by Ginger | Sep 28, 2024 | Blog
I visited my local farmer’s market with friends recently. I meant to get some fresh veggies and maybe a little seasonal fruit. As we moseyed through the stalls, however, I ended up buying several hand-crafted items and refreshments at various booths. I genuinely enjoyed each item and felt a connection with each vendor. When I got home, I sat down on my deck to relax and found myself getting misty-eyed with emotion. I wondered, “Why am I crying? I had such a lovely morning!”
Then, I thought of the coffee I bought where their products are advertised as “good for the soul” and a portion of profits go to organizations that bring “more hope into the world”. I bought face serum from a woman who described how much thought she puts into each ingredient for her different potions and shared how much she loved being in her home kitchen/lab creating products that she uses herself. I got a pumpkin spice roll that tasted divine from a fresh-faced young baker who was charmingly enthusiastic about her pastries. My green beans and corn came from the produce stall where they proudly announced that everything was freshly picked that morning. I remembered my conversations with the other sellers I didn’t purchase from but appreciated nonetheless, like the ceramic crafter with the beautifully clever glazed designs which required playing with temperature variations in the kiln. His playfulness with his art created that beauty!
In that moment, I had a very clear revelation: They were each sharing their love with the world. I realized I was feeling a little overwhelmed by the power of that energy. Why would I ever buy something produced with anything less than that absolute love and commitment ever again? I realize this may not be fully practical in our modern world, but it brought home the importance of the energy we put into any of our creations, even if it’s as simple as a cup of coffee or handmade soap. What we bring home into our space or into our bodies or give as gifts carries the energy of the intentions with which they were made.
I invite you to ask your soul if there’s anywhere in your life where you are settling for less than absolute love and joy- not the satisfaction of the lower self/ego but the true divine love of your soul. If something comes along that isn’t a clear “yes”, then let it go with gratitude. Why would we allow anything less than pure love into our lives?
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by Ginger | Sep 2, 2024 | Blog
Whether you jump into new experiences head-first or take a more measured path, moving forward with a spirit of adventure is an important ingredient for fully enjoying life and truly thriving. I was recently reminded why we came into this grand experiment to explore duality. We came for Love. To expand our Love. To deepen our experience of Love. Though we may have forgotten this along the way, everything we create has the seeds of this divine love within. When we create from this perspective, every experience is an adventure in Love.
We don’t have to commit to bungee jumping off bridges or climbing K2 in order to re-connect with the spice of life. It’s important to find your own perfect balance of stretching into the unknown without causing panic. For some, adventure might be introducing themselves to total strangers and striking up a new connection. For others, it might be trying a skill or activity that brings out a new aspect of themselves they may not have felt confident in sharing. When I was very young, my mother enrolled me in gymnastics class. I had the balance and coordination needed but I did not like the feeling of falling backwards into backbends. She switched me to dance classes, where I spent many years happily twirling and leaping through the air- just right side up! That was adventurous enough for me.
I am currently working on manifesting a potentially significant change in my outer world. As we teach in Standing in the Light®, I’m starting with receiving my vision for the divine plan from my soul. I was recently working on greater clarity with that vision when someone suggested that I expand my scope from that specific situation to a new life vision. This was an exciting “aha” moment for me. All aspects of our life experience are connected, so why would I focus on just one aspect? Any outer world change always reflects an inner shift in energy, so my whole life will include that shift even if the change is most noticeable in one specific area.
By working with a “blank canvas” of my entire life experience, I’ve opened myself up to being more adventurous with my vision. I’ve re-connected with the pure joy of creatorship. This is why we came here in the first place!
In the Star Trek franchise, the opening credits give us the famous line that space is the final frontier. From spirit’s perspective, exploring our expanded consciousness is the next frontier for humanity. Remembering who we are as Source and consciously creating from that awareness is our big adventure. Our adventure in Love.
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by Lori | Aug 29, 2024 | Blog
“And the winner is…Emma Stone.” The 2023 movie Poor Things, starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo and Willem Defoe, is an interesting topic for my blog entry. Stone won her second Oscar for her role in this sometimes bizarre yet fascinating film. I saw that Stone won the award and didn’t bother to read the movie synopsis when I checked out the DVD from the library. After the first 5 minutes of the film, I wasn’t sure I wanted to finish it. But I pressed on and soon couldn’t look away, much like not being able to look away from a train wreck.
The DVD cover gives this description. “The incredible tale about the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.”
Stone, Ruffalo and Defoe all play their characters perfectly. Defoe is a master at playing odd characters but Ruffalo and Stone definitely are playing against type. They both were wonderful.
As I became more fascinated with the movie, I realized that Stone’s character is the original pattern of what we all were when we first came into the experiment – curious, experiencing everything without shame or judgment for ourselves or for others, without concern about what society might say, without concern that we might be doing anything wrong, without concern that we might fail. Even when Bella relies on her sexuality for money, there is a fascination regarding the experiences and no self-judgment.
This movie nudges us to heal any issues we might have regarding judgment. The Christ tells us that judgement is THE block to knowing ourselves as Source. May we all remember that everything we are experiencing in the illusion is simply that – an illusion. There is no need to hold judgment for ourselves or for each other. We are all here for the experiences and to learn more about ourselves as Source. Ask to clear the judgement of ourselves, of all others, and of all situations. The judgment sustains our separation. It was never our intention to give our power and sovereignty away to the belief in separation. Allow yourself to realign with yourself as Pure Energy, Pure Light and Pure Love. Holding these frequencies will help us to eliminate judgment and the belief in separation.
It is a delight to watch Bella mature from her innocent self into a fully sovereign being. May we all navigate the experiment in duality from the place of non-judgment for ourselves and for each other that Bella models for us.
If you are interested in a more 3D review of the movie, please check out this review on RogerEbert.com. Poor Things movie review & film summary (2023) | Roger Ebert
Gratitude to Gert Altmann with pixabay.com for the accompanying image.
by Ginger | Jul 30, 2024 | Blog
Have you been feeling resistance to some of your mirrors and experiences in the outer world? I’ve been working on blocks to assimilating my experiences, free of the need to filter them in any way. My soul reminded me of “The Guest House” by Rumi to help hold the energy of joyfully accepting and allowing all experiences. The desire to block out anything comes from the judgment that some things are better than others. Judgment is separation. Our belief in separation from each other and from Source has been a necessary part of The Experiment in Duality. It has taught us much. Now, it is time to heal and let go so we can make our way back Home.
Our path to Oneness is through surrender and allowing. What we resist, persists. Our spiritual practice must include surrendering to divine will and unconditionally welcoming all of our experiences as our teachers and healers. The Sufi poet Rumi is a master of love songs to Source. His poem “The Guest House” reminds us that our natural state of being is to walk through life with our arms open wide.
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
Some momentary awareness comes
As an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
Who violently sweep your house
Empty of its furniture,
Still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
Meet them at the door laughing,
And invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
Because each has been sent
As a guide from beyond.
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by Ginger | Jun 26, 2024 | Blog
True, lasting change can only ever come through love. Love from within. We sometimes forget this when we are triggered by something in the outer world we perceive as wrong or unfair. In our anger or fear, we may have the impulse to try to fix it or get what we believe to be justice, either for ourselves or those we see as victims. We do still need mechanisms in society to hold people accountable for their actions. But we can’t legislate people into expanding their consciousness. Those changes must ultimately come from within.
There are many who are stepping forward to protest injustice or inequity and are making their voices heard on many issues. It is wonderful when people want to participate in creating positive change. But how we go about creating that change is as important as the actual results themselves. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luter King, Jr. made this point eloquently:
You have very little morally persuasive power with people who can feel your underlying contempt.
When we use our power to create change by coming from anger and blame, the very people we want to enlist in that change often become defensive and angry themselves. It is like throwing gasoline on the flames of conflict. When we approach issues on the attack, we are coming from divisiveness and separation which just fuels more divisiveness and separation.
When we focus on common ground and hold the intention for change to benefit all in the long run, we see far more movement. This is why the truly great visionaries for societal change preached peaceful, non-violent action. Their intention was to take effective action using education and understanding, not to seek punishment or revenge. This takes courage, patience and love. It may not create instant results in the outer world (and the lower self does crave instant results), but once the tidal wave of change gains momentum, that change is powerful and lasting because a tipping point has been reached in the collective consciousness, not just in the minds of a few.
These leaders in change understood that we must hold a vision of love for all involved, including ourselves, in order to create true change. To do that, the change must start within. We must be willing to make the changes we’re asking others to make by modeling that vision in the outer world. Another visionary of change, Mahatma Ghandi, put it this way:
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.*
This should be our starting point for any issue we see mirrored in the outer world. We must first look within to understand what the matching vibration within ourselves is trying to teach us. Then, in humility and surrender, we can follow guidance whether to continue working on the issue within, share our insights with others, or take action steps in the outer world. Once we’ve started healing the issue within ourselves, we are now holding that higher frequency for the benefit of everyone. This is what creates true, lasting change and that divine power lies within each of us.
*This quote has been repeated many times, and I’ve since come to learn that it is actually not a direct quote but a powerful paraphrasing of Ghandi’s meaning. I share it here in its paraphrased form because it is true to his original intent and is in alignment with divine truth.
For further exploration of these concepts, I recommend Divine Justice: Healing through Love, Compassion, and Forgiveness by Marsha Hankins
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by Lori | Jun 24, 2024 | Blog
I love when I find wisdom in song lyrics. Recently I was putting together a playlist for the ecstatic dance group – Wild Embodiment Dance (WE Dance). One of the songs that really spoke to me is “Unwritten” by Natasha Bedingfield. Not only is the music uplifting but the words give us permission to be our authentic selves and to be unconcerned that we might not have everything figured out. The song encourages us to enjoy being in the now and reminding us that no one else can live our lives for us. Our experiences are our experiences, and we should take pleasure in those experiences.
The lyrics also urge us to look at each new day as a new book, one that isn’t written yet. This allows us to forget any perceived mistakes or lower frequency experiences and, instead, start fresh each day. In Standing in the Light®, we acknowledge that the perceived mistakes or lower frequency choices may be from different lives, not just our current incarnation. We need to be willing to make a new start every day / every minute of every day for all the baggage and cellular memory from other lives and other dimensions, too. Standing in the Light® has specific clearing and healing techniques that most of you know already. Simply setting the intention to clear all cellular memory of these experiences is a good start. This is an intention that we can set every day just as we are picking up the quill to write our new experiences.
Here are the Spotify link and the full lyrics to “Unwritten”. I hope you are inspired by it, too.
Unwritten • Natasha Bedingfield (spotify.com)
“Unwritten” by Natasha Bedingfield
Songwriters: Natasha Bedingfield, Danielle Brisebois, Wayne Rodrigues
I am unwritten
Can’t read my mind, I’m undefined
I’m just beginning
The pen’s in my hand, ending unplanned
Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you cannot find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten, yeah
Oh, oh
I break tradition
Sometimes my tries, are outside the lines yeah, yeah
We’ve been conditioned to not make mistakes
But I can’t live that way oh, oh
Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you cannot find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten
Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you cannot find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten
Gratitude to Hansuan Fabregas with pixabay.com for the dancing in the rain image.
