Practical Wisdom: Living 5D in a 3D World
Integrating higher consciousness into everyday life—one miracle at a time!
Holy Beloved,
Every year around this time, sincere students of A Course in Miracles ask some version of the same question:
If material things are ultimately meaningless, should we still give gifts at Christmas?
It’s a beautiful question—because it’s not really about gifts.
It’s about motivation.
Lesson 133 reminds us:
“I will not value what is valueless.”
(ACIM, W-133)
The Course is not asking us to reject form while we still believe we live in it. It is gently inviting us to look honestly at why we do what we do.
What is valueless is not the gift itself.
What is valueless is the agenda we attach to it.
Are we giving to be appreciated?
To be remembered?
To be validated?
To secure love, loyalty, or reciprocity?
Or are we giving simply because giving feels joyful?
I give gifts to my children and grandchildren—not because I should, and not because Christmas requires it—but because I genuinely enjoy it. I love choosing something that delights them. I love witnessing their joy. And then I let it go.
No expectation that they like it.
No need for a thank-you that meets my standards.
No unspoken contract that they owe me anything in return.
That freedom is what ACIM is pointing us toward.
When someone gives me a gift, I receive it graciously—but I don’t rush out to “even the score.” I treat others as I wish to be treated: freely, without strings. If someone has an agenda with me, that’s none of my business. That is simply not the frequency I operate in.
Well over ten years ago, I stopped decorating, hosting, or performing Christmas to impress. I only do what feels fun and easy for me. That, too, was a profound gift—one that keeps on giving.
This is what it means to not value what is valueless:
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Not the tree
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Not the presents
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Not the gatherings
But the pressure.
The obligation.
The hidden bargaining for love.
So if you’re exchanging gifts this season, let them be symbols of joy—not substitutes for it.
And if you’re not gifting, let that choice be joyful too.
Lainaism
“Joy needs no justification—
and love keeps no score.”
Merry Christmas, Beloved Ones.
May your giving be free, and your receiving be light. ❤️🌟
With love and light,
Founder, The Awareness Academy
Light and joy and peace abide in me.” —ACIM, Lesson 93
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