Hello! This is Cynthia Sue Larson, with realityshifters.com. Today I'd like
to talk with you about the idea of soulfulness and the Mandela Effect and
reality shifts. I've been reading and rereading a book that I read a while ago
by Jacob Needleman. It's called "I am Not I." The idea here is that Jacob writes
a play or a book or whatever, about his older self, Jacob, meeting his younger
self, Jerry. And throughout the dialogue in the book, there's also a third
character that shows up. I won't spoil it in case you read it, but the idea here is
that different levels of self can and often do interact. And even more than
that, the book delves into the whole idea of soulfulness. It has a wonderful
quote, which I've especially enjoyed by Gurdjieff; maybe not so much a quote by
Needleman, as a recollection by Jacob Needleman as one of the main
recommendations that Gurdjieff made. He's the one who mentioned that most of
us are sleepwalking. What Gurdjieff recommended for all of the people that
were following him was to remember yourself always and everywhere.
That's a tall order, because it really takes us out of our sense of definition
by measurables, where we think, "Oh, I've been a teacher for X number of years," or
"I'm a student at this level," or "I earn this many dollars," or whatever it is that
you might want to measure: "I'm married," "I'm divorced"... anything that you can say
that is some kind of a descriptor about yourself, but somehow does not get to
that intense I-ness. And this is that intense transformative
"I am" quality, that when you have it, you know it, because suddenly you feel a
deeper sense of reverence. When I'm reading this book by Needleman, he talks
about the necessity of loving the universe.
And for myself, I would say it's a necessity of feeling reverence, which is
a combination for me of love and real respect--a respect to very high divine
quality. What both Jacob Needleman and myself share is this feeling that
there just has to be a level of idea of divinity of God that there has to be
some level--this is what, "I am Not I" gets into a little bit--is this idea that by
recognizing that there is this notion of grand ideas--big ideas--good ideas--and
this is my current fascination with how good can it get, when we go there, when we
allow ourselves to keep remembering that sense of soulfulness--here's what amazing
thing happens next. What happens next that I have observed over and over is that we
get glimpses into the way that anything we need will be fulfilled. That our needs
absolutely will be met. And this can be a very good thing. This is where reality
shifts definitely are noticed by me as occurring, because I'm able to recognize,
"Here I am in this one state of measuring and observing," then I can drift my mind...
it can feel like, "Wow, I am this grand sense of maybe timeless...
maybe infinite... certainly a sense of soulfulness is for sure, with this real
sense of meaning, purpose, value, reverence. And from there, I'm not making small
wishes of, "I wish this for my own comfort," but instead I'm getting to a place of
recognizing that all my needs are being met. They have always been met. And when I
give back by choosing to be in service to the highest, greatest sense of
goodness that I can possibly imagine, then indeed I do find out how good it
can get. So that's my thought for the day about mindfulness, soulfulness,
reality shifts, and Mandela Effects. Until next time, please keep asking my
favorite question: "How good can it get?" Take care!