{"id":111904,"date":"2024-04-03T15:53:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T22:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/?p=111904"},"modified":"2024-04-03T16:05:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T23:05:05","slug":"when-did-you-become-so-spiritual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/archives\/111904-when-did-you-become-so-spiritual","title":{"rendered":"When Did You Become So Spiritual?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Poem by Agapi Stassinopoulos<\/p>\n

When did you become spiritual? They ask me<\/p>\n

And I ask myself indeed when did I become spiritual?<\/p>\n

I hear my inner voice say you were born spiritual you\u2019ve been a spirit for eons and millions of times<\/p>\n

And then you forgot and married the matter, the flesh, the ego, the glamor, the world, it was never a happy marriage You always felt there was something more<\/p>\n

There was maybe someone else you looked around and there was always more but more of the same!!!<\/p>\n

One Day you broke down into the pavement of your school and did a headstand in the middle of the gym and everybody admired you and said wow isn\u2019t she something She can do a headstand on the pavement on the cement<\/p>\n

You wanted to show the world that there was something more in you than just being pulled down by gravity<\/p>\n

But then you forgot again and you let gravity pull you down<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard it\u2019s hard to take off the garments of the world it\u2019s hard it\u2019s hard to walk naked and be in your majesty of your spirit<\/p>\n

When did you become\u00a0 Spiritual, they ask me<\/p>\n

And I answer<\/p>\n

When the world stopped giving me what I thought I wanted when my dream of being a famous star, an actress on the stage, celebrated, adored, and applauded, when that dream collapsed, and there was nothing that the world was giving me. I had to turn inside I had to ask there must be something more I can\u2019t just be forgotten and denied<\/p>\n

And I looked and I knocked on the door and I knocked again, and I heard the voice say stop knocking, stop, banging your head against the wall<\/p>\n

Just stand tall inside of you<\/p>\n

And do your inner summersaults<\/p>\n

And let the spirit in you pull you up, defy gravity of your existence<\/p>\n

Define your very existence with one look, with one touch, with one breath<\/p>\n

You can overcome the Maya of the world, remembering the one that led you here to this moment<\/p>\n

You!<\/p>\n

Beloved, cherished and welcomed<\/p>\n

Celebrated in the inner worlds<\/p>\n

Beyond where you placed your attention before<\/p>\n

We are here together<\/p>\n

Hold my hand \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We will do handstands on people’s hearts, and show them that they too can defy gravity and collapse their walls<\/p>\n

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