Practical Wisdom: Living 5D in a 3D World
Integrating higher consciousness into everyday life—one miracle at a time!
Hello, Beloved!
I had every intention of posting The Ego Gets Spa-ritualized last Tuesday.
Instead?
I was staging throw pillows for an Airbnb photo shoot, managing two small children, navigating my daughter's strep throat, canceling classes, rescheduling coaching clients… and realizing that my “lung-healing retreat” had quietly become HGTV Bootcamp: Mystic Edition.
And somewhere in the middle of it, I forgot to laugh.
Not entirely.
But just enough to feel the weight.
Which is why this passage from A Course in Miracles has been echoing in me:
“Into eternity, where all is one, there crept a tiny, mad idea,
at which the Son of God remembered not to laugh.”
— T-27.VIII.6
Remembered not to laugh.
That’s the hinge.
The separation wasn’t powerful.
It was tiny.
It wasn’t intelligent.
It was mad.
But it was taken seriously.
And the moment we take the mad idea seriously?
It feels real.
The Bait-and-Switch
“Mom, come to Florida and heal your lungs at our new house.”
Translation:
“Mom, welcome to toddler Olympics, strep season, and investment-property staging for a month.”
Let me be clear.
There was no manipulation.
No villain.
Just life unfolding.
But there were 2 or 3 moments when I was exhausted… and frustrated.
Clients postponed.
Classes canceled.
Full-time kid duty.
And for a flicker of a second?
It felt heavy.
That heaviness is the tiny, mad idea.
The idea that this moment has power over me.
The idea that circumstances determine my peace.
The idea that I am at the mercy of form.
That’s when we “remember not to laugh.”
The Power of the Laugh
The ego survives on seriousness.
It does not fear healing.
It does not fear analysis.
It does not even fear exposure.
It fears irrelevance.
And nothing makes the ego more irrelevant than laughter.
Not sarcastic laughter.
Not dismissive laughter.
Clear laughter.
The kind that says:
“Oh… I see what’s happening here.”
The kind that recognizes:
This is theater.
This is form.
This is not ultimate.
When I caught myself tightening, I didn’t suppress it.
I didn’t shame it.
I saw it.
And I laughed.
Not at Lauren.
Not at the kids.
Not at the situation.
At the idea that I had momentarily granted it metaphysical authority.
That’s the release!
The Truth Is Simple
ACIM does not say the Son of God was overpowered.
It says he remembered not to laugh.
The power to reinterpret was always present.
The tiny, mad idea only gained traction because it was taken seriously.
And isn’t that what we do daily?
We take:
Markets seriously.
Politics seriously.
Health seriously.
Schedules seriously.
Bait-and-switches seriously.
And we forget:
It’s a dream.
Not in a dismissive way.
In a liberating way that asks, "How do I want to feel while I play this role?'
Acceleration and Maturity
What excites me right now is this:
Recovery time is shortening.
Years ago, frustration would have lingered.
Now?
It’s a flicker.
That’s what the Course calls the period of achievement:
Not perfection —
faster recognition.
We are in a time of acceleration.
People are waking up faster.
Less interested in analyzing every ripple…
More interested in questioning the ocean.
And when you question the ocean?
The waves lose their intimidation.
Lainaism
“The tiny, mad idea only grows when you give it gravitas.”
Closing Transmission
Beloved,
The separation was never strong.
It was taken seriously.
The ego whispers,
“This matters. This is heavy. This defines you.”
Spirit smiles.
If you can laugh — gently, clearly — you withdraw belief.
And when belief withdraws?
The illusion thins.
I am writing this on the eve of a four-day drive back up to the mountains.
Just me.
Sandy. 🐾
The open road.
And as I head northwest, I’m taking this with me:
Nothing here has authority unless I grant it.
The tiny, mad idea has no power —
unless I forget to laugh.
With holy humor and high-altitude clarity,
Founder, The Awareness Academy
"My happiness and my function are one."—ACIM, Lesson 66
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