Puppy-dom has returned me to feeling my way with a little one, and this little one is named Theo! A felt sense of being in this world that has nothing to do with thinking one’s way is pertinent for living consciously. There are many blessings in our world that can create shifts in us for feeling our way. Shifting our belief systems is paramount as we navigate our way through life. Our beliefs systems (i.e. our thoughts) are based on distortion/fear, and reflect the power of being tethered to a body, whereas, our spiritual self is free and untethered. Here, we deepen into the experience of our spirit such that we may feel into the I AM-ness of who we really are. We can’t think our way to experience our beingness of spirit, as our thinking is tethered in distortion while living in a body, but we may feel our way which is the spirit’s way. Bottom line: beingness can only be felt as another dimension divinely gifted to us.
It was an oval necklace gifted to me by my Granny, a treasured possession that I resisted wearing in fear of losing it; and yet, the perfect evening to wear it arrived. The feared outcome inevitably occurred as the necklace mysteriously was lost that very night. In essence, I created my reality given The Law of Attraction in Physics acknowledges we can only create a reality in life that corresponds with our belief systems. For years, I didn’t wear the opal necklace because I was afraid that it would be lost, and that is exactly what happened. I manifested the loss of of my treasured necklace because of my belief that I would lose it.
Eckhart Tolle in his book A New Earth: Awakening To Your Life’s Purpose tells a familiar story of a woman whose diamond ring disappeared. Eckhart encouraged her to seek her answer over time from within herself, suggesting that the answer might not come in the form of words. He asked her, “Has who you are become diminished by the loss?” The woman instantly thought she had indeed been diminished with the loss of her ring, but as she felt into the question over time (as opposed to thinking her way), she asked herself “has who I am become diminished?” The response she received from within was that of feeling her I AM-ness, never having experienced that felt sense before, such that she acknowledged “Who I am can’t be diminished at all.”
I was definitely attached to my Granny’s opal necklace, for a long time thinking that I was diminished by its loss, but when I began to feel my way into my spiritual truth, I felt my I Am-ness begin to resonate from within. I felt into my divine truth such that I am in no way diminished by its disappearance, which brings me a sense of peace as a powerful frame of reference for experiencing my spirit’s knowing. More than I could have imagined, my Granny’s necklace served me in experiencing what may be for me, my deepest truth, because who I am can’t be diminished when I am connected to my spiritual self, an inner perspective that is unlimited deep within. Blessings for the journey as we focus on opening up to our felt sense that has been gifted to us.
Jules Steffen, LMHC, CHT, PPN 