IT’S ALL THE SAME THING!
We have touched on the basics. And I will elaborate on the premises in this article and add some new dimensions to how we perceive our reality and the pitfalls of our filters and wounds.
We have touched on the basics, and now I will elaborate on the premises in this article and add some new dimensions to how we perceive our reality and the pitfalls of our filters and wounds.
First let’s take “We are one,” and “We are all energy.” These statements are the same. We all come from one Source and one energy source. This energy is all that there is. It is Source seed and will always be, ad infinitum. What we do to one another we are, in effect, doing to ourselves. So how do we work with these knowings? By striving to be the best version of ourselves in every moment.
Time does not exist. It is a construct of this matrix. There is only this moment. The past is spent and the future is without form. So, how do we navigate the flood of information and insights we receive continuously? This is about the present moment. I am not saying anything new here, just a reminder. As Lisa Unger says, “The past is history. The future is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it’s called the ‘Present’.” Our first exercise is to find out how “In the moment” we are. Most of us live in the past, by reflecting or live in the future, by projecting. As we unfold we can begin to grasp our deeper thoughts and see what patterns we are running unconsciously.
How do we find our moment? We find our moment by becoming introspective; by knowing that this is a construct we temporarily inhabit. It is a school for expression. Our job is to be conscious of our expression in every moment. And there are over seven billion shards of consciousness working with us every instant. This is deep work. Empaths naturally pick up energy of the oneness or the collective consciousness when in other soul’s fields. We can tap into the group, community, global, and often universal consciousness without effort. We often wonder why we feel what we feel. “I was fine a moment ago? What happened?” We are processing emotions for the group. This is something the empath is wired to do, and initially often does very unconsciously.
It is time to bring these wounds into our awareness. There are basically two ways to handle any circumstance. We either react or we act. And each tells us a lot about how deeply we have explored ourselves in relationship to the whole. How often do you think back on a dynamic and muse, “Why did I do that?” The answer is usually that a button was pushed and old or new wounds surfaced. We do not control when our buttons are pushed. When we are reacting to a situation, we are in our past wounds or projecting into a future that does not yet exist. We are projecting them into our current reality.
An example; I have a friend, Meg. Her mother made her wear her hair short all of her childhood. Meg hated it. As soon as she turned eighteen, she began to grow her hair and decided never to wear it short again. This is a wound. It doesn’t sound like a deep wound, but a wound none the less. She then had a daughter, Patricia. Meg’s mother, suggested to Patricia, now 14, that she might like her hair short. Patricia loved the idea. Meg, on the other hand, was very distressed at this development and reacted from her own wounds and insisted that her daughter not cut her hair. This illustration shows how one’s wounds are pushed upon the moment. Patricia had no baggage around the length of her hair yet Meg was attached to her own story and drama and projecting this drama onto a new and entirely different situation. To “react” is to pull up old hurts and express in the old wounded ways; i.e, When we are carrying an old tape of distant trauma into the present moment. When we react, we are not in the moment. We are reflecting on past wounds and sometimes projecting our wounds onto others with no such baggage. This work begins and ends with knowing and healing the self.
Acting, on the other hand, is creation. To react is to play out the same old behaviors in response to new stimuli that feel like or resonant with old wounds. To act is a conscious choice to respond to the present situation in the present moment. Not pulling up old wounds or projecting “what ifs” into the future. “I’ve seen this before so ill just react now.” This is a snap judgement and takes no real effort.
When we break down the old patterns that drive our egos, we begin to see every situation with new eyes. This allows us to break the pattern of reacting in unmindful ways and begin to act differently in similar dynamics. It allows us to step back from the big screen, like we talked about in part I, and see that we have baggage and that we can now choose how to respond. We can address and heal our wounds.
When we are in our moment, we always present as our best version. And the wisdom that is afforded with clear thinking changes in every moment. As Don Miguel Ruiz so eloquently said in The Four Agreements, “Always do your best.” At times we are ill or fatigued. Our best on those days is not the same as our best on a day we feel energized and enlivened. This growth will not happen overnight. This is an unfolding. There will be progress and there will be missteps. As a dear friend often reminds me, “Be kind to you!” When we have mastered true self knowing and self-care, nothing presenting in our moment is life-threatening or dire. We have available to us the tools and wisdom of the universe. We now know that we are energy and that the energy has only one source. Therefore each and every soul is energy in motion and expression.
Lets carry this forward and discuss duality and change. As with energy and oneness, duality and change are the same thing. Duality lays the groundwork for an amazingly shifting and dynamic set of possibilities and realities. And I use the plural here because it is one set of circumstances with 7 plus billion interpretations. And these interpretations are based strictly on what that individual is focusing on. It’s all one thing being viewed from billions of individual shards of consciousness. If we did not have change, which the polarity of this matrix ensures, we could not discern anything. All would be the same, always. If there is no hot water, how would one know when it becomes cold. With duality and change we live in a dynamic illusion that affords us everything we need to heal ourselves and in doing so heal the collective. Many are being called now to awaken and start their work so that they may help guide others to the new paradigm. Wake up Sister’s and Brother’s. The time is now!
The first four premises are actual only two. We are one energy and we interact in a dualistic world that is designed to be in constant flux. This is the reality we have chosen as a collective.
Another tool for introspection is when we project, we are forcing our reality onto another. We are expecting another to act and react like we think they should. Should is an individual concept. Do you See? There is no should in reality. Reality just is. How often have you said “Why did he/she do that?” It really doesn’t matter why they acted or reacted as they did. What really matters is, “Why do I Care?” “What wound was triggered and how do I heal it?” and “How will I choose to respond.” “How can I best act consciously to help transmute this situation and this energy?” This is how we heal ourselves and heal others in our process of awakening.
Whenever we are triggered introspection is the best option. Not blame or judgement. Just take a look at what ego-programming you have embraced subconsciously. Evaluate your judgments (Judgement being moments of not bothering to think just reacting instead) built into your paradigm. And remember there are seven billion plus individual paradigms that reflect into our consciousness. And it’s all ONE.
These tools, evaluating whether you are in your moment and bringing it back to your own map of reality, are simple to use. They can be used in any situation. I have a saying, “Life is simple, it’s just not always easy.” We have very basic energetic patterns running through this reality matrix. To live this knowing with integrity is a moment to moment journey. In each moment we are afforded all that we need to awaken. We must learn to navigate a new paradigm. The ego is not the enemy. The ego is a 3-D tool from Source! The ego has just been trained in unproductive ways. Introspection and being present are the keys to unlocking the Ego’s amazing purpose here. Try these tools.
My next article will speak to the “Twin Flame” paradigm vs. the idea of Soul Mates. I will explain the energetic patterns and reasons for this construct in our present reality. I will also talk about the pitfalls of relationship expectations and what they create in these dynamics and why. It is a tool for the individual reflection of our current perceptions of ourselves. Then I will delve into the mindset of victimhood and how these paradigms are outdated and are no longer needed to advance energetically in this matrix. Suffering is a construct.
Much Love and Light Dear Souls,
Leslie
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