by Lori | Aug 31, 2025 | Blog
Recently, I watched the 2011 movie The Adjustment Bureau staring Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie and Terence Stamp. Billed as a science fiction romantic thriller, the spiritual aspects of the movie are what intrigue me.
The premise is that we humans are at the effect of The Adjustment Bureau which is tasked with keeping us on track for the highest plan and to intervene or manipulate situations when the highest plan changes. The beings in the Adjustment Bureau are similar to guarding angels and the entity that is never actually called God or Source is the Chairman of the Board.
In the opening scene, we are introduced to Damon’s character, David Noriss, who is a Congressman from New York who runs for Senate. It is election night and he lost. He is getting ready to make his concession speech when he runs into the intriguing modern dancer, Elise Sellas, played by Blunt. They have an immediate connection and her devil-may-care attitude inspires David to improvise his speech in a way that is relatable to the electorate.
The Plan included this meeting and the inspiration but not a relationship. The Adjustment Bureau agents have a few missteps and have to intervene to not allow David and Elise to be together. The Adjustment Bureau has to reveal itself to David and, in a not very divine-feeling-way, Stamp’s character, Thompson, threatens David if he tries to contact Elise again. Thompson also shares with David that the reason The Bureau keeps such a close eye on The Plan and the manifestation of The Plan, is because humans messed it up so badly in the past that The Bureau had to step in to save the day.
A few years later, it is time for David to run for Senate again and he decides to reach out to Elise and to have a relationship with her regardless of The Plan. David’s main Adjustment Bureau agent, Harry Mitchell, played by Mackie, decides to help David find Elise under the radar screen of the Bureau.
Although the movie received mixed reviews, I enjoyed it. There are two take aways from the movie that I want to highlight today.
When David is asking Thompson why he and Elise can’t be together, why The Bureau cares, Thompson says that both David and Elise would be so happy with each other that they wouldn’t strive for more success and greatness. David would settle for not being a Senator and for not reaching for the presidency. For Elise, instead of becoming a world-famous dancer and choreographer, she would be happy to simply teach elementary school girls to dance.
Notwithstanding the possibility that the highest plan was for David to be in politics and for Elise to be world-famous dancer, it struck me as judgmental that bigger and better, in a third dimensional sense, would always be the highest plan. Why couldn’t teaching young girls to dance be the highest plan? Even more so, why is being happy and in a loving relationship not part of the highest plan? Is being miserable really the highest plan? Definitely something to ponder and ask what our mirrors might be regarding the highest plan and/or for clarity on issues to manifest the highest plan.
The second take away for me, of course, comes with the ending. As Harry is delivering the good news to the couple from the Chairman, he says, “Maybe one day we won’t write the plan, you will.” This is another great piece to take to our meditation chair. What false beliefs and patterns of behavior do we need to change in order for The Plan, The Highest Plan, to be not only something we strive to manifest but we are in such alignment with all of Creation and all of Source, that we are creating the plan as well as manifesting it? If this triggers any issues, just take it to the Chairman of Your Board and make the appropriate adjustments.
Gratitude to fdsfe67854 with Pixabay.com for the image above.
by Lori | Jul 13, 2025 | Blog
My favorite Indiana Jones movie is the third one in the franchise, Indian Jones and the Last Crusade. I think it is my favorite because of Sean Connery’s portrayal of Indy’s father, Professor Henry Jones. For me, Connery plays this character perfectly, so against type for his earlier role as James Bond. The interplay between Indiana, played by Harrison Ford, and Connery is wonderful. They have definitely set the hook for me for pure entertainment.
Recently, I remembered the scene where Indy, trying to locate the Holy Grail, the cup Jesus used for the last supper, has to take a leap of faith.
In the movie, Indy has his usual clues and the usual need to perform certain actions no matter what in order to be successful in his quest. The leap of faith test comes when he is looking at an entrance to a cavern across a wide chasm. The little voice in his head is telling him he needs to believe in order to take the leap of faith, but his eyes only see the chasm.
Without too much hesitation, Indy steps into the chasm only to find that the chasm is an illusion. Or at least there is a bridge over the chasm which is easy to see once the illusion of empty space is revealed.
Remembering this scene makes me wonder what illusions I am still holding onto because I trust my 3D senses more than I trust my inner knowingness. I am not sure I am yet trusting enough to step into the chasm of Indian Jones and the Last Crusade but maybe I am willing to trust my guidance more and more about what truly must be in my highest good even when the 3D illusion is implying that it isn’t.
I am adding “faith” and “leap of faith” to my resonances and asking to be open to knowing when it is time to take the leap of faith and when it is time to still be grounded in the five senses I am experiencing in this Illusion of the third dimensional world. We are at an interesting crossroad in human evolution. Some actions are still experienced in the illusion, but we can ask what we are to infer from the information regardless of what the illusion implies. The power still resides with us, not the illusion. The more we believe this, the more we will become comfortable with the leap of faith. And the more the leap of faith will simply be faith. No leaping required.
Gratitude to Sasint from Pixabay.com for the above image.
by Lori | Jun 13, 2025 | Blog
At this time of Breakdown for Breakthrough, many of us have fears and stress regarding how quickly the breakdown seems to be coming without much evidence of the breakthrough. We have been taught the concept of “As Within, So Without.” We need to be willing to breakdown the systems within ourselves in order to see the breakthrough within AND in our outer world. We need to be in Divine Allowing and Divine Detachment regarding how others are out picturing their own process of Breakdown for Breakthrough. It is not for us to judge how others are experiencing their particular transformation at this point in human existence. Our priority is to work with our own Sacred Change.
How do we breakdown the systems within ourselves without losing all ability to function in the 3D world? This is a really good question. As always, we follow guidance. The guidance we should be seeking is to help us determine the highest plan for the speed and depth with which we are willing to address old beliefs, old emotions, old behaviors, and the experiment in duality, without losing the ability to function in the world. Remember that the Christ teaches us to be in the world but not of it. We want to be able to function in the world for a few different reasons.
The first reason is that it is through navigating in this world that we realize the areas we still need to heal. We get our buttons pushed and this reveals an issue we still need to address. The second reason we want to be able to function in the world is because that is currently the physical experience we signed up for. We volunteered to be here for the specific reason that would serve our own evolution and to serve the evolution of our species, the whole planet and the entirety of creation. We all have a piece of the puzzle for all of creation. Your soul may have other information for your awareness regarding why you are still in the experiment of duality. We encourage you to dialog with your soul for any insights.
Asking for guidance for the speed at which to address these issues does not mean we ignore these beliefs, emotions and behaviors that need to change. It is a realization that our Souls know, and that our lower selves might need reminding, that pushing too hard is not the highest plan. Placing ourselves in spiritual crisis is not the highest plan.
However, sticking our heads in the sand with the unwillingness to be uncomfortable with the introspection is not the highest plan, either. Ignoring our issues for too long may lead us to need to take more drastic action steps or to leave us with lower frequency choices.
We suggest working with the resonances of Divine Balance, Divine Non-Judgment and Divine Detachment in order to navigate between the extremes of punishing ourselves or limiting our sensual experiences and over indulgence of the sensual experiences.
We really want to allow for the path of Sacred Change which leads to Ascension. Everyone’s path for Sacred Change is going to be different. However, having more love, more compassion and understanding for what we are all experiencing is a good start for our Sacred Change. Here is a beautiful song to help us remember that loving more is part of our sacred change.
“Let’s Love Louder (Sacred Change)” by Bliss Looper, Hannah Lou Woods
When you’re lost or feeling low
Don’t be scared, you’re not alone
I’m with you there in this space
Through this dusk time is never ending
Sacred change
You are never alone in this dusk
Time is never ending sacred change
Some things I can’t control
Sometimes I just don’t know
Seems like everywhere I go something’s starting
Guidance is on the way if I listen to what they say
Take a deep breath and stay open hearted
When nothing remains the same
And you look for someone to blame hold the space for the pain
When hearts get harder let’s love louder
When hearts get harder let’s love louder
Tears may fall on your face
Things may feel like they keep moving in and out of place
Your life may need to rearrange
I’m with you there through this
Dance of time is never ending
Let’s love louder, sacred change
Let’s love louder, sacred change
Times get harder
Let’s love louder
When thoughts grow darker
Let’s love stronger
When hearts grow bitter
Let’s love sweeter
When you can’t seem to find your way
And you don’t know what to say
Take a deep breath and stay
Open hearted
When life isn’t in control
And we’re dancing with the unknown
Take a deep breath
Let go and love louder
Time is never ending sacred change
Let’s Love Louder (Sacred Change) (feat. Hannah Lou Woods)
Gratitude to Walter Bruneel 888 with Pixabay.com for the image above.
by Lori | Jun 2, 2025 | Blog
Author’s note. This blog entry combines musings from a blog entry from March 2015, last night’s Sunday Night Healing Circle and my soul’s guidance. Enjoy!
Do you ever wonder about the soundbites you hear in the media, from politicians or even from your own guidance? Soundbites like “we need to do something about income inequality”. And from our own guidance, the sound bite of “hold more serenity and release judgment of self and others?” The problem is you don’t normally hear the next 10 sentences that might actually give you some ideas or some action steps to work with these good ideas.
When I heard from my guidance that I needed to have and hold more “serenity” and to “release judgment of self and others” I thought “what are the next 10 sentences.”
This is what I was told.
The Christ teaches us that judgment is THE block to knowing ourselves as Source.
Our lower self looks out at the world and judges a situation. Is the situation good or bad? Does it affect me or my loved ones? Does it affect my livelihood and my way of life? Does it challenge the way I look at myself or the world?
Instead, our Souls look inward and discern, “what is my truth? What is the universal truth regarding this situation? What is in the highest good of all in this situation?” These are the type of questions that concern us at the Soul Level.
Next, the lower self looks out at the outer world situation and judges who is to blame for the situation. Can I be viewed as the victim and therefore, blameless? If it isn’t my fault or “they” started it, can I be viewed as justified, if I retaliate?
Again, our Souls look inward and discern, “what do I need to do to raise my vibration and the vibration of all to heal the situation?” Our Souls aren’t concerned about keeping a scorecard, who may or may not have started it, who may or may not have dirt on their hands. The Souls are concerned about returning to when all we felt was love. There is no scorecard. We aren’t playing for keeps. We are just playing. Life on earth is a grand experiment and illusion.
Of course, those last few statements sound like new age sound bites. So here are the next few sentences. Use the techniques you have been exposed to in energy classes, healing circles and by listening to your guidance to raise your vibration. It can be as easy as choosing one higher frequency action over a lower frequency action every day to help. You know what the higher frequency action is. For instance, listening to soothing music vs scrolling through your news feed. You can join a Reiki Circle or practice your favorite hobby, take a walk outside in nature or enjoy a good book. Or almost any action that keeps your blood pressure stable vs. scrolling through your news feed.
Finally, the lower self looks out and asks, “How can I save face?” The Soul isn’t concerned about saving face, it is ONLY concerned about learning all that can be learned in the experiment zone, wrapping up the experiment and recognizing the Love and the Light in Everyone and Everything.
Our souls want us to work with discernment and non-judgment instead of hold on to old judgments. In discernment we can tell black from white, up from down without judging either as good or bad. They are just different. Being able to discern one thing from another is going to help us to determine the highest plan action step. If we are only determining our action steps from 3D judgment, or even concepts of “this is how it is done in the 3D world” then we might be giving our power away to old patterns, to the way this has always been done.
When we use 5D non-judgment and 5D discernment, we will be able to take the next step on the path that is in the highest good of all without falling into the old patterns of guilt, shame, or regret.
I have told this story before. I remember visiting a resort town in West Virginia. My husband and I were eating lunch next to three families. One table had all the kids and one dad at it. The second table had the rest of the adults. The kids were playing a board game where the goal was to get to the center of the board first and then, the game would be over. The first girl to get to the center of the board said, “Let’s play until we all win.” That is how our Souls feel about this grand experiment and the board game we call Life on Earth. There is no loser, there is no scorecard, we play until we all win. No one is left behind.
If we can start to look at everything from the perspective of Our Souls and The Spiritual Hierarchy with discernment about what we can learn from the situation instead of looking with judgment as to who is to blame, we can start to tailor our actions and beliefs to be more in alignment with universal truths and hold less judgment. That is how you hold more serenity. Eliminate judgment of self and others and what is left is serenity.
Gratitude to Mohamed Hassan from pixabay.com for the image above.
by Lori | Apr 22, 2025 | Blog
This entry was originally posted in Feb 2022. The Creator Orientation has recently come to my attention again. I am being guided to post this again and to work with this energy for the Standing in the Light® Energy Transmission on May 9. Please RSVP to Ginger@iamstandinginthelight.com or Lori@iamstandinginthelight.com to join us at 7:30 PM Mountain Time to explore these concepts energetically. Namaste. I AM LORI
Are you looking at the world from a Victim Orientation or from a Creator Orientation?
In the Standing in the Light® Gathering and Teaching from July 2019, we discussed the Karpman Drama Triangle. In the 1960’s Stephen Karpman proposed that until we heal our drama, we are acting as a victim, a persecutor or a rescuer. We can move between these three energies very quickly. First, we might feel victimized and then we point the finger at someone else blaming them for our situation. We may want to be rescued or we could act as a rescuer for someone else because we believe they are a victim. The variations are endless as long as we are looking at the situations from the Victim Orientation. Many of us in the Standing in the Light® Community have worked with healing our unhealed issues by asking ourselves which corner of the Karpman Drama Triangle we are coming from. Are we acting as the victim, the persecutor or the rescuer?
What if we change how we look at the triangle? What if we look at it from the Creator Orientation instead of the Victim Orientation?
In 2005, David Emerald wrote the book called The Power of TED*. TED stands for The Empowerment Dynamic. In this book, Emerald introduces the audience to the terms Victim Orientation and Creator Orientation. Similar to Standing in the Light® teachings regarding how to look at the world from the 5D perspective instead of the 3D perspective by flipping the pyramid upside down, Emerald flips the Karpman Drama Triangle to look at the situation from the Creator Orientation.
In Emerald’s model, the victim corner of the triangle becomes the creator corner, the persecutor corner becomes the challenger corner, and the rescuer corner becomes the coach corner.
The idea is that the situation we find ourselves in may be the same but how we look at it will change the outcome. If we continue to look at it from the Victim Orientation we see a problem, we have anxiety from the problem and we react from that energy of anxiety which fuels the problem.
If we take the same situation, we find ourselves in but flip the triangle so that we see it from the Creator Orientation we look for the vision or the outcome versus looking at the problem. The energy that we feel is passion for the outcome not anxiety. Then we take baby steps in order to get us closer to the vision and outcome we desire.
For the Standing in the Light® students, does this sound familiar? Obviously, Emerald’s teaching really resonates with me! The Christ teaches us the 3R’s of manifesting. We focus on what we want to create (Receive the Vision), raise our frequency with positive energy like passion or whatever energy speaks to us (Resonate) and then we take the action steps to create it. The action steps may include Releasing the Blocks (the third R) in addition to taking steps in the outer world to bring the vision into fruition.
What I really like about Emerald’s model, The Empowerment Dynamic, is looking at the characters in each corner of the triangle in a new way. We can take a situation we are dealing with and name the victim, the persecutor and the rescuer as we see them. Then flip the orientation to The Empowerment Dynamic and see who the creator is (us).
We can identify the “challenger”. The challenger may be a constructive challenger, like a mentor or facilitator that challenges us to move forward and challenges our beliefs to help us heal. The challenger may be a deconstructive challenger like a boss that we really don’t like but who challenges us to really ask what we want and to help us move forward out of an uncomfortable position.
We can find the coach who sees the creator in us all and helps us on our path. This can be a friend, facilitator or teacher.
Of course, from the Standing in the Light® or Light Worker perspective, our own inner guidance can and does play all three roles as our most qualified aspect of Creator, Challenger and Coach.
We can ask for help from other humans and from our own inner wisdom. Sometimes we need the assistance in the physical world and sometimes we need it from the spiritual world. Many times, we need both forms of assistance. This does not mean we are a victim or need rescuing. It means WE ARE CREATOR and we are discerning how best to bring that energy to ourselves and to the world.
Let’s practice flipping our perspective from the Victim Orientation to the Creator Orientation. WE ARE CREATOR. WE ARE SOURCE.
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