{"id":3170,"date":"2025-10-12T19:43:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T19:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlinedemoserver14.com\/gayle-dillon\/?p=3170"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:53:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:53:54","slug":"the-first-sacred-secret-live-with-a-spiritual-vision-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlinedemoserver14.com\/gayle-dillon\/2025\/10\/12\/the-first-sacred-secret-live-with-a-spiritual-vision-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Sacred Secret: Live with a Spiritual Vision"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>If you missed class on Tuesday night, you\u2019re in luck \u2014 the journey has only just begun!<\/strong> The first session was rich, engaging, and full of heart. We had an amazing turnout, and I\u2019m so grateful for everyone who showed up. My sincere apologies to those who tried to join us on Zoom and couldn\u2019t get in. I had no idea my plan had a limit on attendees \u2014 but that\u2019s been fixed! We now have plenty of space for everyone to join us, whether you\u2019d like to be with us in person at Light on the Mountains or tune in from the comfort of home.<\/p>\r\n<p>And just a gentle reminder: this is a\u00a0<strong>FREE class<\/strong>\u00a0offered as part of our Stewardship campaign \u2014 a gift from our Leadership Council to our whole community.\u00a0<strong>ALL ARE WELCOME.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>The Second Sacred Secret: Discover Your Inner Truth<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>It\u2019s so easy, isn\u2019t it, to look outside ourselves and point to all the reasons why life is the way it is. We can spend a lot of time blaming circumstances, other people, the past, or even the state of the world. But the deeper spiritual invitation \u2014 the one that leads to real transformation \u2014 is to look within.<\/p>\r\n<p>Now, I know some of you might be thinking,\u00a0<em>\u201cBut I\u2019m not responsible for _________ (fill in the blank).\u201d<\/em>\u00a0And you may be right. Yet the deeper truth is this: while we may not be responsible for everything that happens,\u00a0<strong>we are always responsible for how we respond<\/strong>. That is where our power lives.<\/p>\r\n<p>Real growth happens when we have the courage to be radically honest with ourselves \u2014 to pause long enough to notice what\u2019s really going on inside, how we\u2019re truly feeling, and how we\u2019re reacting to what\u2019s happening around us.<\/p>\r\n<p>Think about it:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>How often do we complain to our best friend about our partner, instead of sitting down and having an honest, heartfelt conversation with the person who upset us?<\/li>\r\n<li>How often do we whine about our job, rather than recognizing we have the power to choose \u2014 to seek something new, or to shift our perspective and find gratitude for the opportunities it provides?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Every time we turn inward and take responsibility for our inner world, we reclaim our creative power. We stop being victims of life and start becoming conscious participants in it. That\u2019s the spiritual work \u2014 and the invitation of this teaching.<\/p>\r\n<p>Here\u2019s a practice to help you<strong> Discover Your Inner Truth:<\/strong>\u00a0take time to gently and honestly explore what\u2019s true for you. Notice where you might be reacting instead of responding. Pay attention to the stories you\u2019re telling yourself and whether they still serve you. And most importantly, give yourself permission to tell yourself the truth \u2014 even if it\u2019s uncomfortable.<\/p>\r\n<p>The more willing we are to look within, the more freedom, peace, and possibility we create in our lives. Your inner truth is not something you need to find \u201cout there\u201d \u2014 it\u2019s already within you, waiting to be seen and lived.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you missed class on Tuesday night, you\u2019re in luck \u2014 the journey has only just begun! The first session was rich, engaging, and full of heart. We had an amazing turnout, and I\u2019m so grateful for everyone who showed up. My sincere apologies to those who tried to join us on Zoom and couldn\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinedemoserver14.com\/gayle-dillon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinedemoserver14.com\/gayle-dillon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinedemoserver14.com\/gayle-dillon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinedemoserver14.com\/gayle-dillon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinedemoserver14.com\/gayle-dillon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlinedemoserver14.com\/gayle-dillon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3171,"href":"https:\/\/onlinedemoserver14.com\/gayle-dillon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3170\/revisions\/3171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinedemoserver14.com\/gayle-dillon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlinedemoserver14.com\/gayle-dillon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinedemoserver14.com\/gayle-dillon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlinedemoserver14.com\/gayle-dillon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}