by Rev Alisha

A New Name

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I’m done with ‘God’, ‘Jesus’, ‘Christ’, ‘Lord’, ‘King’, ‘Father’.
Can’t take it any longer.

I’m letting all of you go
so you might relax, too, and be freed from constantly being a show.
 
Now what if I called you ‘flow’
‘The tingling’
‘The gut’
‘The sensation’
‘The pull’?
What if I called you ‘compassion’ and ‘acceptance’?
What if I called you ‘My seeing’
‘My hearing’
‘The well of belonging’
‘My deepest breathing’?
 
Maybe, then, I could keep believing.

Photo by Judy Baca

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6 responses to “A New Name”

  1. mysticalprayers Avatar
    mysticalprayers

    It’s seem to this old man that perhaps it’s time to be a little kinder to yourself. You’re truly on the right path which isn’t easy but you’ll get there because that is your destiny great and loving soul 🙏❤️

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      alisha

      Beautiful, thank you for this ❤

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  2. Bo Avatar
    Bo

    I resonate a lot with this! There’s a lot of catharsis in letting go of those labels for your experiences of the divine. There’s also something cathartic about reclaiming them on the other side of working the trauma associated with them too, if that’s something you want.

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      Bo

      working through*

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        alisha

        Thanks for this, Bo. I totally agree. It can be really beautiful to reclaim these words and even attach new meaning with them.

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        Bo

        Definitely. I’ve been thinking about doing a series of posts on words that I’ve been able to reclaim actually so it’s funny to come across your post and relate to these exact feelings.

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