Practical Wisdom: Living 5D in a 3D World
Integrating higher consciousness into everyday life—one miracle at a time
Beloved Friend,
I returned to Lesson 186—“The salvation of the world depends on me”—and felt how easily those words can trigger resistance until we hear what they’re actually saying. Salvation isn’t a burden to carry for seven billion people; it’s the freedom of no longer demanding that anyone or anything complete us. When I let the world off the hook for my happiness, the world is saved—spared—from my ego’s expectations. What remains is the altar within, unchangeable and bright, where Christ light quietly waits for my yes.
Most of us were lovingly trained away from that altar. Families, schools, pulpits, screens—all well-meaning—handed us a suitcase of identities and rules. We took the luggage as truth and forgot we were travelers. Shadow work is simply opening the suitcase and seeing what we packed that never belonged to us. It can be messy, fierce, and profoundly kind. The light doesn’t shame what it reveals; it dissolves it.
Humility is the key. Arrogance says, “I know who I am: a sinner, a victim, a résumé, a ring size.” Humility says, “Show me.” It lets God define God’s creation. From that posture, we stop chasing highs to outrun lows and discover a steady, quiet good—an inner weather that doesn’t storm with every headline. The Course calls this the happy dream. We still appear as bodies and play our unique parts, but the author of the play is Love.
I feel a collective turn—more of us choosing to be the change rather than judging the world for not changing fast enough. Each time irritation arises, it points to a door. Open it. Ask, “What belief just got touched?” Then bring it to the altar. Layer by layer, the mask loosens, relationships soften, and the need to extract validation from others drops. The miracle isn’t that the world suddenly behaves; the miracle is that you remember who you are while it doesn’t.
"Salvation of the world depends on me."(ACIM, Lesson 186)
Integration in Daily Life
Let today be simple. When irritation flickers, pause and breathe as if the air itself were holy—because it is. Whisper, “This is an invitation.” Name the belief that surfaced. Place it on the inner altar by affirming, “I will not make the false true.” Then act from the steadiness that remains: answer the email without defensiveness, let someone else have the parking space, tell the truth without needing agreement. Notice how the nervous system settles when you stop asking the world to rescue you. This is salvation in practice: sparing others from your unmet expectations and letting Love lead the next small step.
Lainaisms of the Week
“I don’t fix the world to find my peace; I find my peace and watch the world remember.”
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Closing Transmission
Beloved One, the part assigned to you was written in joy. You are not behind, unworthy, or late. You are a perfect piece of a perfect puzzle, trusted by the One who knows you. Lay down the suitcase of borrowed names and hand-me-down beliefs. Walk lightly. Where you withhold nothing, Heaven rushes in. And as your heart is freed from needing a different world, the world discovers it can be different.
My deepest desire is for each of my students to remember their holy magnificence and shine it with confidence and joy!
With Love,
Founder, The Awareness Academy
“Let me not be afraid of truth today.” —ACIM Lesson 282
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