mj\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10\" src=\"http:\/\/soulnudging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/P1290044-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soulnudging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/P1290044-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soulnudging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/P1290044-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/soulnudging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/P1290044-380x285.jpg 380w, https:\/\/soulnudging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/P1290044-285x214.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mf m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mj\">\n<p>Photo: Chris Nunan Photography<\/p>\n<p>I experience, that when debating, discussing or presenting 3P, somehow what we are pointing to, tends to get mixed up with where we are coming from. It sort of filters through our personalities\u00a0 and backgrounds .<\/p>\n<p>As many of us are teachers or coaches we tend to turn into\u00a0 great salesmen and talk less about the principles from our own understanding than from an attempt to get the message &#8220;sold&#8221; and everyone &#8220;buying&#8221; into it.Or &#8211; the other side of the coin: We tend to listen more to other coaches or teachers (especially the successful ones with high standing in the community) than to our own inner voice or understanding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mf m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mj\">\u00a0Great music can be played on expensive Hi-Fi or a kitchen radio &#8211; it&#8217;s still great music.<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-\">\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mf m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mj\">Still, distortion can happen if we confuse big and great with right and true.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-\">\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mf m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mj\">In the coaching business it could be confusing the value of your insight with how big figures you can claim to be earning? Or to which &#8220;special groups&#8221; with &#8220;handpicked members&#8221; you belong. Or which special, fantastic teacher, you&#8217;ve been following.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-\"><\/div>\n<p>It certainly sometimes confuses me! If I get sucked into the game I might start generating stories of need &#8211; I really need this &#8220;x y z&#8221; to &#8220;get it right&#8221; or I may have have to be like my favourite always optimistic coach&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-\">\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mf m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mj\">The one thing that helps me out of this delusion is asking a simple question:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-\">\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mf m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mj\"><em>&#8220;Does God have a copyright ?&#8221;<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-\">\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mf m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mj\">And every time I think this, I know that we all own or have it &#8211; that the message is simple &#8211; don&#8217;t use the &#8220;outside&#8221; to measure life &#8211; the truth sits on the inside &#8211; in you and not in the size of the intellect Ego. ( Note that &#8220;inside&#8221; means that it comes from a spiritual understanding &#8211; the formless &#8211; also called Mind or God)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-\">\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mf m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mj\">That&#8217;s why we call it an inside &#8211; out understanding.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-\">\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mf m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mj\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mf m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mj\">To sum this up here is one of my favourite poems:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-\">\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mf m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mj\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mf m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mj\"><em>We dance round in a ring and suppose,<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-\">\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mf m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mj\"><em>But the Secret sits in the middle and knows.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-\">\n<div class=\"m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mf m_7041187267621451798gmail-m_-4288522309609011516gmail-_1mj\">Robert Frost<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: Chris Nunan Photography I experience, that when debating, discussing or presenting 3P, somehow what we are pointing to, tends to get mixed up with where we are coming from. 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