I've had a series of enlightened awarenesses this week so grand that I've got to keep tracking them in my brain so that they stick. Because I want them to. Because I like where this is all headed. So here I will share one:

Is life a bunch of lessons? Or experiences? And what is the difference?

I'm tending towards the latter these days because it's bringing me way more freedom than I thought. 

In my early spiritual awakening, I used to think that life was a stepladder or pyramid of one hard lesson after another and generally experienced on a pass fail basis. But as I ascend into higher awareness, I realize the infinitesimal experiences we are always having as multidemensional experiencers of reality, and from this vantage point, I see it differently. (When I was a child, I spoke as a child, but now I am an adult, and I see things differently kind of thing.)

A lot of what has pushed me in these ways has been my ongoing journey with the experience of that thing we call cancer. No mind you, day to day I generally feel really amazing and pain free and wouldn't think anything is going on in my body like the reports indicate. I am just saying that because I don't want ever to elicit concern or pity or anything of the sort. Only love is, of course, welcome!

But when I do have symptoms, and I have had some lately, it is so easy to go down a rabbit hole, tbh. I'm sure you can relate.

So anyway, I've been seeing myself more and more as a multidimensional being who has obviously CHOSEN these experiences. But why? Well now I believe it is simply because on some level, some part of me WANTED to experience this at this time. I now believe that is always the case. 

And part of my confirmation is coming from a simple paragraph in a book that is completely a channeling of Yeshua Ben Joseph, called "The Way of Mastery." Highly recommend. In it on page 4, Yeshua directly says this:

"You could say, by the way, that my crucifixion was simply the climax of my own direct choice to be challenged by the events of space and time, so that I could cultivate, within myself, the ability to see from, and to see only, the Perfect Purity of the Mind of Christ."

This is awe-inspiring to me. And I am not making wrong any of the other stories--because now I do believe they are just that--stories that were chosen at times to help explain the situation, or to use the situation. That's all. In true freedom, we don't have to make any of it right or wrong. It just is...one of infinite ways to see and understand this one happening.

(It's just like the story about 4 cars coming to a 4-way stop at an intersection. Every single driver will have their own experience of that same intersection--forever. No matter what. They will all be colored by the mood the driver is in, where they are going or from where they are returning, who is with them or not, what they are listening to or not, what make/model/year/color of car they are in, how much gas is in the tank, whether kids are crying or hungry, whether they are upset or happy, the way the sun or moon is positioned, the wear of the road or their cars, how hungry they are, how comfortable or not they are, and you get the point? Infinite! It's so wild because I could literally keep going forever on this one paragraph but I think I'll spare you. :)

In The Way of Mastery, the “Mind of Christ” is the awakened state of being in which you recognize your true identity as an extension of divine Love, release ego‑driven perception, and think, choose, and create from unity, trust, and divine presence rather than fear or separation.

Yeshua says throughout that it's all about RELEASING all of the illusions we have built up shielding us from Love. It's not about climbing a ladder as I used to think, or attaining anything. But letting go, completely. Yep, just like the Buddha.

So I have been querying in myself where I still have illusions about....cancer. Where does this experience still make me feel anything other than Love? And the hardest time is when I feel other than fine. If I have pain like even a headache or something in my stomach. Because how do I not go there????

But I say to you, maybe this helps you think about how do YOU not go there with things going on? How do we not make assumptions and immediately jump into judgment just because....of an experience. Because it's all just a string of experiences, random or not, and we are always in a position to choose our perspective.

That's why I used an image of a magical elephant for this blog. Simply because I love elephants, and I love magic and mystical, and it is gorgeous. Just to experience that beauty and share it with you. That's all. 

I wish you every magical inspiration and choice and if this helps you in some small or large way, I always do love to hear from you!

Namaste.

Suzanne