{"id":2247,"date":"2011-12-30T20:20:45","date_gmt":"2011-12-31T01:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/?p=2247"},"modified":"2013-09-13T19:10:42","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T23:10:42","slug":"the-fire-of-the-miraculous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/?p=2247","title":{"rendered":"“The Fire of the Miraculous”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Feeling a little depressed, I watched Marianne Williamson speaking about the Occupy movement<\/a> in Berkeley California.\u00a0 The talk lasts for an hour but it\u2019s well worth listening to. I heard something that resonated for me, stopped and replayed it several times while I did my best to write down the words.<\/p>\n

I talk about the speech in an earlier post<\/a> and quoted something I really liked:
\nShe said of our trying to take on the 1%,\u00a0 \u201cTHEY have the power, THEY have the technology, THEY have the money \u2026 what do we have?\u00a0 We have what the Abolitionists had, what the Suffragettes had, what the Civil Rights activists had\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 a better idea.\u201d<\/p>\n

She goes on to say: \u201cThis better idea calls forth cosmic forces.\u00a0 If you believe that your power resides in anything other than the deep moral validity of your argument, you are not carrying with you the cosmic resource that will enable you to transcend the normal externalized powers that would other wise hold you back…\u00a0 We are here from a deep place…\u00a0 We are the stewards of American democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was so powerful when she said it.\u00a0 I try to read it and know what it means intellectually, here\u2019s a restatement in my own words – \u201cknowing that your power is rooted in your conviction of its deep moral validity gives you great strength.\u00a0 The strength to withstand the powers that operate so strongly in the visible material world\u201d \u2014 but even better is to listen to her saying it.\u00a0 Go to the YouTube video<\/a> and (if you don\u2019t want to listen to the whole thing) go to about 35 minutes.\u00a0 \u201cThe Fire of the Miraculous!\u201d\u00a0 YES!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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