{"id":1688,"date":"2022-05-15T13:45:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T20:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=1688"},"modified":"2022-09-04T09:47:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T16:47:16","slug":"the-chalice-of-my-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2022\/05\/15\/the-chalice-of-my-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chalice of My Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/rey-proenza-yGoq9a9b3G4-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/rey-proenza-yGoq9a9b3G4-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/rey-proenza-yGoq9a9b3G4-unsplash.jpg 550w, https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/rey-proenza-yGoq9a9b3G4-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>The Chalice of My Awareness<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">I was searching<br \/>\nfor an Entrance to<br \/>\nThe Mystery<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">when I<br \/>\nstumbled into<br \/>\none from the<br \/>\nbusiness end of<br \/>\nmy Sacred Couch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">It came to me,<br \/>\nbetween naps,<br \/>\nto attempt to<br \/>\nmeditate,<br \/>\nthough I suspected<br \/>\nthat would lead,<br \/>\ninexorably,<br \/>\nto another nap.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">It further came to me<br \/>\nthat I should hold<br \/>\na Mantra<br \/>\nin the Chalice of<br \/>\nMy Awareness<br \/>\nthat went something<br \/>\nlike this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">I Am<br \/>\nWho<br \/>\nI Am<br \/>\nWho<br \/>\nI Am.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">I knew<br \/>\nI should cover<br \/>\nthe Chalice,<br \/>\nthat thoughts<br \/>\nthat I should be<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">other or<br \/>\nbetter or<br \/>\ndifferent than<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">I Am<br \/>\nWho<br \/>\nI Am<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">could simply<br \/>\nevaporate,<br \/>\nwithout corrupting<br \/>\nthe Elixir in<br \/>\nthe Chalice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Sure enough,<br \/>\nin a handful of<br \/>\nmoments<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">I awoke,<br \/>\ndeep in<br \/>\nThe Mystery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">I recognized<br \/>\nthe laughter<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">at the notion<br \/>\nthat I should be<br \/>\nother or<br \/>\nbetter or<br \/>\ndifferent than<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">I Am<br \/>\nWho<br \/>\nI Am.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">(Photo by Rey Proenza; UnSplash)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Chalice of My Awareness I was searching for an Entrance to The Mystery when I stumbled into one from the business end of my Sacred Couch. It came to me, between naps, to attempt to meditate, though I suspected that would lead, inexorably, to another nap. It further came to me that I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1688"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2045,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1688\/revisions\/2045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}