Getting Real

R = Remember * E = Evolve * A = Align * L = Love
by Linda Heron Wind

Many of the truly transformative books that are coming out these days are aimed at getting real. The time for pretending - for just moving along with the play - is over. I remember using the phrase, "Get real," when someone was telling me some crazy story expecting me to believe it. "Get real" may just be an old phrase whose time has come, because once you begin to see the crazy stories that abound around us these days, you wonder how you could have ever accepted them as real.

So what does it mean to get real? I think it means aligning with what is true, not just on a physical level but all levels. For example, when we look at how we are living and its impact on the Earth, getting real means coming back into balance with the natural systems of the Earth so that we can have a sustainable future here. That is really very dependent on the choices you make in each moment. On an energetic level it means learning to take responsibility for the energy you put out into the world and understanding that it is a creative force. Being angry at war, for example, does not create peace, nor does judging unloving people create more love. Your attitude and corresponding emotions in each moment can be part of a solution or part of the problem. On a spiritual level, getting real means living each moment as a spiritual being, for that is truly who you are. Staying aware of this is a daily practice.

We could look at the word real standing for Remember, Evolve, Align, and Love.

First we need to remember who we are to know what is real. Are we the character we are playing in the costume we donned at birth? Or are we the actor in the archetypal play that has come to create the divine play? What is real is very different depending on your understanding of who you are. The evolution of human consciousness is so obvious now that you really have to be stuck in the play to miss it. We did not come here to reenact the scenes of our parents and ancestors' plays. We came here to transform the play. Look at how you have already made different choices and act from greater awareness, but there is still more to "real-ize."

When we align with spirit, what is real and what is a crazy story cannot be mistaken. And, of course, the only thing that really is real is love.

A new year always gives us the opportunity to pause and ask ourselves how real our life is. Where are you still stuck in crazy stories about who you are and how you should live and be? Step out of the story into what is real. Wherever there is fear there is a crazy story that has tethered you to your ancestors' plays. Cut those tethers and step out of the old stories that limit your evolution. Align with spirit and let love guide your thoughts, beliefs, stories, feelings, and actions. Focus on the world that you wish to live in, not the one filled with stories that are not REAL!

What you focus on
With your mind and emotions
Is what you will get

If you have comments on this newsletter or ideas for future topics,
call Linda Heron Wind at (585) 924-5620 or send e-mail to LHWind@aol.com.

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