by Ginger | Aug 30, 2026 | Blog
We all understand on some level that the cycles of life are made of beginnings and endings, sometimes even happening simultaneously. What is sometimes not so easy to identify are times when we think we’re moving forward but are still holding on and not fully allowing the full completion of those endings. Recently, I was feeling stuck in some old energies, perceptions and beliefs that I was struggling to release. I kept trying to “rise above them” as a way to let them go, yet they would resurface. Then, I was guided to allow myself to grieve their loss in order to let them go- to look at each one and grieve the loss of whatever potential they represented to me. This was a bit surprising as my first thought was to focus on more ease and flow or expand with greater detachment. But we cannot ignore or skip over an experience as a path to healing.
As I worked with this insight, I was reminded of a Buddhist parable about Marpa the Translator, a 10th century meditation master:
Marpa’s only son died suddenly as a young man and Marpa wept openly at the loss. Some of his students questioned his grief, pointing out that he himself had given many teachings on death as an illusion and the impermanence of the physical world. Marpa replied, “Death is an illusion. And the death of a child is an even greater illusion.”
Spiritual mastery does not require that we deny our human emotions but rather acknowledge and allow them, be present with them even as we are letting them go. Marpa’s reply teaches that the experience of death is indeed an illusion and so is the experience of grief about death. But we can only understand the impermanence of an illusion if we do not resist it or cling to it. Judging our emotions is a sure way to get stuck in them. Allowing our emotions without being bound by them is a powerful and freeing spiritual practice.
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by Lori | Aug 27, 2026 | Blog
Many of us Lightworkers have set our intention to heal the Savoir and the Martyr Archetypes. Recently, as part of this healing, I have worked with clearing the need and desire to sacrifice (actions, time, money, things) for the “greater good”. As I was leaning into this clearing, I was reminded that if we take the word “sacrifice” as we see it in the third dimension, and flip the pyramid upside down, so that we are viewing it from the perspective or our souls – the spiritual hierarchy – then we can see the healed version of “sacrifice” which is “contribution”.
When we contribute to a situation, again whether it is with actions, time, money or physical things, we are doing it because we are holding the energies of surplus and abundance instead of giving from scarcity or obligation which is more the unhealed energy of sacrifice.
As we teach in Standing in the Light®, “It is not the What; It is the Why”. The why for contribution is our love for one another, our commitment to the highest plan and our desire to evolve into our best selves and, if guided, to help others do the same.
Take these ideas into your meditation and determine if changing your perspective on situations around you will help you to navigate your contributions as Source instead of lamenting your sacrifices as Lower-Self only. Remember that you are a multi-dimensional being in the illusion of separation. We are not separate, which means all contributions are self-serving, because we are all one.
May you feel yourself as the abundance of Source.
Namaste.
Gratitude to Chris0223 with pixabay.com for the image above.
by Ginger | Aug 1, 2026 | Blog
I’ve been meditating with this question recently and it has brought up some interesting challenges and triggers along with some powerful insights. It has helped me identify some perceptions and beliefs I’m reluctant to let go, even they are no longer a match for me now. It has also helped me understand reasons and causes for reluctance to step forward and respond in certain situations.
Someone once shared with me the practice of changing “responsible” into “able to respond”. We sometimes mistake responsibilities with obligations. An obligation is a duty, task, something that can feel like it has power over us. We can choose to see responsibilities as opportunities to contribute and be of service, as moments when we are in a position to participate as a member of a community, whether that’s a partnership, a family, a neighborhood, the world or the universe.
Divine Responsibility is being able (and willing) to respond with our whole selves, not just our physical actions but our whole energy and intention. We can trust in the Divine Wisdom of the whole and let go of the need to control other people’s choices. Divine Responsibility is about discerning when it’s our place to take action and when it’s time to step back and give someone else the opportunity. It is free of judgment if no one else does step up. The focus becomes, “What can I do?” rather than, “What did you do?” We can focus on what we can each offer and do it with joy for the greater good, rather than tallying up a list of who did what or worrying about whether our contributions measure up.
Are you mistaking responsibilities for obligations? What do you need to shift within to free yourself of obligation consciousness and step into your divine responsibilities? Take a few moments to meditate on these questions: What are my true responsibilities?
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by Lori | Jul 12, 2026 | Blog
This week, I put together a playlist to share with my dance community. It came together pretty easily. Most of the songs remind me of club dance songs, which is not my normal style. But, hey, it is the summer and it feels like we should all be in Ibiza with some good Latin music on our lips and cool dance moves on our hips.
I listened to the playlist earlier today and realized I was struck by the only country and western song on the list; “I Hope You Dance” by Lee Ann Womack. I was surprised by how much emotion came up for me when Lee Ann sang the line, “And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.”
I immediately tried to determine what the reason for the emotion was. I believe I need to clear all the times when I did not take opportunities for growth or didn’t fully lean into a situation. Perhaps I allowed fear to cause me to choose the safer option. I started to clear any discordant emotions regarding this and the false beliefs that someone else held me back from living fully and passionately.
I can see the larger mirror for the Experiment in Duality. I realize that the lyrics are giving me the nudge to truly release all the angst and false beliefs that I have held for all the actions and inactions I have taken in the Experiment. It is also giving me the reminder to truly be joyful about volunteering for the experiment in the first place. I can feel the shift of looking at the experiment as wonderful, not just a “wonderful opportunity” but sincerely as just a wonderful experience to the point that I can’t wait to see what crazy thing I am willing to join after our Ascension. I don’t want to sit anything out. I want to dance.
Here are the lyrics for the song and the link for the YouTube video. May you find inspiration in this song, too.
Namaste,
I AM
LORI
“I Hope You Dance”, Song by Lee Ann Womack, Songwriters: Mark Daniel Sanders, Tia M. Sillers.
I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty-handed
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me that you’ll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance (dance)
I hope you dance (dance)
I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Livin’ might mean takin’ chances, but they’re worth takin’
Lovin’ might be a mistake, but it’s worth makin’
Don’t let some hell bent heart leave you bitter
When you come close to sellin’ out, reconsider
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance (time is a wheel in constant motion)
I hope you dance (always rolling us along)
I hope you dance (tell me who wants to look back on their years)
I hope you dance (and wonder where those years have gone)
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me that you’ll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
Dance, I hope you dance (dance)
I hope you dance (time is a wheel in constant motion)
I hope you dance (always rolling us along)
I hope you dance (tell me who wants to look back on their years)
I hope you dance (and wonder where those years have gone)
Tell me who wants to look back on their years (dance)
And wonder where those years have gone (dance)
YouTube video: Lee Ann Womack – I Hope You Dance (Official Music Video)
Gratitude to Lee Ann Womack, Mark Daniel Sanders, Tia M. Sillers for the song.
Gratitude to Gerd Altmann for the dance image.
by Ginger | Jun 28, 2026 | Blog
Slowing down, being patient and honoring divine timing has been coming up for me recently. Needs and desires for accomplishment, even spiritual accomplishment, keeps us in a state of unease and unrest. I was guided to revisit a blog post by Marsha Hankins, Stay Present and Reverent in the Moment, in which she quotes a beautiful passage by Thich Nhat Hanh that speaks to me deeply. I share this quote with you here:
The ability to be fully present and reverent in each moment is a skill every spiritual master practices. To quote the beloved Master Hanh:
“Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves- slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.”
Do not get caught in the illusion of what is important or in the fear of what might happen. Do not give your power to the structure by which others live their lives. Instead, drink your tea slowly and know the importance of who you are in each moment. Be reverent in every thought and deed. Trust in the divine plan and let reverence be your focus this week, this month, this year.
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by Lori | Jun 27, 2026 | Blog
I have been working with healing imposter energy lately. I have been feeling like an imposter because I haven’t healed 100% of my issues yet, even though I know how because of working the I AM SOURCE™ and Standing in the Light® process for over 24 years. I have written countless blogs, healing circle introductions and teachings for gatherings, and yet I still am working to heal myself. Some of you may feel the same way. How can I be a role model as a teacher / healer when I haven’t healed myself yet? Maybe you also feel the same way about your own Mastery, in general.
The fact of the matter is, if we all waited to be 100% healed, no books would be written, no seminars nor classes would ever be taught. Remember that our first priority is our own evolution, but it is through our second priority, through our service that we learn what we still need to heal for our evolution – our number one priority. Thus, it is through the books, blog entries, healing circles, and classes that most of us teacher / healers will find our mirrors and our triggers to help us evolve.
What I discovered, as I was preparing this blog post, is that the true imposter energy that I need to heal is that I am human in the experiment of duality; that is my true imposter. My authentic self, the essence of who I am, is Source, is the Universal Energy. Look at the image accompanying this blog post. The human reveals their true self as the universe that we see when the human opens their shirt. We see the authentic self when Clark Kent takes off his journalist jacket to reveal his Superman self. We show our authentic self when we tap into ourselves as Source and heal the imposter self / the lower self ego that believes the story we tell ourselves in the Illusion of the third dimensional world. We show our authentic self when we admit that we have more to heal on our journey through the illusion.
Yes, let’s heal the imposter energy. But that isn’t you as an imposter of a teacher / healer or master. Heal the imposter energy that I believe I am not Source. Remember yourself as the true master, the true essence of yourself as Source. Everything else is simply a character you are playing in the game of the experiment in duality.
Thanks to Pixabay.com for the image above
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