{"id":5606,"date":"2011-10-03T04:13:42","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T04:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/?p=5606"},"modified":"2011-10-03T04:13:42","modified_gmt":"2011-10-03T04:13:42","slug":"the-chrysalis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/the-chrysalis\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chrysalis ~"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In yoga class\u00a0Sevara&#8217;s wise words to a student reminded me of this\u00a0lesson from nature ~\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here is an article to share from the Om website entitled ~ Mystery of Transformation &#8211; The Butterfly Chrysalis ~\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In our human lives, we sometimes find ourselves in the chrysalis state. During those times, whether we realize it or not, much of our energy is consumed with an inner transition.<\/p>\n<p>If you see a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis, the temptation may be to help it break out. But the physical challenge of this part of the process is necessary for the butterfly to build its strength so that it can survive outside the chrysalis. The same is true of us. Sometimes we have to labor on our own to discover the force we need to be our new selves in the world. Similarly, when seeing friends or family members struggling, it&#8217;s easy to become impatient and want to help with their emergence, but we have to learn to let others make their own way. Taking on the challenge of liberating ourselves directly enables us to thrive in our new freedom. Sometimes the greatest supports we can offer others and ourselves are patience and quiet confidence in the process unfolding, along with faith that the result will be extraordinary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In yoga class\u00a0Sevara&#8217;s wise words to a student reminded me of this\u00a0lesson from nature ~\u00a0 Here is an article to share from the Om website entitled ~ Mystery of Transformation &#8211; The Butterfly Chrysalis ~\u00a0 In our human lives, we sometimes find ourselves in the chrysalis state. During those times, \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/the-chrysalis\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,8],"tags":[4452],"class_list":["post-5606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-people","category-spirituality","tag-transformation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5606"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5607,"href":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5606\/revisions\/5607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/divineearth.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}