{"id":111651499,"date":"2023-03-30T14:11:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T14:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=111651499"},"modified":"2023-03-30T14:11:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T14:11:45","slug":"the-illuminating-spark-spiritual-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/?p=111651499","title":{"rendered":"The Illuminating Spark: Spiritual Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A poem about the sacredness in small things.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/50a089d8-428d-416f-8adf-32bc794dc9ca_2298x3447.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>(Image description: A photo of a heart-shaped flame in the darkness.) Credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@marekpiwnicki?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Marek Piwnicki<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/flame-heart?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spiritual Things<\/h3><p>What is \u201cspiritual\u201d?<\/p><p>Three syllables<\/p><p>Brief, yet profoundly deep<\/p><p>I can\u2019t name what is spiritual<\/p><p>Infinite in its forms<\/p><p>At times ineffable<\/p><p>It\u2019s more of a sensation<\/p><p>The surprise of green leaves<\/p><p>that weren\u2019t there yesterday<\/p><p>but catch your eyes\u2019 delight<\/p><p>Whispered blessing over coffee<\/p><p>the stir of a spoon<\/p><p>now a gentle arc of a pilgrimage<\/p><p>The sliding of sleeves onto arms<\/p><p>as a favorite garment is donned<\/p><p>only to be missed when not in use<\/p><p>The soft jingle of earrings<\/p><p>as fingers brush against them<\/p><p>like tiny bells calling lost loved ones<\/p><p>Small things<\/p><p>near infinite things<\/p><p>lighting the flame of my heart<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poem about the sacredness in small things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111651499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111651499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111651499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111651499\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111651499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111651499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.illuminatingspark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111651499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}