I’ve been told many times that I don’t live in the “real” world. Since those who say it are talking about consensus “reality,” that is true much of the time. I mostly live in a happy little bubble created very intentionally by my own thoughts. Still I interact with the “real” 3D world all of the time. That may sound confusing, but we’ve all heard the saying, “Be in the world but not of it.” I strive to live that way.
I hear the pain of so many people on a daily basis. I wake up to emails with news of death, illness, loss, confusion, sadness, anger, and more. I get emails with titles like “Holy hell,” “WTF” and many more. Before breakfast I am barraged with pain. It has taken me years to learn to “put my oxygen mask on first” as the saying goes, and to give myself permission to be happy, while helping so many that I deeply care about. The more I tend to my own vibration the better I am at helping others. My ability to serve more deeply depends on me doing everything in my power to stay attuned only to the “real” world of Love.
That said, I’m so not perfect at this. I’m still extremely human! I have messed up my body far too often, because I haven’t paid enough attention to it. Happily my turn-around time for healing is getting pretty fast! Just two weeks ago I took a few 11 mile hikes on uneven terrain, rock hopping in the cold creek. Glorious! The fall colors were vibrant. The birds were singing. Nature was pulsating with life. I was so happy I didn’t pay attention to my feet which were trying to tell me this was a bit much after being sedentary most of the year due to an eariler injury. I had foot cramps and bruising so bad the following days that putting shoes on wasn’t much fun.
Still I wanted to hike last weekend! One more fall color outing called to my heart. 3D “reality” wasn’t working in my favor so I changed it. I intended to feel good by my hike. I imagined the wondrous sensation of being outdoors again, basking in the autumn glow, chilly breeze and the soft sounds of leaves crunching under my happy feet. The angels advised me to go further with my focus by obsessing over every reason I could find to enjoy living in a human body. I tasted my food and revelled in the miracule of it. I smelled my roses. I touched my growing garden plants. I felt the grass under my rapidly healing feet. I stood outside and delighted in the feeling of the soft chilly morning breeze on my skin. I hugged myself and felt the warmth of it.
In less than a day I was feeling – as the Divine does – that it was a miraculous privilege to be spirit in a body! What an incredible experience to have these finely tuned senses! What a joy to taste, touch, smell, hear, and feel the things i took for granted every day – the symphony of the birds, the smell of the rose buds vs. the full formed blossom, the smoothness of the whipping cream on my coffee, the feel of my own hands working out the tight muscles in my feet. I’d never noticed the wondrous sensation of the blast of cold air when I entered the fresh produce section of Costco and the warmth I felt once I emerged with my veggies in hand! The list of everyday delights that I had once taken for granted boggled my mind.
In the past I had looked at my body as something cumbersome to be maintained and dealt with, frequently enjoying it, but never regularly experiencing it as the glorious vehicle for human delight that it is.
Needless to say I shifted 3D reality and was able to hike very comfortably last weekend, up a mountain and down again, amidst colors in the forest that took my breath away. As I had intended and imagined, I felt better the night after the hike than before.
Love always wants for us, the loving reality that we want. This is the deeper “reality.” This is the reality that feels good to focus on!
I know there’s a pandemic going on, but not in my “reality.” I know there are restrictions out there but I don’t feel restricted in my “reality.” I find things to do that feel like freedom. I know there are supply issues but I live in a loving “realtiy” where in the words of Florence Scovel Schinn, “God is my source and supply.” While I’m not perfect at satying in this “reality” at all times, and may never be, most of the time my reality is the one that the angels constantly point me towards, which is the “reality of love.”
This is a reality that exists on the inside. It is a reality I must choose time and again. It is a reality accessible to us all, no matter what the world is doing and who is kind or not. It is a reality that is available no matter what the world does or doesn’t do.
In the reality of Love, race is irrelevant and the soul is what matters. We can love and value the differences we bring to the table. In the reality or Love, political parties are less relevant, and our core values are what matter most. In the reality of Love well-being is accessible whether or not you get a shot, whether or not there is a cranky virus trying to stay alive by inhabiting the human race, and whether or not conditions are perfect. In the reality of Love, no matter what supply chains are doing, God is your source and supply. In a reality of Love, the parts of the 3D world you perceive and interact with are mostly the loving parts. The rest of the vibrational “realities” always exist, but you choose to tune into the higher and happier ones.
Here are a few pointers on how to live in the “reality” of Love
1. Define What is your Real World
Don’t worry about what others consider “the real world” to be. Define your own “real world.” Do you live in a world where people are mostly good? Do you live in a world where well-being flows to you at all times and you get to open to it or pinch it off? Do you live in a world where you trust your own feelings so much that you can tell who, external to you, is trustworthy?
Do you live in a world that gets better each day? Do you live in a world where there are opportunies at all times, even when you miss a big one? Do you live in a reality where your body is resiliant?
Rather than look around and say to yourself, “Well this is reality,” go within. What reality are you going to define? Pick something and create it.
For example, years ago I got playful with financies and created, out of thin air, a belief that my money is like waves. It comes. It goes. Sometimes it holds its shape for awhile, other times I have a huge outflow, which like the outflow of waves before a tidal wave, means I have a huge inflow coming. I made that up. Guess what. I got silly with this belief. I started playing with it, telling it to myself often. When a big outflow happened in my life I use my imagination to get excited about the upcomging inflow and sure enough it happened. I’ve repeated this often throughout the years and the more I believe it, the more I see it.
Likewise years ago when I was on crutches and cleaning house was a real pain, I playfully invented a belief in “anti-static fairies” that were energetic beings who kept the dust from settling on my furniture. I imagined them as a loving glow around my furniture repelling dust. Lo and behold, I went for a few months without having to dust… in a city that is known for its dust!
Energy is just waiting to be molded!
So pick a playful belief that you want to experience. Make it up. Play with it. Imagine it. Don’t keep “taking the pulse of creation” by checking to see if it is working. Keep your new playful belief alive within you, like a child with a wonderful fantasy, until it does work. Stick to it till you see it.
Maybe you want to have people smile at you and be kind wherever you go. Start telling yourself, “I run into the kindnest people!” Maybe you want to find pennies everywhere. Tell yourself, “I find pennies everywhere! I can’t believe it! I love seeing them!” imagine it, keep the belief alive in your mind until it becomes your reality.
Maybe you want something more serious like, “My body is amazing and resiliant. It heals from everything! It gets stronger and stronger. I love my body and it loves me back. The more I love it, the quicker it heals.” Imagine it. Play with the thought. Repeat it to youself often. Then as time passes you will see your new belief’s effect on “reality”
2. Watch your words
Stop saying “This is the way it is… This is the way I am” unless you want it to be that way! Our words point to our thoughts. Our thoughts create our vibrations! So if you insist, “I’m always broke. I’ll never heal. Republicans or Democrats are this or that” you will be right. Every time. Whether you like it or not. You’ll miss opportunities to make money and pinch off healing. You’ll see the people you expect to see. Life is huge and varied but if we believe something is one way, we will see all the people and situations that match this belief.
This is a huge dilemma for many. We want to tell the truth. You can. You can say, “This is what is in front of me now but I believe I’m creating better!” “I’ve been in pain awhile but now that I understand how to let well-being in I have high hopes of feelnig better each day!” “These are the kinds of people I’ve been experiencing up till now but I’m open to better.”
Those words are kinder to yoruself. They don’t limit you to your past observations. They give you room for a new and better reality.
3. Trust your Own Inner Compass about what is “Real” for you
Everyone lives in their own personal version of reality. Someone might “tell you like it is” but they’re telling you about their version of “reality” which may or may not have anything to do with yours! You decide what is true for you. You will know by the way you feel. For exmple I’ve heard from many people who have either gotten or denied getting the vaccine that they felt very clear until they talked to a well-meaning friend or relative who had a different opinion. Your reality will always feel loving to you. Trust that over anyone else’s version of their own “reality.” You know what is right, for you.
There are 7.8 billion people on the planet. That means there are 7.8 billion experiences of reality. Many overlap but no two are the same. Each of us, with our focus gets to choose. When we select the realty based on love, we experience the best this life and this world have to offer and rise above the other not-so-loving “realities that seem to tug and pull at us for attention.
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