by Ginger | Feb 28, 2022 | Blog
Father John LaFarge once remarked, “For those who believe in God no explanation is necessary. For those who do not believe in God no explanation is possible.”
I’ve always loved this quote about faith. Faith is not something logical we can explain to anyone nor is it something we can talk ourselves into. It is not something we can pass along to another and it is not about following doctrine. At times, we may be guided to act on faith but we cannot do faith as an action step to make faith happen for us or anyone else.
Divine Faith is a state of being which comes from within. It is a deeply heart-centered understanding of ourselves and all beings as Source. For most of us, it will take time to expand to that level of consciousness and the best approach is to love and allow ourselves with as much patience as we need to grow into our full faith.
So, be at peace and go gently forward as you move into Divine Faith. Give yourself space to more fully remember yourself as Source and support yourself in ways that will help you stay in the resonances of peace, calm, patience, understanding and trust. A soothing bubble bath, a soft chant or a walk in the sunshine may not seem directly related to practicing faith, but they might each be the perfect way to help you hold the wisdom that you are divine and that all is well and in perfect divine order.
image courtesy of Tumisu on Pixabay
by Lori | Feb 27, 2022 | Blog
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.
by Ginger | Feb 2, 2022 | Blog
Studies show that many people slow down or even stop altogether on progress toward their New Year’s goals by February. We might feel stuck or over-whelmed or just fall back into the comfort of the familiar and routine, even if those habits don’t serve us well. I’ve been reviewing areas that feel stuck in my own healing intentions for this year and one big message came up for me – part of me doesn’t want to heal because of fears of the power and responsibility in fully healing myself. This is good news because having identified the piece, I can now focus on what I need to do to clear it.
When we think of blocks to healing ourselves, many of us immediately think of issues like lack of worthiness, feeling loveable and blocks to accepting help or care for ourselves. It can be more challenging to identify power issues related to healing because the mental body often doesn’t make that connection as easily. And for many Lightworkers, there are layers of fear, guilt or shame over misuse of power or lifetimes of being abused by power. But when we stop to consider it, fully healing ourselves requires us to access and be willing to use divine power confidently, masterfully and free of fear.
So, if you are feeling stuck in your own healing process, you might consider asking your Soul whether blocks to power are part of the issue and which specific blocks you need to clear. Some possible questions to ask your Soul might be:
What is my level of commitment to healing myself?
What is my level of belief in my ability to heal myself?
How on track am I to heal myself on this issue? (name whichever issue you are working on)
How on target am I to heal myself on this issue? (name whichever issue you are working on)
What is my level of willingness to use my Divine Power in my process to heal this issue?
These are just starter questions to help you get a sense of where you may need to focus. Of course, always follow your guidance on where you should be focusing your energy and which action steps to follow next.
You are masters who are just in the processing of remembering and experiencing yourselves in that way. You can and will heal yourselves! You’ve already chosen to heal at the Soul level. The only question is when and which steps you’ll be taking to get there. There aren’t even prizes for being first across the finish line because everyone is moving in their perfect divine timing. Have faith in yourselves and be thorough in your healing work. You will get there and all that will matter will be the experiences and wisdom you gained along the way.
image courtesy of Activedia on Pixabay.com
by Lori | Jan 30, 2022 | Blog
How do you drive in the snow and ice? What is the standard come back? Very carefully.
I learned to drive on country roads in Kansas. My dad shortened a snow shovel handle for me to fit my petite height in case I didn’t quite manage to keep my Gremlin (with Levi Strauss blue jean interior) between the ditches. I only had to use the shovel a few times! More than once, my mom and I parked at the bottom of our 10-acre plot on the main dirt road and walked because said Gremlin might not make it up the side dirt road to our long dirt driveway in the Kansas snow and ice. None of this was a burden to me. Just prudent and self-sufficient.
Back in the day, we were taught to drive in snow and ice by pumping our brakes and turning into the direction of the skid to stop more quickly and safely.
Fast forward 40 years, the brake technology is different but the instincts and old patterns are hard to break. Modern brakes are antilocking on snow and ice. If you pump them, you actually are negating the whole “antilock” aspect of the brake. The way the new brakes work is that you put firm steady pressure on them and let them do their thing. Presumably, that is the safest way to navigate snow and ice.
I had occasion to use the antilocking system two or three times in the last week. Every time the brakes worked as advertised but it was really hard in the 15 seconds or so that we were still sliding to feel like I was at the mercy of the procedure that has changed since I first learned how to drive. In all three instances, the car stayed in its lane and stopped appropriately. For my own piece of mind, I was quite glad that the roads were not overly busy and I was not in danger of running into anyone else.
The mirror for being willing to change my ways when I have new technology and procedures that I can use was not lost on me. Am I as equally willing to give up ideas, beliefs and cultural mores that I was taught as a teenager forty years later when they no longer serve me or there are more evolved methods that I can rely upon? My answer is “for the most part.” Although I do not trust 100% of the time the information and guidance I receive from my Higher Self / Soul, I am making progress. I am still in the “trust but verify” position with more reliance on “trust” with every day that passes. Once I feel like I am aligned and connected to my guidance, I am willing to take the leaps of faith and step into that wisdom more and more.
Just like the antilock brakes, I try trusting the guidance with small items and when I am feeling safe. This allows me to gradually rely on the guidance for bigger or seemingly more important situations.
Ask your Soul, what techniques and beliefs do you need to upgrade to 2022 version vs. the blue jean 1980’s version? What small steps can you take to be more willing to trust your inner wisdom? This will help you weather any storm.
May you know and trust who you truly are. Namaste.
Gratitude to Theresa McGee from Pixabay.com for the cute image.
by Lori | Dec 24, 2021 | Blog
At this time of year, many cultures emphasize giving and receiving gifts. Marsha, Ginger and I have written various blog entries over the years to add our take on this universal custom. This year with a similar theme, I will approach it from a different way. Instead of writing about the benefits of giving and receiving, I am being guided to help you EXPERIENCE the benefits of giving and receiving Light Energy.
Specifically, look at the accompanying image by one of my favorite creators on the Pixabay.com website, Gerd Altmann. This image is a set of hands handing a ball of Light Energy to another set of hands. In my meditation this morning, I used this image to feel, understand and experience myself handing myself all the energy that I need. Let’s see if this meditation works for you too.
- First, get into a comfortable position – seated, lying down, dancing or walking in nature – anything that helps you get into a meditative mood.
- Start to take cleansing breathes. Really allow deep inhalation and slow exhalation to help calm and relax yourself. Allow however long it takes to become peaceful and in the flow. If this is the only step you are able to do, it will be beneficial in and of itself!
- Start to visualize the ball of Light Energy to fill your heart. Slowly expand it to your entire torso, then your legs, arms and head. If it feels good, continue to expand this Light Energy as guided. Again, if you only make it through to this step, you will feel the benefit.
- When you are ready, visualize this powerful image of you handing yourself a ball of Light Energy. Maybe start to play catch with the ball of Light Energy flowing back and forth between the multiple aspects of yourself. Feel yourself within the Light Energy, merging with the Light Energy, knowing that all aspects of you are Light Energy.
- Give and receive this gift of Light Energy from yourself to yourself. Know that you are worthy to receive and give because You Are Source, You Are Light Energy.
- Be willing to spend as much “time” in this space as feels right to you.
- When you are ready, gently close your practice in any way that feels appropriate to you – bowing to your own inner wisdom and yourself as Light Energy.
- Be willing to come back to this feeling anytime even when you are not specifically doing a full meditation. If you become stressed or worried, bring this Light Energy, this feeling and/or this beautiful image back to you in order to raise your vibration and remember who you truly are. You Are Light Energy. You Are Source.
With profound gratitude to the creative energy of Gerd Altmann, may you experience yourself as Light Energy, always.
by Ginger | Nov 30, 2021 | Blog
What is blocking you from surrendering to your own highest good?
I have been guided to pose this question to clients who are struggling and feeling stuck. Asking this question of your inner wisdom can help shift the lower self’s focus from what it fears will happen toward the potential for great love. We know very well our own tendency to resist what we fear or believe we won’t like. The lower self/ego operate like a scared child, thinking it must protect itself from the dangers of the unknown. The focus then becomes the fear and potential “negative” results. What if I fail the class? What if I end up alone? What if he/she/they are angry with me?
But what about those times when our Soul is guiding us that it’s time to manifest something even the mental body desires, like an exciting new job or a loving relationship? Why do we sometimes still resist even when we consciously believe it will be a positive change? Why do we block what we can clearly see is in our own highest good and, therefore, the most loving thing we could create for ourselves?
Marianne Williamson wrote in A Return To Love a potential answer to that question:
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness
That most frightens us.
We ask ourselves
Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small
Does not serve the world.
There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking
So that other people won’t feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine,
As children do.
We were born to make manifest
The glory of God that is within us.
It’s not just in some of us;
It’s in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine,
We unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we’re liberated from our own fear,
Our presence automatically liberates others.
Take time now to ask yourself, “What is blocking me from surrendering to my own highest good, my own highest potential? What are my biggest blocks to creating the most loving, joyful, vibrant experiences in my life?” When we deny ourselves the wonder and beauty that our Souls desire to create, we are not protecting but rather cutting off parts of ourselves, those wise and loving and powerful aspects. We are made in the image of Love and we are made to reflect that Love in the world. Allow your life to reflect the Love that you are back to you.
image courtesy of JillWellington on Pixabay
