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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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.

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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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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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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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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.

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You can pose this question to yourself for any resonance you’re guided to work with. What would Peace choose in this moment? How would Compassion respond in this situation? What does Wisdom know about this experience? And so on.

Working with this exercise helps me reach a deeper experience of full, living mastery- fully conscious embodiment as Source in motion. It can become part of your practice as a reminder of who you are in every action you take. Who are you as Love?

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When this happens, I ask to know the mirrors that I see in these stories as I would if something was happening to me in my personal life. Because of the Experiment in Duality and the Illusion of a 3D reality, the stories I read really are not any different than the stories I see in my Lower Self Ego’s life stream. If false beliefs and emotions trigger me in a story, I should ask to clear it, as I would any other situation.

If the clearing for a particular story goes on for a while, I am then guided to clear the energies that are binding me to the story. Thus, I heard to clear the energies of being enthralled, enchanted and bewitched by the fascinations these stories put forward.

Last night, at the Eminent Reiki™ and Standing in the Light® Joint Sunday Night Healing Circle, we discussed the topic of clearing/healing vows, etc. We asked if anyone else had been guided to add additional energies to their clearing statements, besides the general clearing of vows and contracts. Here is a list of some of the teleconference participants’ ideas.

• Treaties
• Alliances
• Promises
• Declarations
• Allegiances
• Codes
• Statutes
• Laws
• Regulations
• Pledges
• Swears
• Oaths
• Fealty
• And the energy of “undying” or “never ending” that we may have put in front of all these energies.

Also in the Sunday Night Healing Circle, it was suggested we clear trauma for holding all these energies and the trauma for holding ourselves and others to these energies. Others suggested we look at clearing the false beliefs and prejudices that might be raised by these energies. For example, if we have vows to believe one gender or one race is better than another, we should clear it. If we are stuck about clearing these energies, it was suggested to look at our ability, readiness or willingness to clear these energies.

In theory, none of these energies is any harder to clear and heal than any other. However, in practice, we may not have worked with these before or we may have blocked or hidden these energies from ourselves, so it might feel like it is harder. Ask your soul, what needs to come to your conscious awareness and clear it. If nothing needs to come to your conscious awareness, ask if there is a specific energy that will clear the topic – Reiki, Magnified Healing® or Pure Light.

Play around with these new topics and see if you are guided to any others. Your diligence and your intention will be life changing!

Namaste.

I AM LORI

Gratitude to Yuri – B with pixabay.com for the image above.

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As masterful creators, everything we have set up as the Experiment is in divine perfection. It is beautifully designed for the function we intended, even if we don’t like what we see or feel. It has all the elements we need for the learning and expansion we’ve chosen and it is also structured to help us remember who we are and come back into oneness when we are ready. Even in breakdown, it is functioning perfectly.

We hold the consciousness of the Experiment in Duality within each of us. It’s an illusion that anything is “out there”. If we are judging or blaming the experiment for what we don’t like, we are judging and blaming ourselves as Source. When we are ready to transcend the experiment reality, we have only to let it go completely. There is no other place to go to get away from it or leave it behind.

Take a few moments in meditation to connect with the consciousness of the experiment’s creation and our collective intentions at its inception. Ask the question: What do I need to remember about my intentions for the Experiment in Duality to take my next steps forward?

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This year, like most years, I use my 3D knowledge and Turbo Tax software to prepare our tax returns. Once I have input all the information, I check with guidance to see if the return is completed in “the highest plan” and ask if it is ready to file.

I heard that our returns were ready to file about halfway through March, this year. About a week later, we realized we had one more form from Pat’s family situation that we hadn’t received yet. I was resigned that I would need to file an amended return for both Federal and Colorado purposes. When I ran the numbers in the software, I realized that we would actually be getting a refund with the amended return. HMMM

At about the same time, I was guided to purchase airline tickets for a trip in Jan 2027. After some global issues changed the price of fuel, I happened to check the price of the airline tickets expecting for the prices to have gone up. For one leg of the trip, the prices had actually gone down. United Airlines has an interesting policy for situations like this but I had never used it before. I called to speak with a representative just to make sure that I understood my options before I changed anything. The representative told me the policy and then asked me my reservation number. Without me asking, she spoke with her supervisor and gave us the difference in the price of the tickets as future travel credits. HMMM

I wasn’t sure what these mirrors were trying to tell me. My initial thought was that these felt like blessings and abundance, only slightly delayed with a slight amount of hassle factor mixed in.

I was telling Ginger about these situations and we discussed what other possible mirrors these might have. (While clearing the “delayed abundance” and “hassle factor” energies!)

We remembered that the experiment was specifically set up to have “linear timeframe” as one of its elements. Source Energy is happening all at once. (Remember the 2022 Movie – Everything Everywhere All At Once?) However, in order to have the experience of what Ginger called “An Experiment in Cause and Effect”, we need to have linear time. How else would we be able to report to Source on the experiences of believing we were separate from Source and the eventual remembrance of ourselves as Source if we already knew, in a circular fashion, that we were never separate to begin with? So – linear time it is.

BTW – Ginger and I started our discussion calling it the “Experiment in Consequences” but quickly realized that “consequences” has a negative connotation and we didn’t want to have that judgment clouding our discussion.

For my two situations, my abundance and blessings were not delayed they were just in Divine Timing which doesn’t necessarily follow linear time. This was just a great way for my soul to bring to my attention the need to consider and clear any of my illusions and false beliefs of time within the Experiment of Duality and the Illusion of a third dimensional reality.

What messages are you receiving from your soul regarding time or its nonexistence? Allow yourself to work with the energies of Timelessness, Divine Timing and Divine Truth to allow in the wisdom from your soul.

May you experience yourself as timeless, as Source.

Gratitude to Gerd Altmann for the above image.

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