by Ginger | Oct 3, 2026 | Blog
“Our repetitive suffering… comes from rejecting our own energy when it comes in a form we don’t like.”
~ Pema Chodron, Taking the Leap
This line really jumped out at me while I was going over some older books on my shelf. I’ve been working with the principle of mirrors in my own spiritual practice for many years, but something about the way Pema Chodron phrases this so directly and succinctly really clicked for me.
Many spiritual traditions include the concept that our outer world experiences are an illusion which mirror to us energy we’re resonating. Our judgments, beliefs and emotions about those mirrors reveal what we are holding onto that is unhealed and out of alignment with divine truth.
But even with this understanding, we may still hold onto the perception of the mirror as that over there while this is me here. If I look closely, I may notice similarities, but I may still hold the belief in something “other”. This quote breaks that pattern and is a powerful reminder that the mirror and me are one and the same, presenting in unique forms. When I am in denial about something I’m resonating because of my judgment and fear, the mirror shines a light on it by showing it to me in a way that I might more easily identify or be more willing to see. Once we truly open ourselves to the divine truth underneath the illusion by looking at it directly, free of judgment, we are well on our way to healing the false reality of our separation from Source.
Pema Chodron follows up this raw truth about rejecting ourselves with some insights on how we can begin to heal that judgment and denial. I share a more expanded quote from the same section of her book, with gratitude for her wisdom and insight:
Our repetitive suffering… comes from rejecting our own energy when it comes in a form we don’t like. It comes from continually strengthening habits of grasping and aversion and distancing ourselves…
But if we choose to practice by acknowledging, pausing, abiding with the energy, and then moving on, the power of this is not just that it weakens old habits but that it burns up the propensity for these habits altogether. The truly wonderful aspect of living this way is that it leaves the space wide open for a completely fresh experience free of self-absorption. Right here, exactly where we are, we can live from a broader perspective, one that admits all experiences- pleasurable, painful, and neutral. (Chodron 36)
Chodron, Pema. Taking the Leap. Shambhala Publications, Inc., 2019.
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by Lori | Sep 30, 2026 | Blog
“That’s great. It starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane, And Lenny Bruce is not afraid…”
If you were a teenager or twenty-something in 1987, like me, it is easy to recognize the great opening line of the R.E.M. song “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)”. It was quite the anthem for those of us who felt we were calling out “the man” and showing our rebellious side by dancing to this unique song. Never mind that in Nov 1987, when it came out, I was sufficiently comfortable in my public accounting job in Denver. Perhaps my willingness to shout these lyrics was a juxtaposition to having passed the Certified Public Accountant exam. Was I showing my “crazy” side? Was it a release valve for a stressful uptight professional life or just my willingness to let my hair down on the weekends while maintaining my mild-mannered accountant disguise during the week? Or was it just a good song?
Thirty-nine years later, it feels like it was a prescient song that was fun to sing and dance to.
I think the song needs a revival now. It is a great song to accompany the energies of breakdown for breakthrough, the concept that many have spoken about for at least 25 years. Sometimes it feels like the breakdown is coming more quickly than the breakthrough, but the ultimate result is the same, that “I feel fine”.
The chorus of the song is a study in the peace of detachment. “It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.”
The chaos displayed in the song verses is like the chaos we see in the outer world, in the breakdown of the systems in the illusion. The protagonist is even willing to announce that it is the end of the world as we know it, but that he feels fine. The singer is detached from the chaos and the crumbling world, and is at peace about it. The singer is in the world but not of it.
This is how we will master the illusion ourselves.
Try breathing in Divine Peace. Then breath in Divine Detachment. Alternate breathing in these resonances as long as you are guided. Feel the energies as they become your truth. This will help you navigate “The end of the world as we know it” and I suspect you will feel better than fine.
Namaste.
Gratitude to Prashant Sharma for the beautiful image.
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.
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