A few weeks ago, a person I only ever see a few times a year told me about how seeing me expressing a song on stage a few years ago had such a strong impact on her life and lifestyle choices. I was totally surprised by her sharing and asked her what it was that had such an effect, and what kind of effect it was.
She explained how she was very impressed by the way I got on the stage with such ease and joy, without any fear or fuss. She went on to say how great it was for her to witness someone up on the stage so powerfully and freely expressing; someone with such innocent joy and at the same time a contagious, sassy sparkle.
This situation changed her way of seeing ‘going on stage’ and expressing for all to see, as well as her anxiety about being seen. It “rocked her world,” she said, because it was clear now that this could be done in a different way, a simple way that’s free of the usual hype, excitement and serious organisation. But her greatest realisation was that going on stage can be done in a way that does not change your way of being – that if you don’t force it, you can be the same either on or off the stage.
She said she then went back into ‘her life,’ freed from her former beliefs and expectations, and started to hold some presentations in her community during which she was somehow magically able to share freely and naturally with others in public (which is a pure gift, as she is holding so much wisdom!).
Why do I share this story with you? Not to say “I am so great” (even though I am), but to show that we, our expression in general, and every moment really counts.
I had nearly forgotten about this performance as it was years ago, the first of many to follow, and I had thought I offered great entertainment for the audience and that was that. In retrospect, I remember I had been through a ‘huuuge’ process beforehand. To make a long story short, I had to claim the worth of my performance against all odds – which was a lot, believe me! But it was worth it, and I was worth it, and when I finally stepped on to the stage it was all done, dusted and behind me so I simply enjoyed the gig and moved on.
Now through this encounter, I came to realise what an enormous impact I’d had on another – one person out of hundreds – or maybe I’d affected a few others as well, or perhaps the whole audience?
OMG. I was a bit shocked about how much impact my expression can have and the responsibility this reveals…
And another great realisation was dawning…
Pondering on that topic, I remembered a time when a friend put a large portion of a special herb mix I had just deeply appreciated into a big ‘take away box’ for us to take home. I told her that she didn’t have to give it to us, we can buy it as well, and she said, “Why not give it to you? You are always so bounteous!” indicating her appreciation of the generosity she had previously experienced with me. I was, however, surprised at the time because I was not so aware of being very ‘bounteous’ – it was so natural for me, no questions asked.
What I got from all this by and by, is that I am seen by people and that how I am and how I express is not just noticed, but also has an influence on them.
To follow this revelation, I then started to discover that everything I do and say and how I live is an inspiration for others – to join in or not. I realised this impact does not just apply to all the great performances I do, but must also apply to all the not so great actions in my life. Say if I become jealous or angry or judgmental – this is on the table for all to choose as well, is it not?! If I express judgmentally, another could be influenced by this and feel justified in judging as well.
The magnitude of my social responsibility and how much we all carry a responsibility for all others dawned on me.
Now I do not know how it is for you, but for me the word ‘responsibility’ insinuated a certain ‘heaviness’. To ‘take responsibility’ meant I was stuck with a burden – a burden I would have to take on and carry. It represented something I normally would like to avoid – a bit, or more. “That’s life…”
But the examples I spoke of above did not make me feel heavy or burdened; in fact, I felt lighter by what people told me. When I did something they loved, it felt totally natural for me to have done so as well: no burden!
Hmmm...
I engaged a bit more with this topic and found an article that lifted the lid on an even greater depth of accountability:
“Energetic Integrity is a commitment to living connected to your Soul, a way of living that comes from loving yourself and relating to others in that same loving way. This gentle way of living offers the world a harmlessness.” (Gabrielle Caplice & Natalie Benhayon, Energetic Integrity and Energetic Responsibility)
The authors present that there are just two kinds of energy, a healing one or a harming one, and that the one you connect to guarantees the quality of your expressions and transmissions. So you’re either acting in love, or against it.
Healing energy is the one that is connected to our soul, and therefore connected to us all – because we all have a soul and are equal in this state of being, which is love. As I understand it, a healing expression would be one that confirms our interconnectedness and Oneness and expands it.
I can relate this to my former examples. When I expressed my natural love, it inspired others to expand their life and expression. I can say that there have been many, many times in my life when others have inspired me to take stock, to come back to the ‘healing way of life’ and expand my expression.
And so I have come to understand that we learn and expand together! That this is what we are made for!
Becoming aware of the fact that I have an impact on everyone and that every one of my choices counts, means I am already taking responsibility, as I am no longer neglecting to see how powerful I am.
My power lies in my connection to soul, the connection I have to all others and in the fact that I can express in a healing way for all – or not.
I count. You count. Our way of living and expression counts. We matter!
It is our job, our purpose, and it is our responsibility to express the love that we are. In fact, I have the job of shining the divine light that I am coming from – WHAT A JOB!
By Sandra Schneider
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Bringing purpose into every moment of our lives is essential.
This responsibility is a very simple and joyful thing; the more I realise it the more joy I feel in life. Sitting here now the quality with which I breathe is setting a tone for others even though I am alone. And when aligned to love, God, Soul, heaven, truth… there is a resetting happening of all the ill movements we have all made.
“What I got from all this by and by, is that I am seen by people and that how I am and how I express is not just noticed, but also has an influence on them”. That statement is really important in that we have a responsibility to everyone, as we are continually being watched and many don’t even realise this. We are role models and this sharing reveals that A word could affect another, a gesture or a body movement, the tone of your voice, etc etc, has an influence. That is a big revelation.
I loved the reminder this blog has bought for me and that in everything there is a responsibility for all to be responsible for. So I have a responsibility from the time I wake up, to the time I take myself to bed to go to sleep. Simple…
To realise that we are always role models is a great way to embrace responsibility and the joy of it. It actually makes life much simpler. The way I live has an impact, it is not about what I do, but about the quality in which I do.
This is a great reminder Matilda not to get caught up in the doing of life which can happen as we all seem to be caught up in the business of it. But to reconnect as much as possible to the quality of what we do because it does bring a contentment to our bodies of a job well done.
“My power lies in my connection to soul,” An offered inspiration to all to live and express in connection to Soul.
“… we, our expression in general, and every moment really counts.” Great to read this again and receive the reminder to bring more care and awareness to myself, knowing that I am always having an impact.
Brings back responsibility knowing that whatever we are doing, we always have an impact.
My understanding of responsibility has definitely become a feeling of lightness and freedom in life. If I don’t express, I become irresponsible and feel very small and squashed.
Leigh I agree that lightness is so needed, as we end up bringing complication to a word that is so simple to be obedient to. There is no doing, just be who we truly are. That’s a responsibility.
I love how our expression can affect one person and that’s all that is needed. We don’t have to help everyone as there is always someone out there, that helps another.
The serious part of our day to day living is the responsibility we have in either ‘healing or harming’ another, and that is a biggie. I love when I am connected to my soul as the expression is only from absoluteness and love offered to another, whether they accept that reflection or not is a different matter. The invitation is there anyhow.
Expression is everything and in everything…
True responsibility brings such a Loving purpose to all we do, and as our reflection is felt in everything we do, with the ripple effect continually flows out. When we understand and Truly appreciate how we can all live in this simple way we find True purpose and thus it becomes simpler to be in True-responsibility.
Thank you Greg, how true it is : “When we understand and truly appreciate how we can all live in this simple way we find true purpose and thus it becomes simpler to be in true-responsibility” I am only getting the true power of our reflection we offer to all.
When we are in purpose, our expression is from this state of being too and in that it matters not how our expression can affect another, as the soul will deliver the quotient needed for that other.
We can’t not be responsible, we can only choose the quality of energy we express with (love or not love). No matter what we do we are having an influence, the beauty of responsibility is to then choose love. We are always responsible for every imprint we leave, there is never a moment when we are not responsible, so to say we ‘don’t want to be responsible’ is really saying we don’t want to be love. Every non-loving imprint we leave we must come back to until they are all love.
Our every move has an impact on another, ‘I then started to discover that everything I do and say and how I live is an inspiration for others – to join in or not.’
When we have connected to the truth and understand the fact that everything about us can and is there to support others simply with us living this truth and hence through our presence and reflection, this becomes a reason to embrace life more than every before. There is so much in this world that is not supportive, so how refreshing is it to have the truth walking and living and reflecting that this too can be for all.
Whether we realise it or not, whether we want to or not, we all act as role models to those around us. This may be in a truly inspiring way or perhaps not at all. But in the end a simply act we carry out can a life changing moment for another person, just like Sandra has shared in this blog. Every moment matters and every thing we do matters and the quality we do this in is what offers the inspiration for another.
The quality we choose to live in and with is felt by another, what do we want to inspire them with?
This is a great blog that shares that really we should not be changing the way we are through the day – whether we are on stage or off stage, with people we know well or only a little or with people we do not know at all. Consistency in the way we are, naturally so is what allows trust to build in relationships.
This is beautiful sentence because it reminds us all that we have a value a worth.
“I count. You count. Our way of living and expression counts. We matter!”
I feel that so many people are discontented with their life and that they feel they don’t count or are worthless so they give up on themselves and check out on life and therefore miss out on the greatness that life can offer.
“It is our job, our purpose, and it is our responsibility to express the love that we are. In fact, I have the job of shining the divine light that I am coming from – WHAT A JOB!” Oh my Sandra you have highlighted the best job ever!
Observing and seeing what’s needed, rather than focusing on self, takes away the concern of how others may react. As you say, bringing purpose rather than seeking recognition…..
We have such a big impact on everyone around us – for good or for ill. The energy we choose to align to will reflect that so the question is do we choose to heal or harm others? Just being who we naturally are, no need to try to impress, feels much more genuine and people feel that.
Sue you are spot on – for In our truth and essence no matter what we do, this offers a true inspiration for another to do likewise. And then of course if we are not in our essence then we role model a way of being that takes another away from their essence. Good to be aware of which role model we are being at that moment in time.
We either harm or heal by what energy we choose to align to, ‘there are just two kinds of energy, a healing one or a harming one, and that the one you connect to guarantees the quality of your expressions and transmissions.’
Most of the time we will never know the impact we have when we are being truly ourselves without holding back, we will never know who really is observing or how this may inspire. However, by simply working on letting go and being more of who I am I know I can support people to trust themselves too, to feel their own awesome qualities and to appreciate them.
Our most important job is expressing the divinity that we are and are coming from.
And what is even more amazing is that there is a job for everyone, based on the same level of experience our connection to God and that expressing this vibration is what matters the most. Best job ever!
Actually, it is so simple to live that ‘divine job’ but I have hesitated a lot before I surrendered myself to it as I was so attached to the temporal job I had before.
We always do influence people with our movements, therefore, it is important to be aware of them, will they add to the harm or will they heal.
It is key to be aware of our movements, and to choose how to move as that has an impact far and wide.
“Her greatest realisation was that going on stage can be done in a way that does not change your way of being – that if you don’t force it, you can be the same either on or off the stage” – I received a similar comment from someone this week in relation to business. She said how much she loved doing business with me and had learnt that can be loving, fun, professional and yourself in business.
How lovely also that these people shared and expressed their appreciation to you. It is beautiful to share with each other in this way – we all benefit.
Appreciation is gold. How often do we express that to others – or feel it for ourselves?
If we express without needing an outcome then we don’t carry “fear or fuss”. This is something we miss in our education and could be a simple addition to our parenting portfolio!
Pearls Lucy – when an outcome is dropped it allows for so much more to be expressed.
So great to remember the responsibility that we are always reflecting to others, whatever condition we are in. There is no ‘time off’!
We take time off when we are off!… but even then as you share there is no time off as when we are off one energy we are on the other!
Indeed, Jenny, we are always ‘on’ also when we think we are ‘off’ or go to sleep. There is a way of living that does not make this distinction and makes life one life irrespective if we are at home, at work or shopping for instance – life then becomes one-life instead of the scattered life we otherwise choose for and will exhaust us immensely.
Absolutely Jenny, there’s no off time.
Everything we do counts… What a beautiful simple expression of the interconnectedness of all things and the responsibility that we do have.
I am just starting to get a sense of the depth of responsibility we have towards ourselves and each other. I was driving in my car recently on the way to the supermarket when I had a feeling being frustrated. When I parked the car I sat with myself to get a sense of where this feeling was coming from. I needed to do this because there was no way I was going anywhere until I had an understanding as I felt the responsibility of knowing there is enough frustration in people’s lives without adding to the mix. For many of us we are so focused on just getting through life that we are not aware of the emotions we are emanating if we were to stop and think about it how many of us know that we are transmitters of energy and that we can all feel this energy all of the time.
Wow Mary, this is a level of lived responsibility that is so inspiring! It helps to see the bigger picture (enough people are already frustrated) to be very motivated to get rid of it instead of filling up the pool even more. To connect to the bigger picture helps me to not make it about me me me and alone this is a big step towards more inner harmony again.
Every word is like a drop in the ocean, it matters a lot. What we say, contributes to the world we live in today, what we write does too. Are we speaking from our hearts, or are we saying something to sound smart, look good or hurt another – all of this creates the society we live in. Because if more of us spoke from a place of love, when somebody does not come from that place it will be very obvious and that will be easier to address. But because we have all agreed to degrade ourselves and to speak from our minds and through the protection, anger and sadness we cary and have not resolved, words have become “just words” or worse, a weapon.
This article made me ponder on the pattern I have of not thinking that I have an impact on others when they are not around. I know and have felt this is not true, as I can feel people on the other side of the world. It is convenient for my on-off switch on being responsible in life to not consider the impact we have on others.
It is important to understand the impact we have far and wide, ‘Becoming aware of the fact that I have an impact on everyone and that every one of my choices counts, means I am already taking responsibility, as I am no longer neglecting to see how powerful I am.’
I so love that what others so appreciated about you are something so natural and normal to you, and when others express their appreciation, you get a chance to appreciate yourself even more and to express more. That’s very beautiful. I know sometimes I get a thought that says it’s very hard (if not impossible) to be expressing myself with love at all time, but this idea totally contradicts the truth of who we are – that we are love and us being ourselves is already love, and that is our most natural way.
“I then started to discover that everything I do and say and how I live is an inspiration for others – to join in or not”. Now this is what I call a life-changing revelation; it definitely was for me. It places the responsibility for every choice we make firmly in our hands, but it is a joyful responsibility not the burden many consider it to be.
It is amazing what people pick up simply by observing others, and when we inspire them, they in turn inspire others.
We trust what we see more than what we hear or read and as such that is why we have such a problem with trust because what we see lived in life is not what we are told or what we read which has been expressed on an idea of how we feel it should be rather than the reality we live. We can be that change – that is very much our choice.
Sometimes we even get inspired by others getting inspired by us – I am constantly inspired by both myself and others and even a tiny floating feather this morning.
Sandra I recon one of the things we don’t value enough is the power of our expression and the clear difference in life we make.
This is lovely, to bring together inspiration with responsibility. Because then we all are equal.
We all have a welcome responsibility to inspire others to be all that they are and also it is important to appreciate each other for the inspiration and confidence that is offered.
It’s beautiful how through inspiration we can help each other re-ignite more our true expression.
Every voice matters – literally! We either reflect a quality of vibration that pulls another up or we reflect a quality of vibration that pulls them down. Our every expression either heals or harms depending on which source of energy we are aligned to – love or not-love.
We never know who is watching us and what effect we have on others without even realising. With this comes a massive responsibility where we can either be inspiring people to be more of themsleves, more of the love that they are or we can be confirming their lack of love, neediness, raciness etc.. and we are either confirming one or the others at all times.
Our expression counts when it helps to pull someone else up/confirm something deep about them.
It sure does Eduardo and we never know quite how far reaching and life changing our words can be for that person. We may never meet them again but knowing we have expressed and given our all in each and every moment is the only way to guarantee the ripples will be of love.
So true Sandra, every expression counts, every one of us counts, and the more we live and embrace this, the more we all inspire each other to expand and express more.
When we offer another a true connection in listen and supporting them in their expression we are offered the joy we can truly feel in living and being in brotherhood with one another.
I agree that it is possible to live life from one moment to the next, treating every moment with the same care and responsibility and expressing what is needed in every moment whether we are in front of one friend or a thousand strangers.
God doesn’t differentiate between moments, he doesn’t say ‘nah there’s only a couple of people chatting together down there, I can’t be bothered, I’m gonna wait till there’s at least a couple of hundred’. Nope, He streams through us regardless.
How far from the truth have we swayed that we see some people more important than others and do not know anymore that every single one of us matters and equally so.
What a great job we all have to share our love and joy – let’s get to work!
Seeing oneself as a role model asks us to consider more deeply our actions, who and what they support.
You share how you live in what you choose to do and to stand on stage as you are in a crowded street and be you, regardless of people watching or not and shining how you are is very inspiring!
Everyone’s expression counts… This is one of the keys, the vital keys to the ongoing expansion of the universe… As with the macro so is the micro.
This has been such an eyeopener for me:
‘you can be the same either on or off the stage.’ Serge Benhayon presented in his presentation workshops that all of us present all the time. So it doesn’t matter whether you are on stage or meet someone on the train – we present constantly. And what I have experienced mostly is that the way I have been and the way I moved influences what comes out of my mouth.
It’s a great point Monika, that we are presenting all the time, we think that only when we are on a stage that all eyes are on us, but it’s actually all the time, we are always on the world stage presenting or reflecting something. Even when we are not seen we are felt.
We think we are isolated with our problems and can live in our bubbles, but as you bring to light, we inevitably reflect our living ways to each other, and thus why not grasp this awesome fact and live and inspire each other with a way of living that we all so deeply yearn for and deserve, a way of love and brotherhood.
We cannot learn and expand on our own, we are meant to live and work together. Brotherhood is the only way forward. Like someone I stood next to on a ‘market’ to promote our services said: there is no such thing as competition there is only collaborating and working together.
Yes, humanity summed up in one word. We are here together and only together we will return to the love that we deep down know and so very much deserve.
Return to the love that we are.
I love your job description: ‘I have the job of shining the divine light that I am coming from – WHAT A JOB!’
I have the same job: I am here to reflect the future can be lived now in the grandness we come from. All of us have the same boss: God and boy he is the best boss ever with his forever lasting love and support.
I am beginning to realise this too. There are many invitations to bring forth the love and joy in us and by saying yes without letting fear of our ‘performance’, or any other excuse to not share, get in the way, we can be great instruments of inspiration.
I love what you express here Sandra, as it is a great revelation, that we count in our every move and that this every move is not only felt by those around us but by the entire universe. This is something hard for us to grasp because we are so used to living in our bubbles and in the belief that our behaviour / way of life only has a certain radius of influence. We underestimate the power we have and avoid the responsibility this holds.
Oh yes! When the responsibility I have comes to my full realisation – I could stop moving and breathing to make sure to not doing something ‘wrong’…haha. And it is true – the responsibility we carry is ‘to much’ for me, just me. Thats why I am connecting to my essence and the divine source I am coming from. In connection this all can be done. In fact, in connection it is a joy to do so.
I agree we are here to express love, we can meet people and see what is an issue, we can look in the mirror and see fault, all of this maybe a reality but are we prepared to see the light of love in our own eyes in in others faces, regardless of the lines, emotions and exhaustion that may be clocking them? We can live a loving way, we all know what it feels like, even if we can not put a name to it, even those who say they have never loved have a sense of it deep within.
It is the denying of our own power that lets us run around as if we do not know, but as you say we all know deep inside what love is and yearn deeply for it.
What a lovely comment Samantha! Yes, I agree – we all know love.
Samantha what I feel you’re sharing here is to always go deeper into what being love means, as there is always more depth to how we express and live that love with each other.
Our presence and quality is profound – if only we lived knowing this we may find our life would turn around.
Our expression in each moment counts. Whether we choose to express to support others or not is the choice to live the fullness that is on offer for ALL.
Our expression has the power to harm or heal – the choice is up to us to either align to Soul and to reflect to others a true way of being or stay stuck in the mud and express from this place. I know which one I would rather choose.
We all too often completely under estimate how our actions can affect and influence others.
and ourselves!
I’m learning to see the person behind the person, and in that I mean when someone is not happy, or maybe frustrated, or even upset, I can see who they are behind all that, and in that I can express and communicate with them in a way that honours who they really are.
I am learning this too and Serge Benhayon is my greatest example in this. He sees everyone in their essence and holds us higher than we do ourselves.
We can never underestimate the effect we have on others. This sharing is an example of what happens when we just be us in full. It is very powerful.
“The magnitude of my social responsibility and how much we all carry a responsibility for all others dawned on me.” The responsibility to know and to be who we are is to live the love that we are.
and really when who we are is so awesome you have to wonder why we would want to deny that and not live it?!
It’s so true Sandra, the quality that we live and breath in our everyday ripples out to everyone equally.
Just a reminder that we have no idea whose lives we can touch just by living life from who we are. The more we are willing to live the love that we are, it returns to shows us in the most of unlikely of ways.
Allowing ourselves to be seen and in my case letting go of the need to be perfect, opens doors to going deeper in our relationships. Allowing others to see me and the changes that are occurring in my life, I am beginning to feel, is ok. From living transparency, we offer inspiration.
It is so true Sandra, we all matter.
Its so true …. every expression counts.
True purpose and divinity can be felt in every movement, action with the attention to even the smallest of details, when there is an innermost connection with that which is true.
Everyone’s expression counts equally no person’s expression is greater than another and yes I agree it doesn’t matter if we are speaking to 1 person or 400 we can still just be ourselves ✨
We are communicating all the time even when we are not speaking and whatever energy we are choosing at the time is conveyed in that communication. So we are always either confirming a loving way or one of separation. We might as well just accept that there is not a single moment where we don’t have a significant impact on everyone and everything around us.
Today I got a message from someone I barely know who had been touched along with her partner by a photo that I shared. It reminded me, as your share Sandra that we cannot ever truly grasp just how much inspiration can comes from us. The main thing we can know is if we love and stay connected what comes serves everyone in this world in some way. Amazing!
” But her greatest realisation was that going on stage can be done in a way that does not change your way of being – that if you don’t force it, you can be the same either on or off the stage. ”
I think Shakespeare said it, when he said ” all the world is a stage ” in meaning, to treat ones life in compartments or at lower or higher levels of performances will only be an act . But to constantly put in a whole hearted dedication to life, will be a living of life in full, as one is, that requires no applause.
‘Say if I become jealous or angry or judgmental – this is on the table for all to choose as well, is it not?! If I express judgmentally, another could be influenced by this and feel justified in judging as well.’ Great point Sandra – how we express is what we offer to others as a reflection and a possibility.
I love how something so small or minor that we do with love can have such huge impacts on others, often we do not even get to see or appreciate the effects. When we do it is lovely as it confirms what we already knew. It also brings in a responsibility for us knowing that everyone we interact with, or even that simply sees us either gets a reflection of the love and divinity we all are or less than that. And what if that moment was the only opportunity that person has this life time – surely it would make us consider each movement differently.
We don’t really want to know how big an impact we can have on other people, as it would make us realise that we are responsible all the time for what we put out into the world and how we are.
The very simplicity of knowing: I count in this world, my expression counts, I have a purpose and I am part of a bigger plan, makes such a difference to how we move and what we attract into our lives. And it is our choice to be love or not.
Beautiful jacqmcfadden04. This gorgeous awareness of our unique, equal and invaluable relationship with the whole of life is a fundamental reflection to offer one another, and I would say key in raising any child.
I love to revisit this blog, it is just so full of sparkling gems just reflecting the gem you are Sandra. Thankyou for sharing you with us all.
Thank you for redefining responsibility and what it truly means. Everything we do matters and has an effect on everyone else. Just like the ‘butterfly effect’ the way we move ripples out and others get to be inspired back to the love that they are or confirmed in their misery and struggle.
It’s true, we count, everything we do counts and it’s easy to fool ourselves that in a world of 7.5 billion people that what we do doesn’t really matter but what if you are the one person in 7.5 billion who changes everything?
When we express from the depth of who we are, we provide the perfect reflection for another to know the depth of that which they are also.
There is nothing heavy regarding responsibility, because it is nothing but an offering to others to step up in their truth.
People notice everything about us, it is all clocked at one level and has an influence on them, ‘that everything I do and say and how I live is an inspiration for others’.
” And so I have come to understand that we learn and expand together! ”
This is very true ,for when one expands that encourages and gives another the trust to test out the possibility of expanding and so the domino affect is put in place until we all fall down and surrender to our power, that we do not originate from earth.
Responsibility in how we are, our quality of energy, and how we express is far more than most of us realise, ‘I was a bit shocked about how much impact my expression can have and the responsibility this reveals…’
We impact so much more than we know and once we understand this we see the responsibility this brings not in a heavy way but in a way of sharing who we naturally are, for that’s what’s we here to do, live the love we are.
“Becoming aware of the fact that I have an impact on everyone and that every one of my choices counts, means I am already taking responsibility, as I am no longer neglecting to see how powerful I am.” We all have such a power – to reflect truth and love with consistency – or reflect otherwise. What do we choose?
To clock that what we express and say is noted by others, encourages greater self-responsibility.
First accepting how much we feel & how sensitive we are in regard to energy, we will then be able to take on full awareness of the importance of what we bring to others. Everything is registered, from EVERYONE, even when someone is not willing to feel it in their conscious presence, we feel everything undeniably. What an amazing exchange of energies all the time if you choose to reflect the truth that will all unite us in the end.
More and more I realise the significance and responsibility in the quality with which we live in every moment. Every movement leaves a wake into which we and everyone else walks, and every impression has an impact on all other people.
We just cannot take a time off. We are here to evolve each other- whenever I want to just indulge in any reaction, that will show everyone that it is ok to do so. Can you imagine how the world would look like, if everyone would take responsibility out of their seen and unseen actions?! Nothing can be hidden in the world of energy, no matter how the mind wants to outsmart it.
True it is crucial that we build our understanding and awareness of the responsibility we hold in our every “seen and unseen action.” The example here of hearing someone acknowledging how they were inspired by a performance well over a year ago, shows that we may not see or perhaps ever be told about the impact, yet the impact is nonetheless well and truly felt.
If we think that responsibility is all the things that we have to do in life, the tick box list if you like, then it will be felt like a weight. If we feel it through how we live and how we make our choices, it shifts and starts to become a joy as we feel the way initially how it affects ourselves and our lives and then we observe the difference how we are in the whole of our lives also affects others. This is just the tip of this wonderful science that is responsibility.
How I live, the choices I make allows others the space to do the same. This works in both a healing and harming way and this is the power we all have. Very cool.
It is in the uncovering of who we are and sharing that openly that not only confirms the all but also holds all equally so and that is where the divine expansion occurs. Inspiration is around us always when we open up and share ourselves in transparency, that we then begin to see the barriers come down and the honesty to true human connection and intimacy speak and this is what will propel us forward.
Yes we do learn and expand together, connection is key and is how we support each other.
This blog has highlighted the responsibility we carry in our expression. We can inspire people and shift blockages in them or we can add to the pool of thoughts that keep us small and stick in humanity. It is a big but also simple and natural responsibility that keeps us on track on our way back to our natural expression.
Of not neglecting how powerful we are, that we can connect to and express from soul in any moment and that in doing so we shine divinity we are all from …. there is indeed an amazing job and each of us carries in us the ability to be this in each and every moment, what an amazing responsibility we carry.
Yes we can think that what we are saying doesn’t count, we can use throwaway lines and words, and yet, it’s true everything that we say affects everything around us, and particularly ourselves.
Great point, that everything we say also affects ourselves…( as well as others) and we can be our own worst enemy. Which means everything actually counts – thus each one of our choices will either keep us in old patterns or evolve us.
Being accountable for the way we behave towards each other is I am finding a joy. To know that if I live in a loving way with myself that this has an affect on everyone I meet is not a burden at all. Why wouldn’t I live like this? It has taken many years to get to this level of understanding about energetic responsibility but having at last understood all that it means I would not want to live any other way.
I absolutely love meeting other people especially when we do not see very often or if we are from different countries. Because when living in a place for too long we get very ingrained in our own customs and habits, and it is very beautiful to have the reflections of others as a deeper observation of oneself.
Everything matters and nothing is truly private; energy knows no boundaries and does not obey or comply with man-made imposts.
Thank you Sandra, I enjoyed reading this again. It’s given me a lot to reflect on today regarding how others may be inspired by how I am and to begin appreciating this, and to also be more aware of how I am and the responsibility that I have in every moment.
We can get caught up in what is going on for ourselves that we ignore what we are reflecting to others and the impact this has on everyone. Appreciating that we do not live in isolation and that we can’t ‘switch off’ our reflection to the world is key.
That’s a big trap for me too Thomas, getting caught up in “my stuff” and then losing the connection to my self, my qualities, and soulful way of life I reflect to the world.
When we build a foundation based on acceptance and appreciation of who we are, we know that every movement counts as it offers a true reflection of that which is true and aligned to our own evolution.
Inspiring blog! Thank you Sandra for sharing and confirming that every expression in life counts…
Sometimes we hold back our expression purely out of habit so it is worthwhile exploring these habits to unlock the fears or other imprisoning ways we are keeping ourselves out of connection not only with others but with ourselves.
To be free to be seen and remain sassy – this is the gold at the end of the rainbow.
We never know the effect on others when we express truly and the power of inspiration it can leave someone in. It’s important to not dismiss our worth as we all have the ability to inspire another.
Our true power lies in connection – in expressing the divine all that we are
“What I got from all this by and by, is that I am seen by people and that how I am and how I express is not just noticed, but also has an influence on them.” I realised this the other day when someone called my name and said they know me, I was so surprised, after hiding most of my life that I am actually seen, a great realisation of how my every movement has an affect on everyone for good or for ill and the responsibility this carries.
There is no hiding.. every movement makes a difference and contributes to the whole: not just our physical movements but how we are with ourselves, our thoughts, our internal feelings.. all of it has an impact beyond ourselves. There’s never a moment where we’re not responsible for the quality that we’re in and how we’re affecting others, near or far.
It’s amazing how easily we can pop a belief bubble when we are inspired and can see how easily we can let go of old patterns.
It’s exactly that – a bubble that we think is fixed and solid but yet is very easily burst once we’re willing to admit that the ways of thinking that we hold ourselves in are only as rigid as we make them and allow them to be.
Sometimes others point out and see the qualities we have better than we can.
Thank you Sandra for a great sharing on responsibility and the impact our every part of life has on everyone. Like you, in the past the word responsibility comes to me with a heavy feeling just like a burden, I am gradually seeing it in its true light, that when we live the love we are and naturally come from in every thing we do, it is so powerful in the healing that is on offer.
This is awesome Sandra, indeed we have a huge responsibility of the quality of movements that we choose moment to moment and the more consistent we choose that which is true and from our soul the more magical life becomes in the way it constellates all that is needed in divine timing.
Once we establish a standard of quality in how we live, when we drop that, we feel the ripple affect this has. Likewise, when we set a standard of quality and deliver that consistently, equally it has a ripple affect. This is the beauty of the responsibility that we hold.
I love your appreciation here of responsibility – of the power we each hold with the quality of our expression and how this needn’t be taken as a burden but as joyful extension of the way we can support one another through developing the connection we have with our Soul.
Being who we naturally are and then sharing and expressing this in all that we do and anywhere we are offers so much to all and it feels amazing in our bodies too because we are not moulding or shaping ourselves to be something we are not. When we move from the inner connection of our hearts and our bodies then move as one we express so much and that quality of energy is felt and then inspires another to do the same. Simply awesome thank you Sandra.
‘I then started to discover that everything I do and say and how I live is an inspiration for others ‘ So true and this then feed back to ourselves in a beautiful cycle.
When we are our true selves, it cannot help but inspire others.
How often do we truly clock that our expression counts way before any words that can come from our mouth? Every movement is noted as soon as we walk anywhere. A great reminder of the responsibility that goes with the choices we make.
I think we underestimate just how much everything we say and do and choose can effect another person. What if this moment right now, or your next movement, or the next thing you say inspires someone with something they have been struggling with for maybe years?
” My expression counts “There is no doubt that this must be true , for the evidence is that we are all here and us all being capable of expression in what ever form .
It is our responsibility to express the truth and to not hold back in any way shape or form.
It is astounding how little true expression we have accepted in life and yet as one person expresses in full, this lights the way for the greater many of us to follow.
When in connection to our soul and the expression through our movements we are communicating everything another needs to feel the space around them and their interconnection with the universe.
I love the way you have written about your” Divine Job ” that we all have equally . As you so say ” because we all have a Soul and are equal in this state of being ” thank you Sandra .
I express myself walking through a supermarket without saying a word, what I express in every moment from my body is the energy I am saying yes to, either love or not love. It can’t be felt in our walk, our smile, our lipstick, the bounce in out step, our eyes, our words, our movements. People clock everything. And we really clock when we feel something different to what most of us live. Something we all crave – love.
Our every expressions counts… when I imagine a world where we each appreciated this fact and also the repercussions of our choices, it highlights how loving an act it is to respond to life in this way, to be responsible for our part that affects the quality of the whole.
And so I have come to understand that we learn and expand together! That this is what we are made for! Yes, we do not have to do it alone….. which was something I took on and played over and over again in every area of my life!
In fact, there is no difference between presenting on stage than talking to a friend one-on-one. It’s the same body expressing, it’s the same body moving and it’s the same body connecting to a quality of energy that is true or not – no matter how many people are watching and listening.
What I am understanding about responsibility currently is that self appreciation, appreciating that I am from that energy that expresses in and with love actually pulls me to be responsible. Because in the moments where I can feel I want to sit in my stuff and be irresponsible life has a way of reminding me that my love is needed in the world. And that feels better than stewing or ruminating over my unloving choices.
Our reflection has the power to inspire and confirm at all times, living with energetic responsibility seems hard at first but when you commit to it in full you feel the connection we all share and the difference we can all make with our loving choices.
Very well said – the connection with others is forever present and calling us to greater and greater responsibility and love.
Very true and something I have found is that people are always watching us, just like we watch others and so it is important we live energetically responsible at all times because we never know who may be watching and how much our reflection may help inspire them to change their life, not by doing anything special but simply by being ourselves.
Responsibility is founded on our ability to cherish ourselves and others – this is what naturally inspires, commitment, dedication and appreciation. When these qualities are not embraced we ‘need’ to create a reason (such as responsibility being a burden) as to why we are not living responsibly.
I love the way you have expressed true responsibility Abby; it is our quality of being that inspires all we do thereafter.
How we express – in every moment – is so important. It got me thinking as to why I’m happy to share in one to one moments, yet would feel awkward about expressing to a group of a hundred or more – and on a stage! I came to the realization that if I’m more concerned with me – and how I come over – then of course I’ll be nervous with a large group of people. If I have something to share – from my heart – and forget about the self, then there will be far fewer nerves.
Likewise Sandra, I’ve noticed how people pick up on the small gestures, the way we hold ourselves, how we move through a room. It is surprising just what an impact this can have and certainly turns up the volume on responsibility.
We are forever noting the smallest movement of another and their living quality and as such forever hold the responsibility of offering true inspiration to others by our living way.
I love this line, it made me laugh… appreciation of ourselves and what we bring, yes. Why do I share this story with you? Not to say “I am so great” (even though I am), but to show that we, our expression in general, and every moment really counts.
It feels divine when I appreciate myself and all that I bring, but just have to work on being consistent with appreciation!
We are never not graced with the opportunity to reflect heavenly inspiration to another.
Living in constant appreciation allows us to be deeply inspired by another’s choices and to cherish their reflection as an opportunity to be more of the love that we are.
Inspiration is a wonderful offering to all others, is magnificent, grand and ordinarily humble at the same time – the great thing is that it is ever-present and ever- reaching with no expiry date.
My expression counts…. these three little words in the title are powerful.
I love to read this blog today and all the love and wisdom contained in it. Yes, we each have a responsibility to express as much love as we are able, in the knowing that there is always more love to express….we are here to evolve and keep expanding and we are all reflections for one another, in this way we can support each other.
We like to think that our reflection is limited or doesn’t have a profound impact – yet everything counts.
We affect everyone by our every choice… one way or the other. This is a huge responsibility and when accepted, also comes with the most extraordinary amount of love…. the true sort that is. These words are synonymous and once we accept one, we accept the other.
There is enormous love in taking full responsibility for our every lived choice.
Yes exactly Deborah, we think of responsibility as a burden but in truth it is not, that’s our convenient re-interpretation to justify avoiding it.
I have found at times I want to share things with people I hardly know, say in a supermarket checkout, and think is it okay to share this, then when I do, I realise there was a greater purpose as there was something for the person to share with me, for example someone recently shared about his son being killed years ago and another how she related to the fact that it was not okay for people to be rude and abusive to others.
It’s saddening how much we dismiss ourselves and the magic and true miracles that because of us being somewhere ( God plays his part in this equally too) happen everyday.
How grand we are and how important it is to celebrate our every expression and movement that is with God and therefore in brotherhood with all others.
We are grand beyond all words and the more we embrace and accept this the more we share this with others and they get the reflection back that they too are also grand.
‘Offering the world a harmlessness’… it seems such a no-fuss statement , and yet within it is contained so much wisdom on how to live in but not of the world.
True – this alone could be studied a life-time …and more
What a great reflection that how we live and what we reflect is noticed and has an impact in more ways than we may realise. Brings home how huge the responsibility we hold with the quality of choices we make.
As we never know how something we say or something we do, or simply just being true selves, will affect another we have a huge responsibility in every moment to ensure that the energy we are in is healing; that we are offering a moment for someone to be inspired. Yes, as you say Sandra, this is one amazing job – and it also offers full time employment!
Understanding and embracing the fact that every single one of us counts and matters is something that unfortunately not everyone gets the opportunity to experience. The more each and everyone of us claims this truth then every single person that we come into contact with will realise that they too matter. The power of responsibility.
Everyone is watching everything we do all of the time… not in a bad way or a good way. Just a fact. Its how kids learn from their parents. Its how we are inspired (or otherwise) by others. Its totally gorgeous cause it means we are communicating all of the time through our movements.
We do not know how profoundly we affect other people.
The slightest dismissive or careless gesture will impact on a person in ways that cannot be calculated.
When we move through life with grace and ease we also cause ripples that steadily inspire the change this world so clearly needs. And we may never know who these people are, or how profound their change will be.
This is the nature of responsibility. We are a part of all life and as such we influence and affects its outplay. We are important and what we do and how we do it matters.
I have often wondered about this fact that we could be affecting lives we may never even know about. My mind cannot fathom it but I am curious if there are other senses that can make sense of this ripple affect.
I love feeling inspired by other people countless times, it is what allowed me to begin the path of return to the soul.
It is so important to acknowledge and appreciate the qualities that we have and how we contribute to society by living these qualities. Looking back I see that I have had a huge influence on many many people and certainly not by trying, and like you Sandra there are probably, many more I am not aware of. We cannot underestimate the influence we have on others and the responsibility we have to live life with the greatest energetic integrity we can.
It is great remember that we are affecting everyone and everything with all that we do. Just like moving furniture around in our house – the new angles created can enhance or contract the flow in which we live.
That we all do count is such a simple statement but it is a foundation of the ageless wisdom that is at the heart of our return to the true destiny of humanity
When we allow ourselves to naturally be ourselves with everyone and in all situations, this brings a huge point of reflection for others, where they can see there is nothing to it, and they also get to feel that exact same normalness and openness within themselves.
“In retrospect, I remember I had been through a ‘huuuge’ process beforehand.” To consider that every time we work through something that is not easy we offer others an easier way through that same problem/issue, is just a beautiful motivation to hang in there when life is difficult and feel the purpose of it all.
Hang in there when life is difficult.. Often it’s our greatest learnings and healings that are offered to us through our toughest moments.. The key is never to give up, and even if we do give up, to keep coming back to what is on offer, and appreciate all that we are learning.
The realisation of the real joy of responsibility is something that has to be felt to be known and it is not surprising that the word responsibility has been made to be a burden and heavy and anything but what it truly means keeping us and the world less and in the state of chaos and disharmony it is. A beautiful blog and sharing of the lightness and amazingness of true responsibility to be living all that we are.
It is quite incredible to feel how the more we open up and let go of old patterns, that immediately this is reflected back through the way others are with us. It is an absolute confirmation that everyone is feeling everything.
So often we can be in the illusion that we need to work through something to let go of it, and that it’s a difficult and long process to do so, when in reality, it’s a simple moment to moment choice to let go, and to then keep on letting go, or keep holding on to the old.
We learn a lot from getting inspired by other people but as there are two energies we can live from it is important to remember that we are vessels of expression and do inspire other people all the time and there in lays the responsibility to live all that we naturally are and live from the energy of love and not the bastardized version of it.
When we stop to consider the flow on effect of our every expression – unfathomable numbers of them per day given we never stop expressing… the responsibility as to how we move and express and the quality of energy that we allow to express through us is undeniable for we will bless humanity by our true grace or add to the countless ills by our holding back and resisting the love on offer.
The thing is, energetic accountability has been always there for us to feel know and understand, in the immutable law of Karma, that , whether we choose to know this or not, does not change the truth that, like reincarnation it is a reality
Sure Chris, we think we can comfortable ignore this energetic responsibility by closing our eyes for it but as you say, there is a grander order we are part of and have to adhere to that eventually will need us to rebalance the ‘what’ is not we have allowed and chosen for in our lives.
It is incredible to see what is brought to the fore here, our every move and expression has an effect and brings a healing or harming way. Responsibility is asked from us, and as this word often comes with a feeling of a burden, I am coming to see that the healing way of expression is full of joy, thus far from a burden to express in this way. It is just that we need to break through our own prepositions for expression from all our experience in our life.
It is important to remind ourselves that we all bring a part of the puzzle, we all have something unique to contribute no matter what that looks like – this is something to truly appreciate.
We can forget that in every moment our expression varies but is never less or more significant in one moment over another.
I love this Sandra. Yes, this is our main job! Sometimes I get caught into thinking that my job is to get everything done no matter what. This can lead to me totally losing my quality and not expressing my true self at all. This is not my job! It’s not my job to wreck my body by going into anxiousness and drive to complete a task. I end up exhausted which is no good to anyone!
“I count. You count. Our way of living and expression counts. We matter!” so very true Sandra, it is really in feeling that you do count, that your expression counts, that you can then feel that others expression and they count too. Without that though, it is very difficult to hold someone is that love and grandness they are.
What I too am exploring is that when we feel joyous and full of life and yet we hold back in fear of how others may or may not respond we are doing a disservice not only to ourselves but to everyone else too. If we feel joyous and or delicate when we share that in full the inspiration for others is there for them tho also feel that same joy or delicateness within them also. Expressing without holding back offers so much growth and understanding, why not share it with the world?
“every moment”…I am really starting to get the importance of this. Every moment counts…every single moment. Because all of these moments make up the whole and at times, an end result. For example, sometimes I am unsure as to why I am a little off …I try to re-trace my steps so to speak as to where that might have happened and if I have not been present in many of the moments from when I felt good to when I felt off, I feel a bit like a ship lost at sea and unsure as to what has thrown me off.
When I am with myself in these moments – not in perfection but to the best of my ability – I can re-trace those steps more easily and see what effected me. Every moment counts for so many reasons.
Everything we do in every moment contributes to the quality of the world we all live in.
Sandra great blog, great topic of conversation
“Now through this encounter, I came to realise what an enormous impact I’d had on another – one person out of hundreds – or maybe I’d affected a few others as well, or perhaps the whole audience?
OMG. I was a bit shocked about how much impact my expression can have and the responsibility this reveals…”
As it dawns on us the enormous impact we have on each other and life in general as we don’t even have to be expressing we can just be sitting still in a bus or a train anywhere, then we can start to appreciate the way Serge Benhayon lives as he is living this ultimate responsibility with every breath he takes and he makes it seem so easy and of course it is if we just get our selves out of the way. When we get ourselves out of the way then miracles happen and they will become common place, just as Jesua predicted some 2,000 years ago.
The way I live is noticed by others, commented on or not but it does have and leave an imprint on others. This carries power. Being a part of various groups this blows that ‘I am just one small person’ belief out of the picture. Sitting with this feels pretty cool. Thank you Sandra.
Thank you Sandra, the job description you give here is one that is for all of us, all of the time! We are either essentially inspiring others to connect with more of who they truly are or inviting them to indulge in an emotion or loveless way of being…
How we express and how we are has an effect on everyone and everything – like the ripples on a lake – only these energetic ripples are unseen. Becoming aware of the magnitude of this it becomes my responsibility to be the best quality I can be, whether I’m alone at home or out in company. Every thought, word and deed then becomes important.
Sandra, I love how you write that responsibility is no longer neglecting to see how powerful I am.
I’m never not presenting! I love how this person got that we can be the same off stage as on and it’s about the energy we choose to express through us. So much more aware of what I’m choosing to present and how influencing it is – whether asking people to be who they are, or conversely, confirming it’s ok to not be all of who they are. It’s a responsibility that cannot not exist, but only be ignored.
I am still learning that by me being me, without even trying or pushing or saying anything that calling out to the other person occurs naturally if not magically at times. Accepting that this is happening when it feels so natural and normal for such to happen within me while surrounded by a world that says this is not normal is an ongoing process. That responsibility stands out in today’s society and having others also learning to accept this power is so supportive.
I am learning more and more how much my expression, the way I fell and the way I hold myself impacts others.
I was struck by the particular words used by this lady to describe her observation of you getting up on stage: ease and joy, without any fear or fuss, so powerfully and freely expressing, such innocent joy, a contagious, sassy sparkle. It shows that there is connection and recognition when expressing from our inner-most.
Becoming aware of the fact that I have an impact on everyone and that every one of my choices counts, means I am already taking responsibility, as I am no longer neglecting to see how powerful I am. And powerful we definitely are Sandra, when you understand that whatever our lives look like now, we have been the mastermind of in full, and so contributing either to the all or not, it is our choice.
Its great to come back to this blog daily, as a reminder that my expression counts all of the time wherever I am and whatever I am doing. Something that I personally can still forget as I go about my day. But the more I am reminded, the more I embody this ever important fact and it becomes a part of who I am.
‘It is our job, our purpose, and it is our responsibility to express the love that we are. In fact, I have the job of shining the divine light that I am coming from – WHAT A JOB! ‘Wouldn’t it be amazing to have this at the top of every job description across the world?
We are constantly reflecting to all around us, so why not choose to be responsible and aware of our actions and words knowing that in every moment there is the possibility that we are influencing another’s choices. We all have the job of shining the divine light we all come from, and I totally agree with Sandra-WHAT A JOB!
I had a friend over for dinner and we prepared a beautiful meal, I had finished my plate and the remaining food was on the table. I was full but I picked at a couple of extra things….I then noticed my friend did the same – from the same bowl. I saw very clearly that my actions were ‘inspiring’ her to do the same – I saw that even on this small scale, what we do has an effect on others. It almost gives another ‘permission to the do the same’ or at least make it OK. Fascinating to look at what we are reflecting to the world – and then to ask ourselves, is that reflection I want to be giving?
I really appreciate your use of the “serious organisation”. This is a trap I can fall into when I feel a bit uncertain about what is ahead. I get ‘all serious’ in organisation and responsibility. With my most recent experience – I’m left with tension, doubt, concern and a lack of appreciation and joy – heavy stuff this seriousness business.
Feeling inspired by ones livingness is just an absolutely heart-warming moment!
Absolutely – the freedom of expression we live, unabated allows such expression to be unlocked in others – the flow on effect of speaking the truth is everlasting and touches all others in one way or another.
You truly are inspirational the way you shine on stage and off Sandra and it’s amazing the way you are also able to claim it in this blog. As we know expression is everything and holding back doesn’t do any of us any good from what I have experienced.
It is staggering to what extent we can ignore our behaviour and believe that we are not affecting those around us. Take an office environment for example with all the ill behaviour that takes place from bullying, sulking, gossiping and the list goes on – we know how other peoples moods can affect us, and yes it is our responsibility with regards to this, but it seems that we play down the fact that we can inspire people, and that there is a responsibility to bring that to everyone also.
What this article shows so beautifully is that there is no holding back of the author’s natural exuberance for life and she clearly appreciates this – this is key.
Watching another fully embrace, appreciate and love life is super inspiring because it’s our natural way of being. If we’re not embracing life and all the lessons to learn then it’s a call to go deeper and look at what we’re putting in the way of that.
It is actually very difficult to not be ourselves and to not take responsibility–it takes a load more effort and energy to be who we are not! Taking the responsibility to being ourselves is not something separate from us or burdensome, it is actually when we are the lightest and the most playful and simply enjoying ourselves! Now, you may say this is impossible in the real world when we work in serious jobs and someone else is the boss, but hey, if we still lived the lightness of who we are, it may very well that all the over-seriousness in this world has been a cover and protection, waiting for someone who is wiling to not hold back their natural expression to remind them of this truth. But what is protection? But a reigning of our natural and magnitudinous light in fear of others’ reactions. And what does protection do? Eventually it snuffs the vital, joyous and amazing light that is just natural in this world to a grey and lifeless standstill…thank you, but NO.
What I take in reading this is the normalising of our behaviour, how we act is either healing or harming, and which of these becomes normal is dependant on our collective behaviours. You could say this is why we have a vile internet, because the majority of us do not stand for anything clearer, we haven’t stood up for abuse.
We are so perfectly made to share and inspire and support each other. There truly is no ‘right answer’ we can get to on our own, and seeing who can shout harder and louder is such an extreme waste of our time. Your words here Sandra ask us to consider what would our everyday life look like if we approached each moment with an open heart, and expressed what we felt. Perhaps then we would see we affect everyone else in the most profound way, but its only together that we will find the way.
Appreciation further activates and magnifies the power that is being released.
True – our every expression of truth is to be deeply appreciated for the unfathomable healing offered, the inspiration imparted and the impact such true movement has on the false reality of life we have accepted.
It seems to me that we are like radio beacons we are giving off signals all the time we may not be able to see them but we feel them and respond to them almost on a sub conscious level. We can feel when someone is sad, angry or frustrated but there is more to be felt and I am finding the more I feel what is happening all around me and remain open to those feelings my awareness is growing and I understand more about the why something is happening and knowing why something is occurring gives me greater understanding, this to me is amazing. To be able to read life and on the whole not get sucked into it which has dulled all my awareness and has left me like a blind person blundering along with no reference point. Now I understand the saying that if you are in the mud you cannot see anything but the mud.
We are being watched the whole time and we are watching everyone too. I didn’t realise just how much I watched people and observe their behaviour all of the time. Recently walking with a family member my eyes were drawn to their feet and I observed how they walked and noticed they were not flexing their foot from the ankle. The ankles were locked solid and this affected how they walked and I wondered then how walking in such a way must put a strain on the rest of their body but they themselves had no bodily awareness of this. Then my eyes were drawn to another person who was walking with locked hips and their whole body was as stiff as a board. Isn’t it interesting how we have become so disengaged from our bodies that we don’t feel what is going on with them.
I love how you originally thought your performance was about offering great entertainment when really it was so much more. From young it’s about what we do and it’s easy to think that is what is most important, when actually it’s about being ourselves first and doing what we do from that gorgeous quality. I often don’t appreciate myself and so get caught up in doing a good job. But how to break this? I’ve stopped the pressure of pleasing others and what they consider as a good job – like I do know what is a good job, I do know what is from quality, I can feel it in my body. I’m accepting that I may not always fully feel what I bring, it’s a process of unfolding this awareness, but that’s not to say I’m not bringing what I bring.
Unfolding our awareness is very much a process that is as fast or slow as we choose it to be.. sometimes we don’t want to be aware so as not to have to see and deal with the chaos of the world. But withdrawing from ourselves and the world isn’t it either- by appreciating ourselves and what we bring, we can see that in others too- and this supports us to see everything that is there, not just the surface layer.
This is simply beautiful Sandra. I can feel that the way you express is the way you live, they are one and the same and that’s the alchemy that makes your expression so powerful. Thank you for being you, and inspiring others to be themselves with your livingness.
‘The way you express is the way you live’.. Where I find myself holding back in my expression, it’s a reflection of how I’m holding back in life from taking that next evolutionary step forwards.
“What I got from all this by and by, is that I am seen by people and that how I am and how I express is not just noticed, but also has an influence on them.” So true and this is why energetic integrity and responsibility are so important. We think we can just go about our day and no one will notice but they do. At my work the other day I had two examples of how I can affect people. A lady said to me, ‘You are too good for this job and had I thought of doing something else?’ I said I had in my life but this is where I wanted to be now. And she said, ‘There is something different about you, I can’t put my finger on it but there is.’ That day I was feeling amazing, fully connected to myself and to my purpose and life flowed. The next day I was not quite myself and a customer got very irritated with me, and said so in no uncertain terms, leaving us both incomplete and not in a good space. I know that day I was not myself – I was a bit grumpy and not bringing all of me to this customer and reacted to her reacting to me – I had let my energetic integrity slip. To me this was a clear example within 2 days of the two differences and how easily people notice how connected we are by our movements and how we express. This really showed me I can’t have an off day and think it is not going to affect both myself and everyone else.
Love these examples Alison, thank you for sharing. Moments or whole days where we’re not feeling ourselves are noticed and felt by everyone. There is never a time where how we are is not felt by another, as even when we are alone, we’re still contributing to the energy of the whole.
“And so I have come to understand that we learn and expand together!” – and no one needs to be perfect or a certain way, just contributing the bit that is simply us, who we are naturally thus complementing and inspiring each other.
Self-appreciation allows us to feel the magnitude of our power within and that we don’t have to do anything just simply align to the vibration of our soul, in that we offer a true reflection to others to be inspired to be more of who they truly are.
With every movement we have the opportunity to share a wisdom that is ageless.
This is deeply inspiring to observe “expressing for all” when someone stands on stage for all not just themselves, it is in true purpose and it is rarely seen. Awesome to share this and explore true expression.
It is our job, our purpose, and it is our responsibility to express the love that we are. Yes Sandra, if we know the truth of us and hold it back, how will others know themselves back if they don’t have a reflection to do that?
Absolutely Julie. I was at a group recently where a lady shared how she had been so inspired by another woman, that she had then chosen to make some changes that had literally changed her life. What was interesting was that the woman who had been the inspiration had not truly appreciated the deep impact that she had had on this lady, simply by being true to who she was. So it is equally as important to have an awareness of what we are capable of when we live from our divinity, to know that we can and do change lives without actually doing anything.
The deeper you go down the rabbit hole, the more you realise just how much an impact you can and do have on those around you, and thus the responsibility you have to all to deal with your issues so that you can remain as open as possible to the world.
Expression from our soul is an amazing gift to share with others and a joy to live as you share here Sandra so beautifully and it is our movements that say everything.
Your words remind me Sandra, how we look to ‘results’ in life to measure how we should be. Like executive managers we inspect and review our day to day life to see what we did and how we went. This sounds sensible right? Well yes, but only for the slight flaw that we can’t mentally comprehend the full picture of life. Like someone who has been given just one piece of a jigsaw we cant truly see what the bigger image shows. So where to from here? To the connection and feeling senses you mention. If we tune in to these it seems to me, we act in a way that enriches life for everyone. We don’t have to know just what things will come as a result – just cherish how the choice felt in our body. For our natural feelings are the true stars of life’s show and sing a song every body actually knows.
I love how you are exposing exactly what expression can be- I am still stuck on that word meaning just what we say, as in the words, yet you are showing its far more than just that, it’s also the way you move, the confidence in your walk, the openess of your generosity….. There is so much we can put more of ourselves into, in all aspects of life, and so important to realise as this person did, that we do impact others around us deeply in everything we share to either offer them healing or to harm in some way.
Wow, it just goes to show that we never know who is watching and noticing and being inspired. Our job is to simply live in our full expression, and we cannot help have an impact. The fact that we are unaware of how far the ripple effect is going is insignificant.
So true Rebecca. and not only is it the way we move, and what we say and do that has an impact on others, but also how we think. The responsibility we have to stay true to oursleves at all times for the benefit of all, is absolutley crucial as the ripple effect literally does have far reaching consequences beyond anything we could imagine.
This responsibility is terrifying, but awesome at the same time!
When we take it further every movement, gesture, action, expression whether it be internal or outward matters.
If we are to appreciate ourselves deeply we will begin to appreciate the enormity of inspiration we offer by reflection, each and every human being and the greater reflection of living our truth that lights the Universe.
Every expression counts – be this one of activity or not. When we openly express and do not hold back we set in motion a strong current for others to follow.
We are ‘on stage’ al the time – there is no time off in the play of life.
Indeed, Sandra – “My power lies in my connection to soul”. This one sentence says it all, and the gift of free will is to choose in every moment whether to embrace our divinity or not – its that simple…
I do not feel that we fully appreciate how we are watched all the time by people as they clock something is different but they are not sure what. I stayed with some friends recently I don’t see them as much as I used to and we were sitting around chatting and suddenly, one of them said that she had seen me change over the years from being miserable and often depressed to this full of life, out going, bright woman and it was an amazing transformation. And there was a part of them that felt they were missing out on the same possibilities. And I hadn’t noticed and failed to appreciated just how much I have changed as it has been a gradual process as I discarded all the baggage I had taken on in the way of ideals and beliefs which were nothing to do with me. When we free ourselves of the burdens we naturally give ourselves permission to be our true selves.
I can feel your joy from being confirmed in such a beautiful way for being all that you are in that moment Sandra. This really does drive home the responsibility we all have to be fully ourselves so we can inspire others by role modeling just how simple being ourself anywhere can be; showing the world what that looks like. If we present in anything less than who we are we are still role modeling but we are saying instead that it is ok to play small and be nervous and hide or be whatever your particular contraction away from your fullness is. So it is very clear that what we are role modeling to the world becomes of great importance if we don’t want to add to the misery of this world.
A divine job indeed Sandra. The best job in the world is when we truly connect with people no matter what our role is that we take on, making it about expressing love and truth is our sole job here on earth.
What if we saw our reflection as our most important job. And what if life was simply a means to reflect divinity – how would we move and what choices would we make?
Thank you Sandra, I truly agree with you that most of the time we have no idea of the impact we are having on others until reminded of this. Something to keep in the forefront of our minds at all times.
Not only does our expression count but it is our true purpose to bring our expression from our essence as a reflection for others.
The vibration of our expression is made up of everything we are, is hugely powerful in its effect, and behoves true responsibility.
When we shine we inspire. Inspiration encourages expressions of love – something that the world is crying out for.
I am noticing in my new job too that when I express in connection with Soul and therefore everyone (since we are one Soul) it can be one word or simply a look or touch that inspires and moves people.
Every little expression, every breath counts. We inspire all of the time – in one or the other. So, as we are one Soul, we are also one equal worth.
It is so true that every expression, movement and action is an opportunity to reflect the divinity that we are.
or the opposite. It is one or the other. This to realize sounds maybe hart, but it makes every choice also so simple. Yesterday I had a situation with my husband on the telephone where we found ourselves arguing and we stoped and observed what we express in the moment and saw that this is not a reflection of our connection, what is our natural, divine state of being. So we did let go of all arguments and focused on our connection again by opened up our heart for each other. Later we were able to talk about the same theme together instead of against each other. Now it was a growing conversation and brought some deeper understanding to the theme.
Not saying what we feel to express is suffocating every cell in our bodies and then we can feel how much this has an effect on us as our bodies start to become tight and contracted. When I have opened up and shared what I feel to my body opens up like a flower and I feel space and ease in my body.
I agree Natalie and we can access deeper levels of honesty and clear old ways of being that do not truly serve.
When we get to appreciate that our expression in general, and every moment really counts, we get to know what it is we bring, and the worth of it.
We watch each other all the time and are often inspired when we see another fully claimed and expressing themselves.
Yeah! And when we do not (choose to) get inspired by someone expressing their truth, we react and choose competition/jealousy. There is just one or the other. Many people do react against our power when expressed – what is in truth a reaction against their own holding back of the same power – and so we may also choose to hold back to avoid the reactions from another. But where does this lead us to? Exactly to where we are right now on this planet. It is getting worse. To focus on what is needed and express the love and beauty we are – no matter what – is choosing to serve us all. People may react – but just because they know they can do it too. So the seed is laid and it will grow. We can support each other here by true and deep appreciation and by being honest with ourselves. If I react to someones actions I have to ask myself: what did I hold back to express?
And what a purpose to life! So often we seek to do life just for ourselves and here you are claiming and showing that life can be done for us all. Amazing!
Yes! And how often do we feel lonely or disconnected – thereby we are connected all of the time, question is, how we care for this connection?! I found myself in the position where I can become so much more aware about my connection to you all, all over the world and than honor this connection more deeply. It is to celebrate and to take care of.
Another aspect I can think of is how important appreciation is. For if we do not appreciate what we’ve got we wont realise how much healing it can bring to others. I see that the commenter above, cjames2012, caught this as well.
I have held back expressing my true feelings and thoughts for eons, worrying what others may think, or worrying if they will react. This in turn has disabled me as I have spiralled into a “I don’t matter” “others are more important” . This is not true…by holding back I have put myself into this spiral. Valuing truth and speaking it, over and above all else I can see how this empowers and changes a very ill dynamic.
How great you discovered your spiral of disempowering, now observe this ill behavior and experience with ‘valuing truth and speaking it’. If we all would go on with holding back no-one would be in service to start our turn around. Thank God we have already people who make this ‘valuing truth and speaking it’ to their every day living. This is so inspiring – as you are! with every step you take into enjoying your divine job more and more.
Yes having a divine job is what we really need to focus on, not the one we do day to day. Imagine if we all did relate to having a divine job, that equally we all are responsible for our role in that, that we all impact on the other, if we are indeed not following our divine job description, we is super simple, it is about living us in full, no holds barred, Letting people in each day and loving people unreservedly. Sounds like a job I want to have and do have.
Go(o)d impulse to have an eye on our way to be with our divine job. We have it anyway, question is, how we handle it. Do I surrender to it or ruffle. I also like your list about HOW it is to say YES to our divine job, what does it mean. – like ‘keep my heart open’. This list we could do for our own and check every day – not to control, but to inspire. When I have resist doing my divine job for a while, my access to the simple divine aspects of me, are veiled. Such a list could be helpful to discover and reconnect again.
One of THE most important messages Sandra, that we all matter, and when we appreciate ourselves within this, a lot of healing starts to take place.
“What I got from all this by and by, is that I am seen by people and that how I am and how I express is not just noticed, but also has an influence on them.” When we really understand and accept that we can and do inspire others, we begin to realise how much responsibility we have to live what we know to be true, and that everything we do is noticed.
I would say, the more awareness we bring here, the more consistency will follow.
I wise friend and mentor told me that there were two principals to brotherhood;
“What you do to yourself, you do to another”
“What you do to another, you do to yourself”
As missiles are being sent across the world ,it is the lived and claimed embodiment of these two short principals that has the potential to change humanities current separated trajectory.
Great sharing, Thank you Lucinda. We all have to surrender one day to this principals – it is more or less our choice how and when, but we have to, because it is who we are.
A very beautiful and succinct wake up call, thank you, lucindag
A beautiful sharing and joy to read Sandra. The responsibility and your expression shared is a reflection for all and makes one deeply connect to who we are too.
I’ve read this blog a few times but it is only now that it is starting to sink into how true this feels. It took a big shift in the last week in some old patterns I was carrying that made me realise that the ‘do or die’ model holds back the ability to ‘live and enjoy’ model of life that comes naturally from within.
To let me naturally unfold is one of the greatest gifts I’ve got from understanding life more and more. Thank God for Serge Benhayon and all the Students of The Livingness who support here.
Even what we call not expressing is an expression and it can be a very loud expression and way of drawing and demanding attention. It is also possible to be in Stillness and not actually saying anything but energetically that is a very healing and harmonising energy so it is not just about what we say but always comes down to energy.
and it is not only what we say but our every movement is an expression too. This link: http://www.unimedliving.com/voice/audio-of-the-month/the-gift-of-expressing-from-our-essence.html provides a lovely short free audio on “The gift of expressing from our essence”.
Yes. It is about what we choose to radiate.
And what we radiate is guaranteed by the energy we choose to connect to and so express – be it in movements, sayings or what ever.
Yes, we can reinterpret responsibility to be burdensome and a struggle, but if we were to allow understanding and awareness we would see responsibility as a joy and ultimately the steps towards true freedom
There is a lot of identification available to us all about the jobs that we do, I know I have at times become very identified by my work – thinking that it makes me who I am. However, when a person’s divine presence is their main purpose any job they do becomes a blessing because work places us in to contact with each other and when divine presence is your main job – people is who you want to be with.
Imagine all people of the world would realize (and put into practice) that divine presence is our main job….
‘In fact, I have the job of shining the divine light that I am coming from – WHAT A JOB!’ There is much to accept here, life need not be a series of struggles.
We all have the same job of expressing who we truly are 🙂
“life need not be a series of struggles” Isn’t that great?! What a realization!
Our expression is likely to be true if we take care which energy we align with, because it is the energy that impulses our expression. Astral or Fire, Spirit or Soul – our Soul impulses only truth, the Astral impulses only lies.
Sandra, I love this, ‘It is our job, our purpose, and it is our responsibility to express the love that we are. In fact, I have the job of shining the divine light that I am coming from – WHAT A JOB!’ this is indeed a great job, to simply be ourselves with no holding back. For me I am a very gentle, tender and caring woman and when I allow myself to move and express in these natural loving ways I can feel the calming and holding qualities of this way of being, the way I talk and the way I am naturally loving are very supportive for people and make them feel loved and safe, if I am not living these qualities I notice the devastating effects this has on myself and others.
What a great observation Rebecca. The greatest support and inspiration we offer others is in expressing in full the qualities of our own essence. And when we withhold that everyone including ourselves ends up being less.
Appreciate what you bring Rebecca! So worth we are for each other.
Realising the significance of the impact we have upon others can be quite daunting to the point that we hide and hold back. If we do we are all losers. Thank you, Sandra, for sharing the beauty and love that comes from resolving our fears so that we do not hold back and instead express the unique quality that each everyone of us has. When we do this we are all winners without any losers.
Oh I know this! To become aware of the huge responsibility I carry and than like to run a 1000 miles to hide from it. But – beside it does not work to hide from it – it, the idea of ‘it is too much’, is an illusion! If it feels like ‘too much’ I did burden myself and did not shine out my true and divine light. To be my natural me, is just simple and light. It can create the impression of ‘hardness’ but that’s a creation from our spirits. WE make it hard – so we can run. So the question is: why do we want to run and so daunting our selves from taking responsibility? What does it bring in truth, we want to run from?
What is it we run from? For me it is ‘I run’, I hold back, out of fear of making a mistake, to get it ‘wrong’, but the irony is that to do this is by far the bigger mistake.
or…there are no such things like ‘mistakes’, just learnings. That would mean, we run away from our growing.
I am seeing more and more, the responsibility I have with my expression and how holding it back, is holding back mine and others evolution, and also feels yucky in the body. Catching the mind/spirit when it tries to go into, I have an issue with expression and so hold back, is just a delay, and really its about just being totally honest in that moment and saying what your feeling and getting some understanding around the situation, and also giving you a stop moment, to actually read what needs to be said without attachment.
The responsibility of our expression is limitless – as we know that everything is expression. When we express in the openness of who we truly are we cannot help but lift and inspire, and everything we do will carry that imprint.
Great! ‘Be who you are – and you will support to heal the world’.
What a great reflection of the impact every single one of us have on each others lives. Even if we are not on stage and even if we do not consciously interact, we still have an overall impact with our every movement. Are we adding to the energy of love, brotherhood and evolution toward Soul or are we ingraining that of separation and looking after self? Here we see that the impact may not be seen or acknowledged for several years or ever, yet it none-the-less it is felt.
Gosh imagine all this influence we had have on our community through our years of living….and become aware of the healing (or harming) we did support. This is very much self empowering.
Beautiful how appreciation from another person can inspire us to be more open to what we bring and in turn allow more self-appreciation.
Yes, appreciation is – thank heavens – infectious.
“What I got from all this by and by, is that I am seen by people and that how I am and how I express is not just noticed, but also has an influence on them.” – it’s true, we are being seen in many ways, even if we don’t necessarily recognise it… And with that we all are role models for each other, offering a point of inspiration to be truly more of who we are or not…
You are off cause right Fiona – it is not just that we are seen, we are sensed always and have an influence if we are seen (per eye) or not.
As you have so beautifully shared Sandra, we must never discount the impact our reflection may have on others – either for true good, for inspiration, or for endorsing and entrenching more deeply an ill way that brings further harm.. this is the responsibility on offer to us all.
I would say the responsibility is always there – what is ‘on offer’ is, to heal or to harm and what is on offer is, to take this responsibility as a burden (and so harm) or surrender to our divinity and make it natural & simple. We can in fact not choose against responsibility. We have it. But how we deal with it, is in our choice.
That is a great point, Sandra, – We have responsibility whether we are aware of it or not, whether we like it or not and it is choice how to deal with it. We can choose to turn a blind eye or we can choose to know and live the fact that everything we do, say think has an effect on everyone around us.
What you are expressing here Annie C is huge, that we do have an impact on everything around us positive or negative. Why are we not taught this from day dot as children? I have come late to an understanding that we are given the exact opposite to what is need for us to grow our awareness of the world around us so that we are less likely to check out of life and pretend that nothing matters when everything matters all of the time.
That’s a pretty powerful example of how in just a few moments everything we have chosen can massively effect another person or even hundreds of people. Could it be that every moment of the day has the same opportunity? That just being who we are could inspire someone with something they could be struggling with, or, if we are not feeling great and having an off day, is it possible we could we have the opposite effect on someone?
Good point Meg – when we hold back in our possibilities we hold back in inspiring others and so our all evolvement as well.
True – we might actually be holding back someone else’s evolution…
We have a responsibility as a humanity to at the very least be aware that people learn from each other. If we are to act individually or irresponsibly – this has an impact on others. If we are to act as a reflection to others and empower others to make loving choices, then this also has a huge effect. Sometimes we don’t always clock it or see it – but it isn’t about recognition – it is about knowing in any moment that what we do matters and is seen by others. And what sort of reflection do we want to bring?
That is very true – we acknowledge with kids that the are always watching, copying and learning from us… but what if we continue to learn from each other forever?
Just recently a very wise women shared the fact that, if one of a group (say on work) hold back what the group has committed to, this has an effect on the whole group and maybe the members do wake up in the morning tired, even they for their own have done nothing that would explain this. ….gives a new view on all tiredness and coffee consume. But it is not for us to blame the other (who holds back) here – as you could be the one that can say: “I never hold back in any way”?
It is beautiful what you describe here Sandra, as it shows how much we can support each other when we express what we see and feel in each other. You inspired this person but likewise you were inspired by them expressing their gratitude towards you. We can lift ourselves up – always, by simply expressing the beauty we see and what we will discover is that this beauty never ends.
I love, love, love this: “We can lift ourselves up – always, by simply expressing the beauty we see”. Therefor we have firstly choose to SEE the beauty that lies in another. This first step is needed to take and here we so often struggle. This is a great reflection again to realize how much we appreciate the beauty in ourselves – because if we are not willing to claim it in us, we can hardly see it in another. And even we could see it – we can not truly appreciate it, because it looks like something the other has and I don’t. It makes us separated. An illusion that creates self-worth-issues, comparison, jealousy. We have to choose to see the beauty when we look into our reflections – be it in the mirror on the wall or in the people around us.
And when we don’t shine our light in everything we do, we get smashed.
This sounds so brutal Sandra D – but I know exactly what you mean. Good to see that it is not us that ‘get smashed’ but the untruth we have chosen to express. And so it becomes clear what it is that does make us feel hurt: identification with something we are not.
It does sound brutal Sandra S but it is true in my experience. My body gets ‘smashed’ as in I feel exhausted and feel a tension when I am not shining my light.
This blogs demonstrates clearly that responsibility is not a burden and something we will be called to account for as it is up to our free will to choose to heal or harm. We only one day have to correct all that is done from choosing the harming way as way of life because the universe where we are part of does not allow any harm to be uncorrected so in fact to not waist time in choosing to heal in life is a wise thing to do.
We can’t underestimate the enormous impact we have on one another in all that we emanate. This is a great reminder of the responsibility we have to humanity as we are either healing or harming there is nothing in-between.
I count. You count. Our way of living and expression counts. We matter! Absolutely Sandra, as after all, we are all from a higher power and it is within our power to be this power equally.
True. Its time to respect each other as equal brothers and sisters and call us in our power.
It is so beautiful to see how we can inspire people by the most simple things, even when we don’t even notice. It is beautiful to see how love is shared, and we know what is true to learn from.
So true Benkt. What can feel so normal and natural for us individually can be inspirationally life changing for another, so we should never underestimate what we bring when we are living and breathing what we know to be true.
That is the beauty in appreciating each other. Because we lost the constant connection to our own grandness it is very confirming and supporting if we say it actually in words to each other, what the other person brought up or inspired in us. It is a constant expansion that takes place and helps us to accept and reconnect to our own divinity again. That´s why express, appreciate, express is the new black !
I Love inspiration, it shines the light of God for all to enjoy, if we are willing to feel it.
Yes Samantha, I too love being inspired by someone as to me it feels like I am met in a way that invites me to go to that same place the other person is in, the vibrancy of my inner heart.
and in fact it is everywhere – if we are willing to truly see…
‘My power lies in my connection to soul’ – what a glorious grand statement this is. We are innately soul-full beings and we can through the power of our choice, reconnect to soul and make it our expression in this world. How joy-full it feels to claim this – and in this there is confirmation that the soul is ‘our true way forth’.
And our soulful expression is never ever heavy or a burden. Isn’t it interesting how the church has made ‘being with God’ to something very serious, loaded and ‘special’. But in fact it is such that: being with me, the true me and than I am with God. Our connection to God is a given, irrefutable. To sabotage our connection makes us heavy and our expression complicated – Not our divinity. It is absolute natural.
In my experience the church has made being with God not only ‘very serious’ – but impossible and to have any connection with him we have use a ‘go-between’. Yet to connect with God is in fact the most natural thing in the world…in the Universe – as you share here Sandra.
This reminds me of the false humility that is prescribed as a way of communing with God. The idea that I am less, unworthy or a sinner and that I need to prey in a subservient manner and ask for repentance and forgiveness…. all of it seems to me directly designed for us to not know this most profound truth of ‘My power lies in my connection to soul’ and that our hot-line to God is within us.
‘False humility’ has been something I have chosen a lot in the past. This notion of being ‘less, unworthy and a sinner’ is very familiar. As you expose here Golnaz, the real impact of this choice has been to disconnect me from my ‘hot-line to God’. True humbleness on the other hand is a state of absolute openness and transparency that allows that ‘line’ to be open constantly.
False humility and all the different behaviours this entails – the holding back, the playing small- none of it true, but all of it we use so as to stay hidden and not have to express the truth of what we can feel and risk rocking the boat, rocking ourselves and others out of our comfort zones.
our true power lies in our ability and willingness to connect to our Soul, to get our centralised individualised self out of the way and allow that which is Divine to express through us. The Soul expresses in the natural holding of the all and in that connection and expression we understand the truth of who we are.
It is wonderful how this Soul led expression also ignites a spark in another, which they too can choose to run with or not. A gorgeous reminder and confirmation of the essence and true power of every one of us.
It’s amazing what we reflect when we express from who we truly are. That you thought you just entertained the audience inspires me to trust that what is reflected when I am connected and expressing divinity is often more than I know and also that people will see an aspect they need. Beautiful.
Yes it is great to express naturally from our essence without any hullabaloo – as important it is to not underestimate our power of our reflection and expression. To accept the power we are connected to, be playful with it while totally integer, is key.
And we need to get comfortable with others having their own feeling about how we are and what we expeess. At times if we change our expression it is often because we are trying to control, limit another’s feeling or reaction back.
‘I was a bit shocked about how much impact my expression can have and the responsibility this reveals…’ – We may live in our little bubbles and think that what we do does not count… this could not be further from truth. An excellent reflection on responsibility here Sandra.
Yeah! It shows that, if we indulge in victimhood and ‘be not worth issues’ we in fact shy away from taking our responsibility. It is all a set up.
We are almost brought up to believe one person or that we ourself can not make a difference but this is a complete lie as someone walking past in grace or gentleness for example reflects a living way that is evident in that walk. And that one thing is letting others know it is possible – so we may not always know the impact but it is definitely happening.
This is so true Johanna we don’t even have to say anything to inspire another we just have to be, so much can be shared and expressed without any words.
Any job is divine if we bring our full expression to it.
“It is our job, our purpose, and it is our responsibility to express the love that we are.” Absolutely Sandra, and what a gorgeous job it is.
It is quite eye opening to realise how we all affect each other Sandra. I have not always noticed this in the past but am becoming much more aware recently how this is true and can feel the responsibility of my actions not just affecting me, but affecting many other people. It doesn’t feel heavy but it does feel like the bigger picture is very important and how does my reflection influence it? Hmm, much to ponder on here, because I am either supporting everyone or I am holding everyone back with my way of living.
Thank you for bringing responsibility and joy together Sandra. Beautiful.
Great blog Sandra. The other day I was singing with a friend that has a particularly wonderful voice, so wonderful in fact that she has been offered recording contracts on several occasions. I found myself feeling inadequate and this feeling of inadequacy allowed thoughts of ‘I should never sing again’, ‘better leave it to the experts’ etc.. I felt embarrassed for even trying. Your blog reminds me that it is not about being really great at what I do, it is the quality I bring to what I do that matters…and if I love to sing then I should sing and make it about quality before sound.
“She went on to say how great it was for her to witness someone up on the stage so powerfully and freely expressing; someone with such innocent joy and at the same time a contagious, sassy sparkle” – lovely and wonderful how another can inspire, almost give us permission..for us to do the same, to ‘just be us’ whether that’s one on one, or on stage in front of an audience.
‘Not to say “I am so great” (even though I am), but to show that we, our expression in general, and every moment really counts.’ This is a great teaching. If we truly adopted here what is said every moment would feel as though we are on stage.
“And so I have come to understand that we learn and expand together! That this is what we are made for!”
‘Inspiration’ in its true sense what a magical word that confirms our innate ability as beings to breathe in and be filled with the grace and purpose of another’s movements and expression,
What you have re-surfaced here Sandra is the playful, lightness of divine guidance with which we can live, walk and inspire in one another.
Inspiring connection in others is beautiful and happens when we are naturally and joyfully connected to ourselves.
Our expression whether in family, at work, out shopping or sightseeing is either about the all or the one, if it is about the all we also get the wonders and divine with us, but if it is for self it is a self perpetuating motion that relies on stimulation, food sensation or recognition to keep it going.
‘It is our job, our purpose, and it is our responsibility to express the love that we are’ – when we commit to expressing who we truly are, nothing else matters because in our reflection to others it brings everything that is needed.
Just reading this blog again and particularly the title I feel a freedom and simplicity in accepting expression as a job but what matters is the quality of the expression. Thank you Sandra.
Your natural joy and spark on stage is indeed contagious Sandra – there is a lightness to it, that reminds us that life is in fact a joy and not the seriousness that we tend to carry.
What this blog so wonderfully empitimises is that expression can be functional as it can be very much energetic. We express on one level a song on stage by singing it. But it is the quality of how we sing it in that actually makes all the energetic difference. Even the slightest bit of anger or frustration could have made the experience the woman had here with your singing Sandra completely different
What an beautiful sharing of the true effects and responsibility we all hold in how we are and the importance of our expression in full. The joy you share is very inspiring and a real marker to feel in simply being oneself and this is very powerful.
Sandra- I simply love this quote ‘“Energetic Integrity is a commitment to living connected to your Soul, a way of living that comes from loving yourself and relating to others in that same loving way. This gentle way of living offers the world a harmlessness.” (Gabrielle Caplice & Natalie Benhayon, Energetic Integrity and Energetic Responsibility)’ It fits perfectly and says ms up the purpose of human life really. If anyone ever asks about the purpose and point of life, they can be directly sent to read this quote.
‘Becoming aware of the fact that I have an impact on everyone and that every one of my choices counts, means I am already taking responsibility, as I am no longer neglecting to see how powerful I am.’ I love this sentence Sandra for it allows us to see where responsibility begins and the simplicity of this.
This is exquisite Sandra. It’s a reminder as you say of the power we all hold within us – and that everything we do, say and even think has an impact on everyone around us (and afar!)
So when we let ourselves just be ourselves, that joy, gorgeousness and openness inspires.
And that is our purpose in life…
Sometimes the most innocent sharing from other people can have the biggest revelations for us. We learn most about ourselves through our interactions with others.
Expression is everything – the way we move, speak, act, think, sleep…it ALL counts and it is ALL registered by each of us ALL of the time. Nothing goes unnoticed. Such is the power of our reflection. Therefore it makes sense to acutely observe that which we are reflecting to others. Is it the essence of our true self, or is it the masked imposter that tries to steal the show?
Gorgeously expressed and perfectly asked Liane. As I read your comment here I am reminded of how lately I have been allowing myself to look deeper without any mask into the mirror and simply appreciate myself and that I am perfectly enough and more just as I am. With this I am seeing more of the masks in life which people play out in roles and behaviours without really knowing these masks are being played. Our refinement, detail and acuteness to our own reflections absolutely make complete sense as it’s only ourselves we can take responsibility for, which then is there as reflection and perhaps inspiration that living masks are not truly needed but a game we play to be validated, recognised and accepted by others. And something that very much goes against our natural flow and full expanded way of being.
The ripples we make in life can be far reaching.
Because the world is set up to operate in a certain way, in a certain energy, any movement that has been made in the Divine is going to be noticed. It is our responsibility to bring the Divine to our every movement.
I know I have been impacted by fleeting moments with strangers, noticing what they have worn, or how they have handed me my change, or how they have answered the phone so many, many examples. We all have this opportunity in our days with everything that we do to have an enormous impact in our worlds.
It is important to note that we are always being observed and felt by others, even when we are just going through ordinary life and not even performing on stage. So the opportunity to reflect and inspire another can happen without us even knowing. Similarly we slack off and others see it as an excuse to think it is okay to not live who they truly are.
Very true jennym, we are all role models, all of the time. We cannot escape this, even when we are alone or when we are asleep. Everything we do is felt by everyone even if it is not seen.
I would say that expressing who we truly are from our hearts is our no.1 most important job before anything else.
“My power lies in my connection to soul, the connection I have to all others and in the fact that I can express in a healing way for all – or not.” Sometimes I find it hard to accept there is never a time we are not expressing which is why it doesnt matter what the outward task is. However embracing and living my true quality is what brings this healing as this artcle demonstrates. Thank you Sandra 🙂
The title says it all. Our expression does count and how often do we stop to truly appreciate that our expression not only means the words that come out of our mouth but every other detail that those around us notice. I know that I register these in another and am more aware now then ever how this can either harm or heal myself and those around me.
Thank you for a beautiful Sandra, the word responsibility of me, has always had a feeling of bearing a burden. but in the true sense how can it be a burden when we are living from a connection to our soul and becoming aware of how powerful we are in our every thought word and deed as everything we do affects everyone.
Often the more menial a job or task seems, the more powerful it actually is when we connect to all that is taking place. Weeding the garden is one such example.
We are responsible down to the detail of the very way we breath. Presence in everything we do.
‘And so I have come to understand that we learn and expand together! That this is what we are made for!’ Wow… imagine what it will look like when we revert to the simplicity of these statements.
I used to think that I could get away with it, eg.take it out on those closest to me and then act as if nothing had happened straight afterwards when out and about although it did make me feel uncomfortable. People take note, people watch, I observe, kids observe, there is nothing we can hide and the more aware of this I become the more transparent I am becoming and the word responsibility doesn’t have such an impact on me as it once did. I am feeling a lot more comfortable in my own skin; I know and accept that I’m not perfect and the more I live and express from my natural self the more I want to share and let it out!
Sandra, I had a True Movement session this morning with Bev Carter and I felt you as I was shining for the world to see. I can feel how much your sparkle and light on stage has inspired me to show the sparkle and light in me.
This really does show us the enormity of responsibility we do have in everything we do, whether it be by how we are on stage to the way we walk down the street.
The more I become aware of and appreciate the importance of taking responsibility for my every movement I feel the power and clarity of verbal expression increase.
I was on stage quite a lot as a child as my parents were both performers. It was fun until I trained as a professional cellist and it became all about perfection. The amount of pressure that was on me to be perfect was immense, and being on stage was not fun at all. Having dropped all of that and after 20 years of undoing the old patterns and learning how to simply be myself without the performance I am now embracing being on stage in a different way. It is now no big deal. I still find the old ways creeping in a little bit, and I do find myself freezing at times, but mainly it is a joy to be on stage and simply be myself. No performance needed.
“our expression in general, and every moment really counts.” that is so true its something that can often be overlooked but when we express appreciating that the impact we have with our expression can truly inspire another to be more of who they are. One expression at a time.
The joy and sparkle I feel from you Sandra when you are on stage is infectious, it connects with the joy and sparkle within me and reminds me to connect to what is within. I’m not surprised that you had a huge impact on this lady but what I find beautiful is how much she healed herself by simple observation of another.
Every voice matters, each and everyone of us is equal to the next.
Indeed Fiona and it is this building expression of appreciation for ourselves and each other that brings us to the joy of group responsibility.
I wonder if that is what it is that families don’t like to feel when we are young and that is the power that is naturally living in our bodies when we are young. And so the jealousy begins and between family and the type of education we currently have the natural power in our bodies gets crushed or we reject it in order to fit in and toe the line to be like everyone else. When we loose our connection to our soul we are lost, rudderless. And for me I was totally lost until I met Serge Benhayon and his loving reflection was like a beacon shining in the wilderness it’s then my choice whether I heed the light or not. Serge Benhayon is not here to save us he is here to remind us of the stupendous every single one of us come from.
Very true Martin – i discovered many years ago that I had developed a reputation for something that I had never done and only found out about after a few years. The learning for me was that this was through what I was communicating to other people without even saying a word and why I was doing this.
Living life to the fullest, in our fullest is truly a Divine job.
I can feel the joy of responsibility that you offer in this blog, and I could also feel what was missing is the appreciation of what we can offer as well. When things are very natural to us, we can tend not to notice them and then not appreciate them. As you share with you being so bounteous…I feel that is also our responsibility, to appreciate the qualities that we bring to ourselves and to each other.
Such a clear description of how our every expression, movement and behaviour counts in the sense of its energetic integrity. You continue to inspire Sandra!
Even walking down the street we have a responsibility.
I love the sassy sparkle we can be when we are full of our power and expression. It is important to appreciate the fact we can emanate this from within, whether on stage or in life, it is all the same.
Not only are we contributing to a world of examples, as you show Sandra, we are literally supporting and fueling a pool of energy all the time.There are just two kinds and whether we like to accept this or not we are always sponsoring Love or an energy that harms. So whether it is murder, crime or the war in Syria, we ‘put in’ to these issues when we live in a way that is harsh.
As Shakespeare said, “all the world’s a stage.”
Exactly! “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”
I love that.. No outsourcing of our destiny to the stars, no luck of the draw.. We are directly responsible for our own fate through our own choices.
“But her greatest realisation was that going on stage can be done in a way that does not change your way of being – that if you don’t force it, you can be the same either on or off the stage” – this is a big ‘pill’ to swallow…it exposes any areas where we have been two faced, or not ourselves completely. How we are at our workplace ‘should be’ no different to how we are at home or with friends or anywhere else for that matter – this is something I have come to realise and am learning more and more about each day. For me, it is about ensuring that I bring the same quality no matter where I am or what I am doing, no matter whom I am with. The challenge lies in thinking that some parts of my life are so called ‘more important’ than other areas, whereas in fact this is not true – I have discovered that if I let slip my quality of being in one area, then the other areas will feel it too and drop in quality. It is a constant process of feeling, allowing and adjusting and constancy in all areas of life.
Sandra a beautiful example of what it means to truly embrace your expression and the domino effect of pure inspiration and joy it holds for all. An Appreciation of true energetic responsibility and that everyone is a very important part of the whole. Thank you.
Life is not about getting recognition or about our achievements… Life is about being who we truly are in full and living in a way that inspires others. We may never know what another is inspired by and so our every movement, our every word, every moment, counts.
Appreciating one another is awesome for all, too often we keep quiet about what we see in one another, saying it is so confirming.
Absolutely Samantha I feel this is the key that brings a lightness and joy to our lived group responsibility.
I have got up on stage or in front of others on a few occasions, and what I have found is that the times it has been a struggle have been when I have been consumed with myself and how it will go for me. Yet when I let this go and make what I am doing about the people I am presenting to then it has always been a success. There are definitely factors at play that support us when we make life about others, an unseen energetic support to a way of being that we are meant to live. What purpose after all is there when we do things only for ourself.
My expression is everything that I am – no matter where I am, there is no ‘time off’ and in one way, the responsibility of that is huge, but also wonderful and amazing as all we really need to be at any time is Love, then everything has the opportunity to constellate, and we lead with our ever-knowing heart not our thinking mind.
Thank you for the reminder, that in every day and every moment it is not about perfection, but it is about being a role model to anyone who might be watching, because you never know what they will see and take away.
Everything about us is seen and felt by another, the question is do we take seriously enough what we are reflecting to another? If we do then we live a very responsible life.
Nothing inspires more than love in action.
We cannot escape the fact that we are role models all of the time.
‘Now I do not know how it is for you, but for me the word ‘responsibility’ insinuated a certain ‘heaviness’. To ‘take responsibility’ meant I was stuck with a burden – a burden I would have to take on and carry.’ This is something that I am working with in my job as I am only too aware now of the way in which I do this too, taking on the burden of company rather than being responsible for my expression within it.
“..taking on the burden of my company rather than being responsible for my expression in it..” We apply this to so many other situations-taking on the burden of the world or even of ourselves, rather than being responsible for the quality of our expression. When we perceive ourselves as a victim of life, of situations, absolutely nothing changes.
‘you can be the same either on or off the stage’ – So true that we can develop a single, high quality that we bring to everything we do, that isn’t affected by a changing audience or environment. This is the true meaning of ‘high standards’.
“I am seen by people and that how I am and how I express is not just noticed, but also has an influence on them.” We are roles models for one another all the time, continually observing and learning from the subtlest of things. Therefore every thing we do carries an immense responsibility because we never know what others will take away from an interaction with us both negative and positive.
We observe and notice the tiniest details in others yet somehow convince ourselves that no one is looking or affected by what we do, all of the time and not just when we’re out there in the world. Everything is felt, from a thought to a movement – and every time I remember that, I get inspired to pay more attention to my own actions.
As our travels take us through life, it is not until we pause and look at the road we have travelled that we can fully appreciate everything we have left in our wake, good and bad are all lessons. What seeds have we planted and what has grown out of them? All of this and more just from our way of living and our expression, this is something we can all self-appreciate!
Great Sharing Sandra. I totally agree that expression is everything including the energy in which we express.
“It is our job, our purpose, and it is our responsibility to express the love that we are. ” I fully agree here, when I go to places for work I can’t help but see the desperation either the down and out despair of people deeply given up or the high illusion of having it all but actually feeling really lost. Before Serge Benhayon I was deeply lost and so I fully see that it is not Serge that is special but his commitment to living with his soul that is what inspired me and likewise my responsibility to offer that reflection to others.
It is true we are never perfect. And if I can be honest and look at what I find to be my fragility and vulnerability but be honest in how it has affected me and how I can and have then chosen again in my power, I take back a deeper responsibility of accepting and appreciating all that I am. And such a choice, is a choice that affects us all, so never are we making an individual choice, we are always living choices connected and inspiring, or not. Expression is the most amazing learning in life.
We are never making an individual choice.. When we put our decisions, movements and actions into the context of the bigger picture, we can’t deny the responsibility that we have: to make a choice that serves us as individuals, or all of us.
This blog is an awesome reminder of the power we have to either inspire or deflate others by what our actions are, for me i know there are those times when we take things for granted and not appreciate ourselves.
Its a great moment stop and think again
We all have the same job really… to be who we are in all our glory and not hide that from ourselves or anyone else.
Well said Heather – where we tend to get it wrong is when we start to copy others rather than claiming our glory and honouring our own unique expression.
We can never underestimate the impact we have on another when we live our light in full.
We are here to inspire others with our lived qualities, just as much as others are here to inspire us too with their lived qualities…in this way we can learn and grow. How beautiful is this! And so to hear this confirmed by a friend is indeed a moment of celebration! Thank you Sandra for this wonderful reminder!
To express Divinity is our number one job here on earth. To reflect to each other that we’re much more than ‘just’ a body that is able to do things, to move and to talk.
If we’re not expressing divinity then what are we expressing?
Powerful question to ponder Alexis!
Seeing this title really made me stop just now, when we truly feel the truth of these words and the vastness of its meaning in how we are in life… as Serge has shared ‘expression is everything’
‘To follow this revelation, I then started to discover that everything I do and say and how I live is an inspiration for others – to join in or not.’ Wow.. this is so true, yet how many of us register this level of responsibility, and how many adhere to it? It is poisonous to see ourselves less or devalue ourselves to the point where we would not even consider the fact we are all role models..
This morning I was reflecting on an expression workshop run by Chris James on the weekend which was so awesome and I really felt in my body the power of our voice and I could feel how healing our voice/vibration actually can be for another.
To recognise that everything is a divine job, not only going to stage, but cleaning the house, brushing teeth, selling things, working on a computer doing or presenting exercises everything is equally important and as such deserves the same level of awareness and tenderness.
This is a great reminder of how we all affect each other in such an amazing way Sandra, and how we often don’t realise it. I have been learning this too, in smaller ways, ( no stage) but how by simply expressing my truth in every situation, on a daily basis, that this has a definite effect and the reflection returns back to us too.
This is a great reminder of the affect we all have on one another. Once again it comes back to responsibility as we are either healing or harming ourselves and humanity.
I know that I am still not fully aware of the effect I have on people around me, so this is a beautiful reminder to grow that awareness and appreciate what I bring to the world.
This reminds me how much we are all affecting those around us – more than we can see, whether it is to inspire another to be more of who they truly are or the opposite… We really do all matter and the reflection we put out does make a difference.
True Fiona, this is such a fundamental teaching, when the home, classroom, states, countries live life with this understanding, how different the quality of our relationships and world will be.
“… our expression in general, and every moment really counts.” Even behind closed doors our expression matters, because it sets the underlying tone of everything we present to the world when the door is open, qualities that we can feel and perceive in one another and subtly influence our behaviours. Making life one equal expression requires immense focus, but brings with it the joy of transparency, as nothing needs to be hidden from view.
The world does not register the fact that there are doors, therefore whether we are behind a closed door or not, we are still presenting to the world. The world is receiving us constantly.
We have all met someone that is unforgettable for whatever reason. We have had teachers we will never forget that impressed something within us that we can still feel today. Or, maybe a friend or boss that just spoke some truth that doesn’t change with time. We all have access to all of this information, just need an occasional reminder!
True Steve, we need to be reminded of the significant power of reflection.
Understanding that with our voice we can be either harming or healing brings in a sense of responsibility for how we express in the world. A singing voice that is harsh and strident, just as a speaking voice, can be hugely imposing whereas a voice sung or spoken with tenderness but full body awareness is rich and a joy to hear.
It is so simple our job is just to shine our light. What may not be so simple is the steps and choices we take and make in life that will lead us to shining our light the brightest. And the responsibility to continuously deepen these ways, refine and discard accordingly.
Even the words ‘my expression counts’ holds great healing. Many times in my life I have felt unheard and when I was younger, invisible; sometimes I’ve pointed out where things would probably go awry in an attempt to prevent them from happening but have felt my words fell on deaf ears. I thought that I had to shout louder to be heard but in doing so I lost my connection to me and my natural expression. It was me who had abandoned my expression and the inner knowing that just by being me my expression cannot but count.
Karin, I can so relate to what you have written here, as a child I too felt unheard and totally disregarded as just a child and children know nothing, only adults know everything. So I hid my inner knowing as it felt under attack and it’s only now so many years later that it feels safe enough in my body to look within and reconnect once again to the absolute knowing I had as a child. We all have this six sense it is natural in our bodies, what we have done generation after generation is to crush it in children, so they don’t use it but go to the ideals and beliefs that are handed down instead. To me these are the poisons we then hold in our bodies that make us sick.
We may not like to think so but “… our expression in general, and every moment really counts.” The level of energetic responsibility and energetic integrity we each have comes down to every little detail in our lives… how we think, talk and act – our every movement counts in the grand plan of life.
We are all innately connected so how can our every move, thought and word not be connected also!
Yes, I can feel the huge responsibility I have to live in my power and the effect this may have on the world but why would I be any less than this. That is the question I am asking myself! A great sharing, Sandra, thank you.
What may seem normal and ordinary for us could be totally extra-ordinary for another. Our expression, even though very unique in delivery is essentially communicating the same thing – that we are all connected to divinity and from far more Love than this world can illustrate. If we hold that back, we are blocking chances for people to reconnect to that.
All my life I have given certain aspects of my life, more importance, time, energy and attention than others. This is a heavily ingrained pattern in me that I am slowly correcting as I see that every single movement and moment matters and ripples – it’s taking me a long time to really master, but I know it to be true.
Everything we do does affect all of us all the time, a fact that we come to truly understand and appreciate with the energetic education afforded us by Serge Benhayon and his relentless work. Every moment, movement and though matters.
Bringing all of us, all the time , to everything we do , brings a reflection that is inspirational.
“And so I have come to understand that we learn and expand together! That this is what we are made for!” I love this Sandra, only in togetherness is there any true evolution.
Our expressing is actually coming from truth and if so, healing. Or it is harming. Lately I become aware of the power of my verbal expression. That whenever I express from meeting somebody, that this has a healing effect on the person. We can’t really measure the importance of expressing from our essence, but the more aware I become, the more I notice the power we hold. And as such the responsibility we hold.
Sandra, I love how you by your lived examples reflect the importance of expression, a topic that affects ALL of us ALL of the time – your sharing offers a deeper understanding of this fact.
Eva that is so true, when we consider we are not important or don’t make a difference the fact is we are making a difference but our expression at that time is letting everyone else know they don’t matter. Therefore the quality of our expression truly inspires another or makes them feel less or not so important. Even rock stars and most business coaches on stage, they express but everyone feels like they are not as good as them. Lets get true expression back to the centre stage that humanity need it to be at.
MA how far have we allowed ourselves to get from the truth, when we live in a world where so many people feel that they don’t matter, when the truth of the matter is that our very matter is the matter of God.
What I love is that each of us is made of so much gold, in varying forms of expression and it is so important to see this and externalise it in every aspect of what we do, because every practical part of life is made 100 times better by bringing divine expression to it.
Could you imagine if what ever it is we do, we can see that it has the potential to touch other people even if it is in the seemingly smallest and most insignificant way? The level of purpose and commitment to life that could give people, if they where able to for a moment stop and appreciate all that they have the potential to bring to life and through their jobs if they simply be all of who they are
We are ALL expressing ALL the time – the question is what are we expressing and does it harm or heal – because it is always one or the other and there is no middle ground.
When someone steps up be it on stage or simply wherever they find themselves in life and lets their all be seen, lets their all express in full, it inspires beyond measure. This stays with another forever, ready to invite them when they too are ready – to remember that I too am that, I too am all that joy, all the fullness, all that expression, and I too will let all of who I am be seen in full.
This is a great example of how all our choices affect everyone Sandra and highlights the responsibility we have in every moment. I find something to be embraced and love the joy that comes with it.
I agree Ruth – responsability is less of a burden when viewed as our ability to either inspire another to something greater or confirm them in the less
This has flipped my understanding of my current job on its head. I have found recent month challenging at work and it is no crystal clear I have had my priorities rather askew; focussing on achieving the necessary outcomes of my role without bringing the divinity of my own expression – my true purpose. Thank you for this blog Sandra.
It is great to expose our misconceptions about the word responsibility, as the majority of us avoid it like the plague! I for one used to go into a panic and think that I would be burdened to the point of overwhelm if I signed up to be responsible, and that there would be no escape! What you present here, Sandra, is so natural to us, and not a big deal at all – it is actually a joy.
We are slowly waking up to the fact that everything we do matters from the way we close a door to the way we present ourselves on stage if that is what we do. Even if no one acknowledges it the energy still remains.
A beautiful reflection for all to truly appreciate who we are, live this love and share it with the world. The word responsibility becomes a joy with life becoming our true purpose with understanding and our divinity.
A beautiful illustration of how every moment counts, there are therefore no off moments, as we can never stop expressing.
I had a beautiful day at work yesterday. A busy day in store led to so many opportunities for connection. It was a joy to be there and to be available for anyone who was willing to connect. I made quite a few new relationships with new customers who were obviously delighted at being met for who they are. As it was busy I noticed my tendency to go into shop assistant mode, only giving them the basics of what they need to know and rushing through what needs to be said. But I caught myself and gave myself more space and allowed myself to open up and truly connect. It brought joy to my day and invited the joy in others. Yes, I’m a shop assistant, but truly meeting people is my real job.
Our expression does count and so does every expression…we may say, or do something that we might not even remember but can deeply impact another. The ripple effect is endless.
This was a great observation from your friend, the fact that you were “the same either on or off the stage.” So often we take on roles depending where we are, who we are with and what we are doing and it’s like we are continuously changing personas. How exhausting that is as well as confusing to live, but if we can come to a place where we truly know who we are and are exactly the same no matter what we are doing this will bring such steadiness, settlement and ease to our lives and to our every form of expression.
What I find interesting in the last couple of days in how my body expresses a whole lot more without me having to say a word. If I am open, my shoulder are relaxed and I listen with an open heart the other person is offered the opportunity to feel more and is more willing to share more. We can often be caught up in the way we are to speak yet the body is also a vehicle for communication that others are reading at the same time.
I can say that there have been many, many times in my life when others have inspired me to take stock, to come back to the ‘healing way of life’ and expand my expression. This is so true Sandra, we all need each other and what each other has to offer in the way of evolution for all, for if we hold back the whole misses out on your specific expression that someone out there needs to here.
Our responsibility is to be us in full. It is not a burden because it is indeed simpler to let go of any mask we wear, any pretence of who are think we should be and simply be. That means allowing our bodies to feel by creating a way of living that is nourishing and supportive and then developing our awareness of what we feel and expressing from there.
Appreciating our impact on everything supports us to grasp the magnitude of our responsibility. Nothing is nothing and everything is everything.
To put it succinctly, the way you are in the big moments is determined purely by the way you are in the small moments of life.
This blog confirms that everything we are and everything we do has an outcome and that regardless of whether we know what it is not we hold an energetic responsibility to always bring a fullness of love to every moment
Understanding and then embodying the fact that our every move affects every one around us, is not the easiest thing to do in a world that teaches you how to individualise yourself and care not for your actions and what harm they may cause. It sounds extreme to say that, because of course we don’t have billboards that say ‘smoke – it’s good for you’ or ‘do drugs in moderation – have fun’. It’s far more subtle and sinister than that. So when an article like this comes along, we get a true reflection of what it means to impact another even when we don’t realise it, and it reminds us that everything is everything.
It’s beautiful to start to feel the loveliness I can choose to move in and feel the divinity in these movements. Really developing an awareness of this and appreciation supports my own inspiration to move away from all my goal orientated endeavours to do ‘good’ or stamp out any self-abuse which could even take the form of treats or rewards like unsupportive foods.
What a fabulous way to look at life. I want to hold this knowing in every moment I live on this earth! To be honest I cringe at some of my behaviours when I am applying responsibility to them. I want to burry my head in the sand, mostly because i allow myself to get so scattered, I will hold the essence of this article the next time I loose my way, thank you.
Our light is contagious, in the truest sense. This is the power of reflection that we offer each other and are each responsible for. So what is the quality of light that we express and thus reflect? Is it all that is love or, all that is not?
We are God in expression. No-thing more and no-thing less.
Most, often like to take ownership of things they have done that have affected others positively but rarely do we like to look at when we affect others negatively and dump our stuff onto others. This is a beautiful inspiring blog of appreciation of who we all are, how important every single one of us are, and how we can either inspire others to see that for themselves or continue to confirm to hide who they are.
Divinity is who we are, therefore when we are not expressing divinely then we are not being our natural selves, it’s actually as simple as that.
I’m learning everyday how different it it is to express from the connection with my Soul or not. If I’m not, I’m forever looking for that connection outside of me. This requires a lot of energy which usually makes me feel quite tired or even exhausted. Whereas expressing from myself actually energizes me. How amazing is it that we’re given the grace to discover our connection with the flow of our Soul, our life.
Every moment does count and what is interesting is how people are watching people all of the time. I know I love observing the way people move and interact and from this get a gauge on life. The question I ask myself here is what reflection am I offering everybody else who is watching me?
‘I had to claim the worth of my performance against all odds – which was a lot, believe me!’ this truly feel like allowing yourself to appreciate the amazing qualities that you bring humbly without being initially aware of them.
What is so awesome here is just how much healing we can bring another when we are truly connected to and content with ourselves, regardless of what we are doing, the quality of our being-ness is the true inspiration.
Thanks, Sandra. This quote from Gabrielle and Natalie really hits home for me that our responsibility is simply to be loving towards ourselves in the way that we move and hold ourselves at all times.
What a joy to read your blog Sandra – and to connect to the power that we all hold within. It feels like the more we confirm our power the deeper it goes and the more love we can unfold.
And another beautiful expression in this very blog Sandra, serving to inspire others to know their responsibility and worth.
If we all took the responsiblitiy to fully express the love that we are, we would see an entirely different world.
I fully agree Eva, I know for myself the more love I express the more love I sense and feel in the world. It is as if I am saying this is what I will accept and anything less I am not interested in entertaining. Yet the moment I choose lesser than love suddenly those are the reflections I get and suddenly I see things working against me rather than with me. Just like 2 people walking down the same street can have completely different experiences depending on how they are and are choosing to see the world.
I love how your friend just gave you the herbs for free – it shows how infectious and inspiring expressions of love are.
Expressions of love are great and come back to us in so many unexpected ways. What I love is when someone, or me, can walk into a room and literally light it up with love – it is amazing the impact we can have on a room or a place. And conversely how someone, me included, can bring the energy of a place down by say walking in in anger. The way we are and move can and does have massive effects on the places we go and the people we see.
Just imagine how many people we interact with in our lives, and throughout those interactions we are either reflecting one of two things; 1 – this level of comfort and ignorance to the state of humanity is okay and is normal OR 2 – We are all divine beings that will return to our true state, whether we choose to enhance that acceleration or delay it.
what an awesome article – responsibility and the job we all have never felt so great.
Expressing who we are has become foreign to most, it certainly was for me until I had the support from Serge Benhayon and the teachings of the Ageless Wisdom remind me that I had stepped very far way from my natural essence. Today with the commitment to let go of what I have taken on thinking it was me with all these ideals and beliefs and allowing the gorgeous innate person that I am out, life has become more Joyful and Purposeful. In connection with my Soul and seeing that in everyone, it confirms the magnificence of where we all come from.
It gives me great joy, Sandra, to be able to say we are friends. As you share you are a shining light showing us what we all can be. Expressing yourself so beautifully and with such joyful gusto on stage is a delight to behold.
‘we, our expression in general, and every moment really counts’ … our expression is everything. We are constantly expressing, even when we’re not using words, everything is felt, everything matters and everything has an effect on the whole.
‘This situation changed her way of seeing ‘going on stage’ and expressing for all to see, as well as her anxiety about being seen. It “rocked her world,”’ … when we allow ourselves to live from our inner essence, no holding back, it only takes one person in one moment to irreversibly change another, in the sense that they will forever have a marker in their body and know that there is another way to live, another way to be in this world that is being true to who we are.
The one expression that counts: being who we are.
‘The authors present that there are just two kinds of energy, a healing one or a harming one, and that the one you connect to guarantees the quality of your expressions and transmissions’ – This is so applicable to life and makes a lot of sense Sandra, as to why one day we can be loving, caring and considerate in our expression but the next blurt out words of jealousy, frustration or anger. Instead of beating ourselves up for the latter moments, it’s important to see it as a choice of a healing or harming energy and then look at what we’re choosing to align to, how we’re living and moving as apposed to why we ‘said’ what we did.
Yesterday a colleague left work and we gathered to say goodbye to him. I hardly knew him and we only every chatted once but I will always remember that one conversation where he gave me some advice about building relationships with students in the classroom that changed the way I did things from that day forward. He probably doesn’t even remember the conversation. We never know how we affect the lives of others by simply sharing who we are.
A great writer penned almost 400 years ago ‘All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players’. We all have our parts to play, so step into the footlights, for ‘The show must go on’.
Yes we are little sparks of God that are here to reassemble once again so that we can become a one whole again.
Beautifully said Sandra, we all count in a way beyond what we think. Whenever you talk to somebody else, it is often the case that you find them saying things ‘I thought it was only me who felt this way’ or seeing ourselves as divided off somehow. Yet everything we do adds towards what is false or what is true in this world. If we don’t appreciate the true contribution we make, we won’t be as likely to be able to sustain our way of living which is a big shame. Because we are always supporting everyone else, even if we don’t realise it or get the thank you letter as proof. Anyway, to seek confirmation of this, is just to make it about self.
Oh – and by the way, I have seen you on stage and concur with everything that this woman said to you!
I love the purpose and tangible function that you bring to this Sandra. Placing it firmly on its feet, on the ground, in our movements, in life. So often these kind of conversations can become abstract and cerebral. You bring an inspiring livingness to it. Thank you.
“The magnitude of my social responsibility and how much we all carry a responsibility for all others dawned on me.” I fully get this and whats so great is that it puts a whole different perspective on what responsibility is, it makes it something that we want to embrace for I know that everything I do can either inspire others to be all of whom they are to grow, to appreciate and to look at life differently. This is an amazing opportunity we are offered each day, to walk with and support our fellow brothers as we all return to living soulfully.
Everything we do effects everyone else, what we inspire in this world is our choice, ultimately in our every move we can choose to bring more love into the world or more harm. The great question is what are we choosing.
I agree and if we do not want to fully see this we only have to go to a swimming pool and see how every movement we make creates ripples which go out and touch everyone else in the pool. So as you say what are we choosing and what quality of ripples are we putting out?
Your blog is a great reminder of just how much ones natural expression makes a difference to others.
“It is our job, our purpose, and it is our responsibility to express the love that we are. In fact, I have the job of shining the divine light that I am coming from – WHAT A JOB!” – agree Sandra, and also from observation in my job of recruiting, when we do this [shining], it means we truly enjoy our actual temporal job/profession too, and when it’s not there, the tendency to quit is very high whilst blaming the job/profession in the process (!)
I recently had someone say to me that they had been hurt in a relationship and felt that they locked a piece of their heart away. They then commented on my consistency and how this was supporting them to rebuild trust with women. It was a blessing for them and also for me to receive them expressing this.
Often it is not till we leave a job that we see our impact on people – I remember in the few jobs I have had, it was leaving and then returning and seeing old customers and colleagues that I realised the connections I had made and relationships I had built with people – we can never underestimate the power we have to touch people’s lives.
Building my foundation so that everything I express comes from a true feeling and not some idealised notion to get attention so that the stage is taken out of my life and I am building a platform that supports me in everything I do. Working on my kingly manner so that I can become a humble deciple of my most divine aspect so I can become the sensitive tender man who is enough being connected without any desires other than reflecting that connection. This is something that is a work in progress to the best of my ability.
We are always expressing, there is not an off switch, and so great responsibility comes with that. The responsibility to bring love, joy and connection – what wonderful responsibility we have!
The reflection we receive from another is powerful beyond our comprehension.
Sharing our self-worth isn’t very common in our society these days. Where it does mean a lot for people. Reflecting love and self-worth is something truly inspiring. It can be in everything! In a question, in a move, in a gesture, in a joke etc. We do mean so much more than we currently accept. We’re worth a lot more!
“The magnitude of my social responsibility and how much we all carry a responsibility for all others dawned on me.”
This is a powerful revelation and one that is most important for us all to embrace and claim.
“Healing energy is the one that is connected to our soul, and therefore connected to us all “, this is divine to feel when someone is in their own full expression and emanates it to everyone. It is so simple to do and so heavenly to receive.
‘“Energetic Integrity is a commitment to living connected to your Soul, a way of living that comes from loving yourself and relating to others in that same loving way. This gentle way of living offers the world a harmlessness.” (Gabrielle Caplice & Natalie Benhayon, Energetic Integrity and Energetic Responsibility)’ Sounds beautiful, but requires a consistent commitment to connecting with soul, which means no time to indulge in our little pleasures on the side that do not serve a purpose.
What is a pleasure for some is possibly a distraction for another that cause a disconnection?
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The first time I felt the absolute joy and spaciousness from expressing from my body and staying fully present with my body as I expressed, it blew me away. Every cell in my body felt alive and there seemed to be so much space around every word that I said.
When we choose to live the way of the Soul, so much of life is already taken care of, so the space is there to connect and truly serve others in whatever profession we find ourselves in.
“… our expression in general, and every moment really counts.” Everything we do creates a momentum, a ripple that affects the next thought, movement, word and action and so on, getting bigger as the day progresses. So we have a choice, to produce a positive, harmonious ripple that lifts and supports us all, or create harsh waves that ultimately will come crashing back. Either choice will always return to us.
‘My power lies in my connection to soul, the connection I have to all others and in the fact that I can express in a healing way for all – or not.’ realising that true power comes from our connection to soul is a revelation in today’s world of assumed power from wealth, status or position of authority and so important for society to learn this distinction – which of course in time it will.
This is such a great line, Sandra – “I am seen by people and…how I am and how I express is not just noticed, but also has an influence on them.” Once we accept the truth of how powerful we are, we cannot go back into a life of comfort and self ever again.
It is our job, our purpose, and it is our responsibility to express the love that we are. In fact, I have the job of shining the divine light that I am coming from – WHAT A JOB! Beautiful to feel the appreciation of the abundance that love brings!
What a beautiful joy-filled sharing Sandra thank you. It knocks on the head the belief that responsibility is a burden, for how can it be when it is simply about choosing to live and expressing all of who we are.
I had met a wholesaler rep for the first time was just being myself as I to do with everyone and at some point, the subject of work and stress arose. I told him I don’t do stress anymore! I have been there, done that and incurred the wrath on side effects on my body it caused. Two months later he calls and arranges a meeting. When he arrives he tells me he quit his job and now works for a competitor wholesaler. He was moved by my refusing to accept stress in my life, and he changed jobs to eliminate the angst in his life! All from just expressing, and you are spot on that ‘every moment really counts’!
Boom. Lived inspiration rippling through others. Wonderful story Steve.
Beautiful confirmation Steve of how we can support each other by how we live. My husband and I had a consultation with a financial planning team and when it came to talking about what age I wanted to retire I shared that I don’t plan to just retire and stop working. I could see it was something they have never heard in a consultation before… there was no procedure per-say for that and it opened up a conversation about it. Yes plan for what will support you with finances but let go of all the ideals there are about ‘stopping’. The norm in work places is wishing work life away and just looking at the end when you can retire and ‘do what you want’.
I have relinquished watching TV and canceled my satellite service I have had for many years. I continue to receive phone calls to tempt me back with great deals and are always asked why I left, and the first question they ask if it was to expensive or if I switched to cable or some other supplier? I just respond that TV is a waste of my time and that it is just numbing and dulling me, Oh and there is nothing but rubbish on it! When asked If I miss any programs, I say NO, this tends to leave them speechless and not on their script for what to do next! Some have asked if I knew that I could still use my box and dish to receive Free Sat TV. I respond that my box had a 1 tetra byte drive that I recycled to my computer for extra storage! I have not asked them to take me off of their calling list… I love planting seeds.
Boom indeed! Awesome sharing and a beautiful example of expressions in healing!
The thing about this that I like the most, is how there need not be any effort because who you are is naturally inspiring – we all just need to be our true selves for the world to evolve.
Amazing to me to feel how I resist such simplicity, yet there is’t a cell in my body that doesn’t absolutely know that you are right.
So true – yet for some so hard as they have spent a life time hiding their true selves due to undealt with hurts and emotions …
It is important to understand that how we are and what we do has an impact on not only the people that are close to us, but also the the people on the street, in our neighborhood and far beyond as they will have all an experience of the way we give expression to our lives. Do we hold back the divinity we are and with that add to the loveliness that is already so much so in our societies or do we become responsible and start the change in ourselves and live that divinity we are, a divine job for life.
‘going on stage can be done in a way that does not change your way of being – that if you don’t force it, you can be the same either on or off the stage’ …. beautiful confirmation that whatever we do in life, wherever we are, whether we’re physically on stage or not, it’s about just being our true selves. In fact, our whole life is like being on stage, energetically, as we are having an affect on everything, always, good or bad, our choice.
It’s interesting how easy it can be for us to underestimate our selves, our divinity, our power, our magnetic pull when we share the enormity of our infinite love ….. all it takes is for another to shine their light and remind us who we truly are.
So often I get caught up in expressing from the falseness of what I perceive to be right or wrong rather than expressing from either love or not love.
“This gentle way of living offers the world a harmlessness” – love this simple line, harmlessness allows us all to drop our weapons, and draw in close together to feel connected, and at one. This movement is our collective and natural responsibility, amplified the more deeply gentle we hold ourselves to hold another in that same way too… where we see and render ‘our fight’ naught.
It is a wonderful job. There are times when it is difficult because it can lead to attacks but most of the time life with such a job is quite wonderful.
But then this is the beauty of expressing from our essence – it makes every job and all work divine.
‘In fact, I have the job of shining the divine light that I am coming from – WHAT A JOB!’ what an awesome job description we all have!
There was so much I got out of reading your blog Sandra, one being how we don’t often see what others can see within us. We can lack appreciation and in this not open our eyes to all that we bring and offer others, just by being us.
“our expression in general, and every moment really counts.” – Everything is everything and every moment does count! A great reminder indeed for me this morning…Thank you!
This is a gorgeous reminder. There is not one thing that does not count. Everything is everything.
Yes and nothing is nothing. When we truly get this then how we live life and what we observe will be very different as to when we live in a way thinking most things are random …
Indeed Henrietta, I have the same, I need this reminder so now and then as I sometimes loose it and fall back in the old patterns of loveliness I have lived before.
What a joy to feel and appreciate, be inspired by and express from our innate being… and appreciate that in others. Everything we do and our quality of being in the doing matters. What greater form of loving responsibility than this? Thank you for sharing Sandra how our every movement matters.
One very powerful influence in society is to not stand out, and not get ‘too big for your boots’. This belief keeps us all in mediocrity most of the time and stops us from feeling the huge impact our every move has on those around us. By not being aware of our influence on others and the energetic ripples we create, we avoid responsibility, which is really what this whole game is about. We don’t want to know how harmful or healing we can be, so we can just do what we like. I have been experimenting with appreciating the quality I am bringing at work, rather than the things I do. This instantly turns the mundane into the extraordinary.
I have also had lots of experiences in life where I have been completely inspired and touched by observing someone. It’s usually not about what they are doing or saying, even though that may be great. It’s more about the quality that they are showing me at that moment, without any fear or doubt. This awakens that quality in me and gives me permission to be that way also. There is nothing more powerful in breaking my beliefs and fears that I use to hold back, than another ‘ordinary’ person showing me how easily and joyfully it can be done.
I’m just reflecting on presenting to groups at work. I used to get very nervous and go into a performance and feel exhausted afterwards. But I’m realising that has changed. The more I stay with myself generally, the more I’m able to present without a huge amount of prepartion and feel steady throughout, and afterwards. That is a massive change, and it is from living some of the teachings of Serge Benhayon.
I love how ‘just being you’ is your job! It is the most awesome job in the world that all of us can embrace.
This is my appreciation and reminder today ‘my job is to just be me’- thank you
The beauty of this is that when we are just completely and surrenderedly ourselves the so much magic takes place from inspirations, reflections, an at ease feeling and so on plus much more behind the scenes that we may not even aware of eg someone noticing a bounce in our walk and it being a reminder to them that life can be light.
Work has always been something we had TO DO! There is an adage that when you find a job, you love doing… you will never have to work again! Just being ourselves is that job!
And how interesting is it that we have to relearn this – to be our self… what has happened to society that we think we have to be something other than our true divine loving self!
This is a great expose of how whatever we express has an impact on others. We can choose to inspire others in a loving way, or a detrimental way – we are each responsible for the choice we make.
That is true and a big surprise is how many of our ‘normal’ expressions would inspire others in a detrimental way, for example, not expressing when it is needed.
This is such a huge one – “…not expressing when it is needed.” – How often do we do this – I have noticed, by keeping my awareness on how I feel and it feels when I do not express when it’s needed, that my body will tell me and then I have the choice to make a difference by speaking and not leaving it inside.
Paula exactly and I know how deeply I appreciate the choice Serge Benhayon made to express in full the truth he felt and lived, had he not I would be a real mess today. Yet that is now the responsibility we all hold to inspire others to be all they are, by us living who we are in full.
What you say is so true Paula, and what I am now really beginning to understand that what we say has a huge impact in a loving or detrimental way. I didn’t really understand this until I was very lovingly asked to consider the energy I was expressing in when talking about an incident that had occurred recently and by stopping to feel I could feel that the energy was not pleasant at all and I was expressing in that energy and as everything is energy what effect is that energy having on others? So for me it’s learning to really consider what I want to say and what is the purpose of the conversation.
Sandra, I have strong memories of you being on stage and how much joy and fun you brought to your performance, and that couldn’t fail to rub off on people. It is awesome to recognise this, each moment we live in we can be affecting another in some way or another and it is up to us how we make this play out. For me I got the feeling of something as simple as walking down the corridor past someone at work and whether I am playful and fun or serious and solemn is up to me, but definitely can influence and or effect the other person to some extent.
Dear Sandra, thank you for sharing your experience of how you have come back to your true connection, your connection to Soul, and the amazing consequences this has on all around you! Amazing, to know clearly that there is two Energy Sources for us to choose at any time, and choosing wisely here is our responsibility, to choose the loving Soul-Connection, which is where we can easily feel the oneness of us all and the Love that we are. And knowing if we do not choose that Soul-Connection for ourselves, then the other Energy Source, the spirit likes to use for fuel, is automatically chosen; this source allows for individualism and ‘what about me’ thinking. And there is no neutral, no in between. Humanity, everybody around us needs more living examples of fellow human beings living in soul-connection, like you and Serge Benhayon and all his family are the most amazing role models in this, showing us all, it is possible, and it is worth while, because what we can inspire in each other is a totally amazing way of living, a return to who we truly are.
Esther reading your words just now really supported me to really feel how we have to take a stance for love. We have to clearly choose love in every moment of every day because as you say if we don’t actively choose love then the decision is made for us and in rushes the ‘ what is not love’.
What a gorgeous sharing. There is such a need for us to talk this way with one another – to say to people ‘hey you know what, you really inspire me’ we don’t do it enough. I know I don’t say it enough – but it really means a lot – these are confirmations for us to keep appreciating all that we bring.
When we are living our life in a way that is pushing our body beyond what is healthy, it’s easy to lose site of how our expression affects others because we can become self-centered and in a ‘just getting by’ mode. But Sandra’s examples of how much we affect others around us are so true. I have noticed for myself how people I work with have begun to make similar positive changes to their diets, exercise and general way of communicating that I have made, especially when I have been consistent with them myself.
You are talking of responsibility here and it is huge if we consider the effect of our thoughts and actions.
We do have a huge impact on each other, the way we speak, move, walk, dress, etc. more than we care to consider, as everything is about energy isn’t it…
And it can all potentially come from our heart or not.
So true the choice is ours, heal or harm …
Everything and everyone counts, no matter how many times i try and think that I can get away with something I get reminded of how much love there really is and get shown that there was more for me to choose.
I really appreciate when these confirmations support me too Nicole – sometimes they feel like a well done you’re on the true track and sometimes they are like a wake up call to get back on the true track.
Nicole I agree that ‘Everything and everyone counts’ and yet I can’t tell you how many people I have discounted in my life. But now, slowly, slowly I am beginning to really understand that there is no-thing or no-one who is not an aspect of Divinity. At times this understanding is a bit mechanical but it is gradually becoming more and more of my natural way.
Being consistently ourselves with all people and all situations, ‘on or off’ stage..paying attention to situations when I’m being myself and when I’m not, noticing when I’m writing something that I’m actually living, and when I’m just writing something to get it done or to sound good, is totally revealing. There is never an end to how honest we can be with ourselves.
As I take more responsibility for how and what I express, and how I’ve chosen to be in the world, the more I get to feel now irresponsible I’ve been, with no judgement: just a simple acceptance of what I chose and the effects of that- and the inspiration to choose differently now.
Isn’t it just awesome that we can choose differently every moment – by reflecting and truly feeling into our actions and choices we have the option of making another choice all of the time.
I appreciate you sharing this beautiful learning process with us, Sandra. I too am learning how powerful we all are, so why not choose to be powerful in a loving way rather living less than who we truly are?
Every day we offer others the opportunity to be inspired by how we do things. I am so glad to have the chance to be surrounded by people who, in my point of view, are incredibly inspiring and show me there is a way to live heavens love on earth.
When we hold back our expression we are also holding back potential points of inspiration for others. The world needs much inspiration.
The power of sound. it makes sense the inspiration offered knowing everything that went into the preparing for this performance.
Connecting to and expressing from the love that we are is a job description we could say is universal to us all! No matter our different expressions and unique contribution to life, we are unified when we express from the love that we innately are.
The reflections we offer a fellow human being is everything, meaning EVERYTHING we reflect affects everyone around us – even when we are not necessarily speaking or doing anything and the reflection is only going on in our minds.
“”My power lies in my connection to soul”. This is so very true that our power lies in our connection with our soul. Without that connection we are just empty vessels that need to be constantly filled up from the outside. When we are connected with our soul we have a natural spring of vitality from within to draw from.
We really do not clock enough the effect that we are having on everyone around us, or even on the planet as a whole both positive and negative that we are having with every choice and movement we make.
Understanding the importance of expression has changed my life completely. People will try many things to change how they feel – drugs, alcohol, food, work, exercise to name a few… but learning to express myself and to share my truth is the thing that has made the most difference to how I feel. I find there is a direct correlation between the expression of truth and feeling joy-full – and that is something really worth reflecting in life.
We have no idea how far ripples of inspiration can spread…but spread they do.
Thank you Sandra for a most eloquent exposition of how everything we say, do and even think has an impact and a consequence, even though we are aware of so little of the effect we have.
It is so easy to consider that what we say or do has no impact, no purpose, because we are not high enough up in some company, religion or societal position. But as you shared “My power lies in my connection to soul” hence real power needs nothing but the ability and willingness to express what is there to be expressed by our soul.
30 years ago I used to get a lift with a young woman who drove her car with such care that the memory of how she turned the wheel is still etched in my memory. At the time I was kind of mesmerised by her gentle movements and now I understand that her movements eluded to a much deeper way of life.
We are in effect on stage all the time, because we are all watching, feeling and learning from one another’s behaviours and subliminal messages communicated not only through our words, but our body language, movement and actions too. Even in those private moments when we think what we are doing doesn’t matter because it doesn’t involve anyone else, we still produce thoughts and vibrations that affect our bodies and are carried with us through the day, silently communicating the quality of our private lives as well. Choosing to live a consistent quality throughout our day and night that reflects our soulful fragility, love, integrity and responsibility, is without question our most important God given job.
The idea that we have parts of our lives where we are ‘on stage’ and parts where we are ‘off stage’ is such an illusion. We cant be amazing as a presenter, healer, teacher etc, then come home and think we are in time out where our actions don’t count. Our kids and partners are still there, soaking up every detail of the way we are at home. Even when we are alone, our movements create ripples in the universe that harm or heal.
Isn’t the world we live and move in the worlds greatest stage? But, are we expressing on this daily voyage with the wind in our sails or being a submarine and silent running?
True, every day we are on the stage. Imagine if we lived with the same care, attention and preparation as we might before a ‘performance’. Every day when we present ourselves there are others watching, registering our movements and the quality of them; being either inspired or disturbed by them. This really brings home the responsibility we each hold.
Neglecting to see the power that we are so we can avoid responsibility is a game that we have been playing for a very long time. The fact of the matter is that has never changed and it never will. It makes sense that as we are designed to be in accordance to our creator that when we are not obedient and every expression is from this then naturally there is going to be disharmony. This exposes where we are at as a human race and where ill-ness and dis-ease is at.
I can’t believe I have lived most of my life so irresponsibly and reading this blog really brings this home. All our expressions and actions, whether good or bad do effect the all and being able to fully understand this and apply it to life is such an evolving way to go.
Indeed Sandra, you can say that we have a job to do and that is to live the love that we are in how we are and in all that we do. And to me this is a truth at it confirms to me that there is a purpose for us human beings and that is to build a way of living that is based on love, that energy that helps and eventually will heal all the hurts we have accumulated from living the opposite, not love. That is a responsibility in life I gracefully say yes to take on.
Beautifully said Nico, as I read this my body surrendered deeper hearing you claim this. It let me feel again that we are here to be this way together, each supporting the other.
Indeed Rosanna, we are here to support one another in this process of return to love and in that the ones that have developed themselves further are not doing that for themselves to look smarter, more advanced or better, but for all the others shown them there is another way of living and to walk with them te attain that same level of development and even beyond. That is how we are made to live with one another and is a way of living that will be slowly but steadily restored over the ages.
‘Say if I become jealous or angry or judgmental – this is on the table for all to choose as well, is it not?’ This is true – every bad thought we have is there for all to feel and take into their own lives, we have enormous responsibility in terms of the way we live because it affects everybody – worldwide.
Sandra, I remember that time when you were singing on stage, your quality blew me away too, and me thinking the absolute same as the person who recently shared with you their experience — And not being a public speaker myself, and very very slowly getting used to doing this and being seen ‘in public/on a stage’ … just like you and what you’ve shared, the more you claim your worth, you get to know your true self and power, and care less and less what people think whether related to sheer fear/nerves, or the other way and for recognition. True delivering on (public stage) – is about getting your true self seen, heard, felt and being at total ease in this, and in your body too.
After reading this again I would like to go and practice living the same quality on or off the stage -so to speak. I ask myself do I change my quality depending on what I am doing or who I am with? Reading this I am understanding the beauty of transparency – being me wherever and whoever I’m with and this includes myself. Like I’ve been living the notion that I ‘save’ the good bits about myself for people but not myself. This is pure illusion as in the energy I choose when I am with myself isn’t always loving and I cannot but take this to people when I am with them. And if I am, in essence, love how can I ever not be worth being love with?!
Isn’t it a amazing where the appreciation of the effect we can have on others can lead to. From not being totally aware of it right back to a greater connection to Soul.
This blog beautifully reflects how responsibility is our natural way of being. We don’t have to try at it, we simply need to be ourselves and it’s all there.
I am touched by this blog because it offers an opportunity and reflection to live our own lives in a non harming and inspiring way. Acknowledging our equality, yet the choice within us all to take responsibility or not for the energy that we live in and by.
“OMG. I was a bit shocked about how much impact my expression can have and the responsibility this reveals” This must mean that to truly appreciate our qualities and what we bring, leads naturally to the responsibility of bringing them.
It is true that our expression has the ability to inspire others to see things differently, maybe get another angle of life, and then to make changes for themselves. Awesome blog Sandra, thank you for sharing your writing and your singing.
“What I got from all this by and by, is that I am seen by people and that how I am and how I express is not just noticed, but also has an influence on them” Yes so true Sandra and with this awareness comes a responsibility that if we are to reflect something that is true and inspirational, in a way that someone is able to relate to, and be able to say to themselves this is what I want to bring into my life too, then we have the responsibility to live this in all areas of our life; no hidden pockets or escape moments because this will be felt too. This is where responsibility and integrity go hand in hand and the more this is lived the more inspirational we can be.
“But her greatest realisation was that going on stage can be done in a way that does not change your way of being”. The Way of the Livingness, as presented by Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine, presents a way of living that brings out the essence of you and encourages you to live that first and foremost. And then go about what you do. So it is about being you first, and then the jobs second. Which means you dont need to change your way to be on stage, or in a classroom, or a work space etc…. It is the steadiest way of living and the the most harmonious.
It is amazing how one thing we say, can have such an impact on another’s life and how often we don’t appreciate this. And it can have a positive effect or a very damaging effect so we really do have to be aware of how we are living and what we are saying and expressing to each other because all of it counts… none of it goes unnoticed, even if people don’t talk about it, they most definitely feel it.
This exposes the fact that every moment counts… all we have to do is be true to ourselves, to express our truth – it is very simple, and what transpires from there we may never know… it could have a huge impact and inspire many others – or not.
Our first and foremost job is one of divinity.
Hi Nikki, for sure it is our first and foremost job to bring back divinity in how we are and in all that we do. Could it be that this is also the purpose of us human beings being here all together on this planet earth, that there is a job to do for us all and that is to bring back the divine into our lives and in our societies once again?
Yes, Our only true purpose… and as we live from the love we are we remind each other it is our natural way, and very possible to live.
Certainly a divine job indeed Sandra. We are at work all the time, as in to reflect our divine light is our 24/7 role. But how many of us are willing to fully embrace our responsibility to live this role is very evident in the current state of our world. We certainly need more people like you to remind us of why we are here.
“Now I do not know how it is for you, but for me the word ‘responsibility’ insinuated a certain ‘heaviness’. To ‘take responsibility’ meant I was stuck with a burden – a burden I would have to take on and carry. It represented something I normally would like to avoid – a bit, or more.” – Thank you Sandra for spelling this one out – so many of us see responsibility as a burden and yet when understood for what it truly is, actually represents a freeing up of our selves to connect more deeply with the soul. Here of course we are talking about energetic responsibility and how this supports us to deeply connect with self so that all that we do can be an inspiration for those around us and hence we are here to support each other.
I love the level of appreciation that is shared here! Everybody is appreciated much more than we actually know. Because a lot of people don’t share their appreciation of others. Where this is actually very natural. It is amazing to express appreciation in many forms. Is has a huge impact. I love being seen equally to see people. Our expression counts! Definitely. All of us have a huge impact on society. We’re to choose whether this impact is inspiring or not.
We are all role models whether we like to admit this or not. People see and notice, and even if they do not directly see and notice, they do feel all of the time. The question is, what kind of a role model do we want to be? One the supports them in making more loving choices in life, or not so?
There is a very powerful opening up you are offering here with the word neglect. I can feel it’s direct relationship to responsibility. If anything is not held and honoured in, for and with its fullness we are negating or neglecting it’s existence, causing separation. There is no love or soul in separateness.
Sandra your story really highlights how through our every single choice we can affect and influence others, without even knowing it. This works in both ways, in a way that can disturb another (which none of us want – really) or in a way that can assist another to learn and grow and understand more deeply the choices they are choosing to make. In the later we become an inspiration to people to make new choices, all without telling or lecturing (we all know that never works anyway). Your have highlighted the absolute beauty that is responsibility.
We never know how and to what extense we affect other people with everything that we are and do, but we can be aware of the quality we are and express. By assuring love to be the quality of our expression to the best of our ability we also make sure that any possible effect is also love no matter how it might be experienced or interpreted by the receiver.
Wise words from a wise man. A man who inspires me very much in his way of living and expressing. Thank you Alex! We can not control what another takes or does with what we share, but we can make sure what quality our expression and living has. It will do its bit to tidy up this planet and our creations.
We matter greatly and to think otherwise is allowing in a force that is trying to diminish the grandness we are.
Yes our responsibility is to be amazing! And inspire all others to be amazing and appreciative of themselves too… How awesome is that! Totally the opposite of what the word has come loaded with over time.
The stories that you share here Sandra highlight for me just how much we are clocking each others movements all the time – that there is this continuous form of communication and reflection going on without us even speaking, where the quality of actions that we are taking and the energy in which we do things are speaking volumes.
This proves the ‘knock on ‘effect we have with our expression and how it affects others. It is so important to realise this, because the question to ourselves must always be.. what is it that we are reflecting to others ? In this case Sandra, it feels it is joy, love and a connection to your inner heart.
When we truly get to understand what responsibility is all about, we know that it is not a chore or a burden to carry, it is a true blessing.
I love spending time with people who are connected to who they truly are – I realise how every movement, expression and activity can become beautiful and inspiring when it is done from all of them, and we all have this potential to inspire
I agree Rebecca ‘we all have this potential to inspire’ and often in the simplest of ways.
Its true – often it is not something big or super obvious, it is something small that we pick up and in that something is a quality we cannot deny – I have been inspired by the way people smile, the twinkle in their eyes, the gentleness of their hands
Wow, thank you for sharing – you never know when something you say, do or simply the way you move or are in life might touch another person. To me, this is the kind of joyful responsibility I can take up, knowing that if I am responsible to the best of my ability in every moment I can make sure that as many moments as possible will inspire others rather than confirm all that they are not.
It does go both ways – if we say or do something lovingly, it is felt and may inspire another to do the same. If we say or do something unloving – angry words or stroppy behaviour, this is also felt and may influence someone to act in the same way. We all do have a great responsibility.
‘Expressing is Everything’ – SB
Expression offers inspiration.. inspiration ignites us to accept and express with much more respect, care and love.
What you say here is very true Sandra
“What I got from all this by and by, is that I am seen by people and that how I am and how I express is not just noticed, but also has an influence on them.”
I watched a program about squid many years ago and how they communicate with each other, they change the appearance of their skin tone and colour and this transmission of energy and light communicates to other squid what is going on. And I feel that humans are doing the same thing, we are constantly communicating to each other how we are feeling, we all know when to stay away from someone for example if we feel that they are angry. So how we behave towards one another can be a positive experience or not.
Becoming aware of the fact that I have an impact on everyone and that every one of my choices counts, means I am already taking responsibility, as I am no longer neglecting to see how powerful I am. This is exactly what I needed to hear at this time Sandra, thank-you for the timely reminder
Very powerful blog, full of golden gems. I loved how you shared that it is all our Divine Job to express fully who we are with everyone we meet and whilst doing everyday things. This has a powerful effect on others- healing, expanding and can be inspiring.
It is an amazing virtuous circle to express with love and to receive love as, over time, we can let go of all other ways of expressing, one by one, and our momentum then increases more and more. The cumulative effect is big.
With globalisation, the Internet and social media our reach is increasing and increasing every day – we can affect and inspire people all over the world by how we live.
Sandra way before seeing you on stage, I remember you expressing naturally and joyfully in a kitchen preparing food, simply being you and that in itself was inspiring.
“I am no longer neglecting to see how powerful I am.” This is a powerful statement! I have also been neglectful in truly appreciating my strengths and what I bring in favour of shrinking and keeping myself small. The more we claim our truth the more it inspires others to do the same.
I had an example of what you are sharing when a colleague who was very stressed saw me walking and noticed how still I was and not ‘phased’ by life, she immediately stopped her motion of overwhelm and realised she didn’t need to be lost in what was going on around her. I had no idea she was watching me or could see me, and really drove home how important it is to be responsible for our quality at all times.
It is true, whether “on stage” or not we are really there, on stage, all the time, even when there is no-one else around, for there are still our thoughts and movements to be responsible for that continue into vocal expression if we then meet up with someone. But it is not a performance and we cannot turn it on and off, (well we can but that is when we become unnatural and unloving and get anxious and defensive), but a continuous movement from one thing to another, and if we keep connected to the divine flow within us life and everything we do is of equal importance so actually going on stage does not take on the appearance of “the big deal” that it isn’t.
When we can fully accept that what we do so naturally has the power to inspire or even to change another, simply by being ourselves, we begin to understand the resposnibility that we have to be all that we are all of the time.
I don’t count in this world was an old belief of mine that kept me in protection and in hiding and kept me at a safe distance from people. However, that old belief can no longer hold true,(for some time now) because I can feel how much my expression does count and the way I choose to live now which is simple and reponsible is a powerful reflection for others; that there is another way to live.
“Becoming aware of the fact that I have an impact on everyone and that every one of my choices counts, means I am already taking responsibility, as I am no longer neglecting to see how powerful I am” – so beautifully said, Sandra. This really exposes the utter arrogance of making ourselves small which basically is an avoidance of responsibility. We matter, we count and account.
We can either remember that we can ‘be the same either on or off the stage’, or alternatively we can know that we are ‘on stage’ the whole time, constantly reflecting our expression to the world and to our fellow man. ‘All the words a stage….’
Sandra, this is so beautiful to read, ‘her greatest realisation was that going on stage can be done in a way that does not change your way of being – that if you don’t force it, you can be the same either on or off the stage.’ I hear so often people being stressed by having to be on stage or give presentations, I love how you stayed the same and didn’t put on an act or change on stage – it is great to feel. This is a wonderful, natural way to be and deeply inspiring to read.
It is our Divine Job, to express our innate divinity in all we do, whether we are brushing our teeth, catching the bus to work or presenting to hundreds of people on stage, every movement has a message that communicates to all of us all of the time.
Yes Rowena, we tend to compartmentalise our lives into important tasks and unimportant ones, but this is not how energy works, it does not differentiate between what brings you accolades and what is seemingly a mundane task, it is always contributing to one or the other energy equally so.
I love this simplicity Rowena, everything we do is a communication, even in the smallest of gestures. How we are with ourselves and how we express in our everyday life is felt one way or the other.
The beauty expressed in this blog is very powerful and a real inspiration for us all to live who we are fully with the integrity and responsibility from our soul. A real joy to read and feel the appreciation, joyfulness and sassy ness of you for all to see and an amazing reflection of true love.
We have so much inspiration to share with each other if we allow ourselves to express without holding back.
The greatest form of teaching is by example and it is our movements that are the vehicle of communication.
Yes, it is quite amazing how much we all notice each other – not necessarily very often in a way that we remember but it is still happening all the time.
Very well said Jstewart51. We are constantly communicating to everyone and everything. The question is what quality of energy are we choosing to communicate in that affects us all?
“My power lies in my connection to soul, the connection I have to all others and in the fact that I can express in a healing way for all – or not.” We have the choice to express in a healing way or not, through our connection to our soul.
It’s amazing the effect we can have on others when we express from who we are! We need to appreciate and accept the responsibility of how our actions affect everyone!
Sandra it is beautiful what you have shared, we have a job to express the truth that we are, to express the love from with in, we have a responsability in our expression of truth.
Thank you Sandra. There are gems all throughout this article. Today what stood out for me is the fact that we can be the same on and off stage. Now a stage can mean so many things, a presentation, a meeting with housemates, a job interview etc. So what is off stage? Maybe my moments alone in my house, brushing my teeth, going to the bathroom. It’s obvious to me that I move and behave in a very different way when I am ‘on’ and ‘off’ stage and it’s got nothing to do with the actual task. My movements are simply a different quality and if I’m honest the ‘on’ quality tries to be better than the ‘off’ one but they are actually the same. No wonder I get scared to be ‘on’.
Being who you are; expressing that in full; expressing all the power you are; working with humanity – is this the best job in the world? I think so – and all can apply.
Great example how every moment is precious, and the moment being on stage can only be precious when the moments which lead to this experience are taken with this preciousness as well.
Thank you Sandra for so clearly defining the true meaning of responsibility, to be our soul – a divine job indeed! I often look to nature for wisdom and inspiration and recently I have been watching ants. Each ant knows exactly what it is and what it is here to do, it never strays from the truth of its being and all of its work and it’s every movement are related to supporting the whole. Whilst it may be a single ant it always works for the whole colony. As humans we have kind of forgotten the truth of our being, we have separated from our soul so our decisions, movements and intentions are often for self alone, or without consideration for the whole. We actually suffer in this and are much lesser when the whole is made lesser – no matter how great the illusion of just taking care of No. 1 is. As we come back to live the truth of who we are as divine souls and express this everyday, our every move is with the awareness of the whole, the brotherhood that we are a part of, and what it is we are here to do and share and how we effect one another. It’s a beautiful responsibility to live and reflect truth and love everyday.
“I count. You count. Our way of living and expression counts. We matter!” Sandra I am sure if more people would live their life like you have so beautiful shared our world would look differently.
‘if I become jealous or angry or judgmental – this is on the table for all to choose as well, is it not?!’ … yes. I love how you show, so simply, that how we choose to be has an effect on everyone around us, we are either inspiring or not. In the ‘not’, we are the opposite to inspiring, behaving in a way that is contrary to who we truly are, a way that is harmful to our selves and to everyone else.
A great sharing describing how everything is clocked, noticed, felt and responded to as everything is energy.
‘My power lies in my connection to soul, the connection I have to all others and in the fact that I can express in a healing way for all – or not’ – thank you for sharing your power so beautifully, Sandra. It makes sense that when we communicate with each other from our soul, a place that only knows love, this creates a pull for us all to feel and be impulsed to live from our own soul energy, this is what it means to be inspired.
Of all the trillions upon millions of possible different things we can express they all fall into one of either two categories. That that comes from God and that that doesn’t.
Indeed Alexis, it cannot be explained more simply than that.
In stillness and in motion we are expression. Expression is what and who we are, therefore the most important question that can ever be asked of anyone is ‘what is it that you are expressing?’
Superb Sandra, the quality of our expression counts, has and carries a responsibility, and affects people… Living in the understanding and knowing of this, is living with love, or from the inner-heart. And not always are we perfect in this, and i note for myself ; ) though when we are out, we have the tension of this; of being out.. where it feels just awful and tight in the body, and therefore do what we can to come back to this responsible place as soon as possible.
Best job in the world I would say – “shining the divine light you are coming from”. And yet, we labour at times, can’t accept it (don’t want to), wish it would go away, prefer to stay in the comfort of the known, tested and proven third dimension. But it doesn’t work, not forever anyway.
Well, it is 24/7 job and we have the tendency to want a break or reward, But our divine job is ongoing. It is asking us to serve all of the time. Serge once said, ‘it is not about how to do it but why’, and I found this a very instructive way of seeing it.
Lord knows that the world can do with more naturally unhindered and joyful expression! Love it Sandra, that you did not hold back in your sharing from the stage, and how this inspired another to know and claim her own expression. When we share ourselves via a ‘performance’ in such a way – with no part of us seeking adulation, or to be more than another, such true inspiration is very, very possible. Beautiful.
Love what you’ve shared here Sandra. We are seen for the way in which we interact with all aspects of our lives far more than we realise (as a rule…). One never knows just who is watching, and the impact it may have upon them.
Sandra, your ‘contagious, sassy sparkle’ is the same on and off stage, you are totally consistent in being you as far as I can see, and I love it, I find it inspiring and you always make me smile whenever I see you.
Wow I saw so clearly one of the reasons we don’t want to see the impact/influence we have on each other, because we don’t want to see how power-full we actually are. Check. Sandra, you bring that to our attention and also show us how beauty-full this power can be and how we can use it to harm or to heal. I will take that into my awareness today.
Isn’t it interesting how willing we are to feel helpless or powerless but not as willing to see how powerful we actually are? In fact we are totally powerful and have an impact on others all of the time. To become aware of our power is such a amazing thing to do. A healing – for all of us.
Yes what a job Sandra! You bring joy and lightness to responsibility.
‘The magnitude of my social responsibility and how much we all carry a responsibility for all others dawned on me.’ This is a very big awakening, as for me, i really began to see how i affect others as others affect me as we all affect each other. Responsibility becomes how and who are we affecting in our everyday lives?
What we learn and feel about life and the platform that we can present from is something that I can work on in every area of my life without any variance. Being play-full presenting from a stage is something I can expand on as a physical constellation that is no different to any other area of my life as the constellations from the universe are constantly passing through me so it is up to me to feel that and be in the rhythm that will allow me to evolve. Thank you Sandra great to read your blog and can see I need to build a solid foundation so that the platform I express from is lived as my Livingness.
I agree true responsibility is not a burden but a joy. I also find it very liberating because the more I experience and understand that everything has an impact, EVERY thought, movement, action and inaction – everything counts – the more I am able to let go of those things that harm and choose a different way of living. In doing this not only do I support others but my life too transforms.
Great point that every choice not to act is as important as the choice to act… As every choice not to make a decision is as important as every decision. Inaction and indecision is possibly worse, as it can quickly lead to stagnation and no movement forward, which then becomes a movement backwards, since we are constantly being shown what is next.
Yes not acting is an act. Not choosing is a choice.
Hi Sandra, you can count me as another person that performance had an enormous impact on. I was there too and it has left a lasting impression, inspiration and bubble of joy in me… and yes we all have the job of being a reflector and what a wonderful job it is when embraced with love and responsibility.
Great to hear Nicola. You are defiantly inspiring me as well very much. Especially with your consistency, transparency and lightness. And yes, being a reflector can be a ‘wonderful’ job if we embrace it, but it is a divine job anyway, if we embrace it or not. That’s my realization after reading your last line: I can deny my divine job and thereby my divinity, or embrace it. Love is, that it is always there for me to choose again, to do my job and so saying ‘yes’ to my divinity.
It is a wonderful job when embraced with love and responsibility but being a reflector can work both ways as we can also embrace it and reflect all that is not love and responsibility.
What a job indeed, no payment or price can be placed on a ‘job’ that delivers with ease such inspiration to another. It is this that is the remuneration beyond anything else.
I would say this job is ‘payed’ with love, as the more I do this Divine Job fulfilling, the more love I feel inside of me. The love was always there, but not activated. To do my job is activating the love we all are. Best payment ever.
The best currency ever hey?! We will one day have this global, single currency.
YEAY!
The expression here really counts – thank you Sandra. One of the offerings I’m receiving from your blog is truly appreciating you and the person who spoke to you. The description of you is divine and I recall having felt something very similar when I saw you on stage. You are truly de-light-full on or off stage. Yet not until reading this has it settled more into my body that what you reflect is available to us all if we choose, and I can feel in me it’s time to claim this more deeply for myself on the world stage.
Yes it is wonderful to start to speak up to each other how much we inspire each other and how much we appreciate what the other brings and offers.
For sure when we appreciate it is an expansion of love, and this is divine joy to be shared.
Awesome Sandra – truly inspiring for me right now, thank you.
It is so simple and all that is asked of us is to choose the energy we are to live from and the one that is pure in its love of self and of love for the other. This shows how it is never about what we do or how important we are but always in every moment of the simple movements that make up our lives. I loved your comment – ‘When I expressed my natural love, it inspired others to expand their life and expression’. Thank you Sandra.
Wow we always have a responsibility of what energy we choose. I have seen you perform and you’re so amazing but it’s not until reading this and appreciating the specifics of how this person was inspired that I can begin to see how I too can live this – as previously I’d just written myself off as never being able to ‘achieve’ that which I am inspired by. So this teaches me to look more closely as to what is there that I am seeing and not shy away for fear of negative comparison or jealousy. I’ll be re-reading this a few times I’m sure as now I’m inspired to not shy away from love and the inspiration it brings. Thank you so much for your honesty about your process about going up on stage – showing me that once we let go of our insecurities we are so so amazing in our expression.
I love this realization from you Karin ‘I’d ‘written myself off as never being able to ‘achieve’ that which I am inspired by’. It is so important and amazing to become aware of how we set up our failure and how we prepare ourselves and create a way of living that settle for less. Never dismiss the effects you have on another! And appreciate what you are able to bring right now. From here we are expanding – and hey, God is Love, so everything is possible. (Not to forget that we are a part of God – 😉 )
There are things like getting up on a stage to sing or speak that would terrify some people until they see someone they know do it, and are inspired and get to feel that maybe they could do it or something else that puts them in the spotlight. Another example of how living who we are in full can spark something in another person.
Sandra exactly we never know who may be listening or what our expression may inspire in another. It shows that we should never hold back the fullness we are.
Exactly Sandra D. Even I express while I am in a room on my own it is felt by everyone because we are energetic beings, feeling us and what is expressed all of the time. And I learned that I can express something in a group by claiming it inside of me and even I do not say it out loud it was felt and had an imprint of the conversation.
Every moment counts in the path of returning to walking as who we are on earth.
Yes it is a job to be aware of our 24/7 expression – but to avoid the awareness about it and the responsibility to take, does not change this fact. It just make it more painful.
A lot of people have shared with me over the years that they remember things I’ve expressed towards them. And the times that people really expressed truth to me when it was needed, I can also remember very well. Expressing truth is Divine and at the same time actually very normal. We’re to learn to come back to what truth actually is.
and developing a ‘new’ normal. Normal in the way of taking our energetic responsibility and express to our all service.
Sandra I so enjoyed reading this blog because it conveys the essence of you. You are so sassy and sparkly And I remember seeing you on stage and you just oozed vitality and it was super to behold in a world that is or has forgotten what vitality is.
Something I still need to fully realize, that we cannot ever avoid expressing; even when we may think we are not as in not saying or doing anything we still express; it is like breathing, we cannot stop it. So, every moment is an expression and thus has consequences and therefore counts.
How many times in a day do we think about the actions and words of another? And what if we were that ‘other’ in anothers mind? When people come up to me and make comments or observations it brings the fact back home that we do all live with each other and our actions and words do affect others.
We never know where the power of our example will land. I know as a teacher that I will never truly know the impact I have had on all my students or what will stay with them, or as a mum simply waiting for my children at the school gates and how that influences another. What I do know however is that if I live with love and integrity and take this with me wherever I go then I am offering something to anyone who cares to see it!
Generally we have no idea what a huge influence we have on other people . It is beautiful when someone shares how much we have inspired them and like wise when we share how we have been inspired. We appreciate each other and what we bring so much more. Our expression counts for everything and lets us know that we are doing our Divine job – or not. Great article Sandra.
This totally blows away the idea of thinking that what goes on in your home is only in your home. It affects everyone and everything and we take it with us even if we are not necessarily expressing it obviously, it still affects how we are and how we feel.
I love how you have been blessed by the appreciation of another student. It’s so beautiful to see and feel the gorgeousness that is you being celebrated in this case on stage and in Person some time down the track.
Brilliant and beautiful.
And that was just one person! Imagine the countless interactions we have and how many people that tally’s up to!!
Thank you for sharing this, Sandra, we often dismiss what comes to us easily and it is great to understand just how much we can inspire others simply by the way we live and by expressing who we are in our own natural way.
Indeed, what an absolutely amazing job Sandra. We can choose to embrace this as our every day way.
Sandra your enthusiasm for life oozes off this page, please keep writing.
Sandra, this is great to read, this really stands out for me, ‘And so I have come to understand that we learn and expand together! That this is what we are made for!’ I have been aware lately of how I have inspired others, particularly with how I am with my son, there was an occasion where I was very firm but loving with my son and a friend had noticed how he had listened and acted on what I had said, this started a discussion between my friend and her son and they decided between them that the son would listen when his mum asked him to do something, this was one small incident and has made life much easier for my friend and her son and so I can see the ripple effect of how we live and how this can influence others.
What a truly lovely word … Bounteous 💖 There is so much to ponder and discuss here and I feel a blog to come back to and read and re-read as so much is presented here but the thing that really got me was we should be no different in life whether we are on a stage or not and how ill it feels if we try to or feel the need or feel we have to ‘perform’ to others. All we have to do wherever we go whether standing in front of a class, an audience or one person or no people is just be ourselves.
Absolutely Sandra, we do indeed all matter. We all have a unique expression which plays a significant part in the greater whole, holding this back will affect not only ourselves but everyone else equally.
It is true that we can inspire in the simplest of ways or the more obvious ways like your friend shared about your stage performance. Effortlessly being yourself is such a gift to everyone who has the grace of being in your orbit. We all have that opportunity to be inspired and to inspire.
I wonder if the woman felt not just the ease of going on stage but also the hard work that was beforehand, showing that the ease was not just a talent but the result of development, inspiring her.
People do observe our movements even if they are unaware of the fact they are doing it. I’d go as far to say that they see and feel the movements we have made prior to seeing us so when they pay a compliment in the way we look, they are sensing how we got ready, the care we took and the love and joy that came with it and so we may be wearing something plain or ordinary but the compliment comes based on the lead up to them seeing us and not just a compliment on the finished product.
When we truly embrace responsibility it actually has the opposite effect to what we might think it to be. True responsibility is expansive, light and joyful, not the heavy and strained version we tend to think it represents.
Even when we are alone our expression is contributing equally to the all, in no less a way than if we are in a room full of people. If I’m stomping around angrily by myself then sure there may be no one to witness it but my anger, in that moment is my contribution to the whole.
and another pearl of wisdom that this article reminds me of that I have heard Serge Benhayon say many times is ‘be you in all that you do’. And what a blessed relief that is, I can tell you!
As Serge Benhayon has said many times ‘Expression is everything’ and to add ‘everything is expression’, which leads us to understand that there is no-thing that is not expression and so how important therefore is expression?
Life is the collective expression of us all, therefore it is imperative to know what we are expressing at any given moment in time.
A beautiful reminder Sandra for each of us to appreciate what we have to offer each other and the responsibility that goes with that.
Yes, we never know – it could be simply walking down the street or exchanging a few words.
Thank you Sandra for showing clearly that responsibility does not have to be a burden but instead just life and when live in that way life is a joy.
We are a reflection to others all of the time – so we have a natural responsibility to be all of who we are in full and not hold back. For in truth – that is the most inspiring quality of any person. I am not blown away by someone who faces their fears or is outspoken or who is not afraid to speak to 10,000 people – what inspires me is someone who brings all of who they are to each moment – that is a true role model – and it makes me see how actually I can be this role model to others if I simply live from me first.
Gorgeous Sandra, evidencing that nothing is nothing and everything is everything! Things that may seem ‘small’ to us can be huge and inspiring to others, and we can bring a lot of light to everything we do if we don’t drop the quality of love that we live.
A young woman I love dearly said to me a while ago, something along the lines of that who ever she speaks to she is the same with as if she was with God. I have pondered on this statement and though I have not mastered this way of being with people my any means, it makes complete sense. Given we are all sparks of God therefore come from the same source, why would we not treat all equally.
Inspiration works both ways we can inspire and be inspired by all we have to do is stay open and be willing. I know I am Inspired daily by the people I work with, their down to earth honesty has been very humbling for me.. If I step out of line in what I say I know they will not accept it and they will say it as it is.
There’s some part of us that likes to think we can calculate life, adding up 1+2 to equal 3, just based entirely on what we can see. The thing is, as you beautifully show Sandra, this doesn’t come close to understanding the true beauty of life. For everything is perfectly placed to reflect the absolute truth to everybody, all of the time. So we are always on, always having an effect, always on stage, under the lights, always having a crucial say. The question is what the quality we choose to contribute is.
Wow Sandra, it is clear you have lived responsibility with great joy and this expression is very inspiring.
‘that going on stage can be done in a way that does not change your way of being’ – this is a game changer for many Sandra and can really be applied to anything and everything in life, our work, dinners with people, being onstage, presenting a workshop etc etc. all of this can be done from that inner joy within and not from the beliefs and judgements that we can often allow to entrap us. A way of living and being in all sorts of activities that just lets us be exactly who we are naturally in all situations.
Awesome Sandra! I recently experienced a few separate people tell me how something I did had really had an effect on them – and I didn’t even consider this was possible. It not only made me realise my great responsibility, as you mention, but it also made me realise I have more to go in appreciating myself. It felt awesome and light, as you say.
Superb article Sandra that reminds us that every thing we do has an effect, all those glorious moments and all those not so open, inclusive and loving ones matter all the time. And so we have a choice to make, a responsibility to take for all we do all the time, for as you say Sandra, if we inspire people to be more, we can also inspire them to be less. If we really take this on board, then we come to fully understand the importance of ensuing that everything we do in life is in alignment with the love of our Soul and hence will unify and heal. Taking care of those ‘off stage’ moments is a very powerful place to start, as they naturally build a strong foundation on which to stand when we do go public.
Wow, this lady was able to take so much from simply observing your performance and then taking what she observed and applying it to her own life which helps me to see the absolute joy of responsibility.
Every time we open our mouths and express are we not performing? It is always conditional upon the energy we are allowing to flow through us. I have also always loved the energy that flows from you when performing, just talking or dancing with you and the twinkle that is always present in your eye.
Beautiful post and points of inspiration and an exploration on energetic responsibility. We all observe each other constantly, what is the quality we observe?
There is no down time, everything we do affects all.
What a beautiful invitation to embrace our true jobs and responsibility… thank you, Sandra.
I love the joyfulness in your expression Sandra and you bring a lightness in your performances onstage but also in your claiming of what you bring and that there is no need for heaviness around responsibility but that it can be a truly joyful claiming of how we are in the world that can inspire others by its reflection. A great job and one that is life-long.
This is very powerful stuff Sandra, when we realise how much impact we have on others and how every one of our choices count, because this determines our energetic quality. The word responsibility feels like it is one of those words that has had its meaning changed along generations. We can think of it as a heavy load, but truly it has a lighter reflection meaning we can shine through with the awareness when we understand the energy of the soul we choose to stay with. The responsibility is simply knowing this understanding and working with it.
A beautiful example of the joy and responsibility of expressing the love in all that we are as an inspiration to others – and ourselves.
Whether we are aware of it or not, we affect each other all of the time. This blog explains the responsibility we have so well.
Thank you Sandra for ‘reflecting’ the power of reflection in your blog here. Seeing someone move in their fullness, stand up and speak or sing – or just walk down the road – shows us all the possibility of being that in our own lives. Such communications are going on all the time and a great question to pose ourselves is ‘what am I reflecting to/for others here?’
When it is put as plainly as this Sandra it really does show us the responsibility we have in each moment of everyday to choose that which is healing, as best we can. Every moment we can change the world for better or worse by the decisions we make and how we express those decisions.
From what has been stated here by the examples given, what really stands out is how heavy humanity is with the level and quality of expression, so it is no wonder Sandra that your expression stands out to others as another way of being.
And the more we become aware of this fact then naturally the more responsibility we truly hold. I am always discovering with the depth, the connection, the awareness comes understanding and also responsibility for I am becoming more aware of just how my action and behaviours and way of being does ripple and reflect to and affect others.
Sometimes we don’t clock what truly being ourselves can inspire in another, but joy and presence has that affect…it lightens and expands the inside of another.
And this is the magic – we don’t need to know but we can absolutely appreciate that it is all happening behind the scenes so to speak anyway. Divinity at play.
Your sharing is a great example that everything matters… as everything has an affect on everything…
Absolutely everything !
Yes, I agree johannebrown17, everything affects everything. We are responsible for how we express, live and respond to people and our world. This really highlights how interconnected we all are and how every choice we make does matter.
“Our way of living and expression counts. We matter.” Absolutely Sandra. Everything we do is an opportunity to heal or harm. To be an inspiration for others through our reflection, regardless of whether we know it or not is beautiful.
If we were all raised from young to know that no matter we do and say we are “either acting in love, or against it.” what a different world we would live in. But as you say it all comes down to “energetic responsibility”, the responsibility that we have, firstly to ourselves and then to every single person on the planet as everything we do and everything we say affects everyone else, all of the time; there is no ‘off’ switch for “energetic responsibility!”
Bringing our future generations up with allowing them to be in their awareness and take full responsibility would absolutely change our current society ten fold.
I have seen you perform on stage Sandra and I thought wow…what struck me the most was how completely naturally you were in expressing ‘you’ and all that you are, it was clear you were having fun and super confident to boot! A real joy to be receiving you!
Sandra, this is a glorious, philosophical peer beneath a curtain that otherwise keeps us playing small so as not to shine the light divine that lives within Us All. I can relate to all you have shared, especially how responsibility has always been viewed as a chore and a burden. And I have also felt, as you have, the absolute essence of who I am and that when I am simply being me and not trying to not be this and thus caught in the game of trying to be someone or something else, there is an absolute ignition that happens within me and those who I am engaging with. It is a meeting in the deepest and truest sense. In this way, true responsibility is a great joy, as is the power of reflection a great blessing for us all.
“It is our job, our purpose, and it is our responsibility to express the love that we are. In fact, I have the job of shining the divine light that I am coming from – WHAT A JOB!” Beautifully and simply said Sandra. Imagine if we all put this first, before doing anything else, what a difference it would make to everything that we do and to everyone we come into contact with.
I love it Sandra, and yes, you are all those things and more. I have only met you a couple of times, including seeing you perform that day you spoke of and your impact was immense. I too was very touched and inspired by the freedom with which you got up and just did your thing… and the word ‘bountiful’ is perfect, I know exactly the quality in you that is being referred to. I would extend that to include generosity, embracing and vibrant… a very powerful and memorable package that’s for sure.
There is nothing harmful or heavy about responsibility. The quote you have shared here Sandra from Natalie Benhayon and Gabrielle Caprice encompasses this so beautifully. Responsibility is pretty simple – just keep bringing out the true you. It is when we are bringing in all flavours of complication that we tend to judge and criticise ourselves and this again is reflected and felt by others.
I have come to realise that responsibility weighs heavily upon me when I am not willing to commit and live all the love that I am. “In fact, I have the job of shining the divine light that I am coming from” I agree Sandra what a glorious job.
I get caught up in the jobs I need to do rather than accepting that the only job needed is to ‘shine the divine light I am coming from’ because then all my other jobs naturally become joyful.
It is wonderful to have reminders, people like yourself to be inspired by, and I feel, equally as important to appreciate them as well as our own uniqueness of way of being which in turn might inspire you.
You could say we are each a magnificent facet on one of those gorgeous mirrored rotating lights they have on dance floors.That whole ball and its many parts cannot sparkle without each of us catching the light and reflecting it.
Great analogy you offer here Jeanette for reflecting the sparkle (light) that we are –
“we are each a magnificent facet on one of those gorgeous mirrored rotating lights they have on dance floors.That whole ball and its many parts cannot sparkle without each of us catching the light and reflecting it’.
We all have a purpose and that is different for all of us, it has it’s own flavour but one thing for sure is that we are here to shine our light and let others see it so that they too can shine.
You really bring home in a very practical way that all we express or seemingly do not express matters Sandra. Your line ‘Becoming aware of the fact that I have an impact on everyone and that every one of my choices counts, means I am already taking responsibility, as I am no longer neglecting to see how powerful I am.’ jolted me somewhat. I hear the word responsibility and somehow I get serious about it or else I get driven about how I need to apply it, but in fact the start is the awareness you speak of. The other thing jumping from this for me is the power you mention … aah our power, something we want and yet something we can shy away from (I know I can) and they go hand in hand, but the start is to be aware of this, and be honest about how we feel about it and allow ourselves to stay connected to that feeling; allow ourselves to explore where we are with responsibility and how each choice we make is not ever in isolation but one that impacts every single one of us.
I have also experienced this – almost a sense of realising that in every moment of our day, we are being watched by those around us – and what is it that they see? Do they see consistent love and joy, or all the issues we are not dealing with? Do they see someone willing to learn and grow and be humbled by mistakes, or someone who chooses to stay down when they feel they have fallen? I know that people will watch to see when I am tired or off, because true consistency in life is so rare that they are just waiting to see it fall apart – and so what is my responsibility in how I live? – to present a true and transparent way of life that is a testament to all that it is possible to live.
Sandra, true expression is the key to opening doors to self or another and also allows another to be opened. Your words in this blog is another form of ‘responsibility’ being lived in the most loving way. The way ‘responsibility’ is shared here can be understood in the love, lightness and true healing quality it is and never is it the heavy coat we can take on in life that is not true. Thank you for sharing.
Although only a few may express it, it is gorgeous to imagine how many people observe and are inspired by something we do or how we are. The responsibility is enormous to live and reflect harmlessness in every moment and to never hold back our power, for we never know when someone is watching and in need of a reflection that will support them to change their life.
“Becoming aware of the fact that I have an impact on everyone and that every one of my choices counts, means I am already taking responsibility, as I am no longer neglecting to see how powerful I am.” And the responsibility shown in our movements of these choices acts as a domino effect for others to see the inspiration for themselves to also make choices that share their full expression with all. Thank you Sandra a great sharing on responsibility and the power of choice.
This is a beautiful reminder of how we are responsible for our expression and are able to inspire many when we are coming from our soul, and how easy this is to do. When it is lived in our every day.
I love this blog Sandra – you are such a joyful playful being and i just love the way you have explained all the heaviness out of the word “responsibility” and made it a totally natural and awesome thing to be.
thankyou!
That shines a very different light on responsibility and the joy that comes with it – and it led to a light bulb moment for me as well: I was at a car dealership yesterday and a little stunned why everything took so long, much longer than anticipated and planned. And this was not because I wasn’t being attended to, quite on the contrary. But what I learnt from your article is that my presence and connection were needed there and that it was all about those qualities being reflected by me in the first instance and about looking at cars and finance second.
So if we see and hear ourselves, we’re actually taking responsibility. And – as the above explains – this is noticed. We love to be ourselves, it is the most natural to be. Yet, so many along is just play roles. Everyday. We’re worth the love of our Soul and the joy to share that love. What struck me is that only when we connect to our Soul, we’re expanding together. How gracious and beautiful this is! With a body as a vehicle to rely on. Thank you Sandra.
This is true Sandra, “I count. You count. Our way of living and expression counts.” which ever way we choose to express, with responsibility or with disregard, we are in fact always adding to what the world has access to – we add to the harm or we add to the points of inspiration. I know so many others as well as myself that are now choosing to know and bring into their lives, this responsibility.
I do love how you turn on the head the normal sense of responsibility to be a burden. I got this a while a go too, that our job is to be and feel the awesomeness that we are, and wow how cool is that. Just today I spoke to a friend who I haven’t spoken to for a while and he asked how I was, I replied ‘really good’ he was taken aback and said he doesn’t hear that very often when he asks someone how they are! In the past I probably would have not shared my feeling of joy at being with him, most likely have said ‘good’ as its quite the thing to stand out and be with your soul for all to see.
What I can feel from your sharing Sandra is your appreciation of yourself and the power of what you have to offer, and when the understanding of responsibility comes from this, there is no burden, only a joy of sharing and expressing even more.
What I realised after reading your blog Sandra is when we express love we inspire others too, because through our expression we emanate love all around us. But if we choose to express in the opposite energy, say in judgment, anger, comparison, and so on, we essentially invite others to do the same. What we choose to express definitely matters because it affects people around us as well as the space we occupy.
“I have the job of shining the divine light that I am coming from – WHAT A JOB!” An awesome job indeed… life really is that simple and joy-full!
I agree Sandra, Great job description, great job. A job that comes naturally if we get ourselves out of the way.
It is our heavenly duty to walk as a Son of God upon this Earth so that each of our fallen Brothers can arise back to the Oneness we all originally took leave of when we began to pursue individuality. To not shy away from claiming this is quite a feat in a world that would have us believing otherwise, if not the exact opposite!
Acknowledging the feat it is to renounce individuality for our heavenly duty identifies clearly why it can be such a challenge but also it identifies what it is we need to focus on.
‘I count. You count. Our way of living and expression counts. We matter!’ Absolutely we all matter and it is irresponsible to think we don’t count and that what we express is of no value, I have had my share in living in this way but now I know it is my number one job to be who I am and inspire others to shine their light too.
‘It is my number one job to be who I am’, this feels claimed Annelies and when we are ourselves, life just flows and unfolds – plus it silently gives permission for others to be themselves too.
What would the world look like if in school we taught children what their number one job is and showed them that their number one job is to love themselves?
The ripple effect of responsibility, we present ourselves in so many ways, and influence the actions of others, both seen, and often unseen. The question is always, what is the quality of the ripple we start, and can we imagine just how far it will travel.
We can see from this article why we play around with words and water down their meaning. Things like responsibility and power have been walked away from the truth of where they started. This article brings another us another piece of the puzzle on where things started, “Becoming aware of the fact that I have an impact on everyone and that every one of my choices counts, means I am already taking responsibility, as I am no longer neglecting to see how powerful I am.” How much do we live this power and responsibility we are speaking of here, not as a pressured ‘must do’ but as an awareness to see our every move counts. My immediate thought goes to how much pressure this is or it’s all a bit serious or I’ve got a life to live etc etc. But am I truly reading what is said here? This is merely saying “becoming aware”, so no pressure, no perfection but a deeper and deeper awareness of what we are actually doing and in that way it seems natural.
I have struggled to be who I am when I now know this everything. This is my purpose or job. It has been a game of I do not know who I am. I thank God for Universal Medicine for reigniting this fact and showing me who I am and honestly for my Soul to make contact and lift me out of a destructive momentum of dulling the tension of knowing this all along and not allowing myself to be. In truth it is all-important to accept and appreciate I am who I am and thank Me for where I am at and knowing the truth is and has always been in my body.
Rik, this is awesome! 🙌🏼 It’s lovely to hear this kind of expression. Knowing who we are – or choosing to know who we are – makes us walk, talk and move differently.
You bring an important subject matter to us here Sandra, the one of energetic responsibility. One which asks us to look at the energy in which we are doing something – which is something we rarely consider – and then to what effect is that having? To keep it quite simple, is it harming or healing? Does it serve as a point of inspiration or not? These are important questions to be asking each other and ourselves and to be observing in the world.
Absolutely Jane – a great reminder that other people are observing and feeling us 24/7, just as we are them.
“Claiming our worth against all odds'” – what a great choice. And the flow on effects of such a choice is life changing in ways we may never know. But it isn’t always our purpose to ‘know’ but it is our purpose to live all we are and share it so openly so others can feel that this is with-in them and go ahead and choose their own fullness and share it. This is the ripple effect of bringing true love and harmony for humanity.
With only two energies available to us, one is healing and the other is harming. Taking responsibility for this is quite a big step. It can be easy to own up to when we impact others through simply being us – as you have so beautifully share Sandra, others can be inspired when we do nothing more than express from the core of our being. But when we choose to not do this, the opposite is true and that side we may not want to take such responsibility for.
So much truth expressed here, how different would we be in life if we learnt from a young age the responsibility we all hold. Full stop. For we are responsible for either bringing love and evolution into the world in which we live, or the likes of suspicion and doubt. Which will we choose to live, which are we responsible for?
We all in fact have the same job in life despite our chosen professions. A simple job description that states that we have the responsibility to express the love we are in all that we say and do!
Love this Sandra. If this job description was part of the entire school curriculum, we would have very stable, responsible and joyful children growing up into their adult lives.
Sandra, I love what you shared so clearly, so what you are saying is the more you can express yourself in full, the more you can truly represent others.
Our expression counts, no matter what the energetic source or quality of the expression is. As you say, it either heals or harms by adding to the pool of expressed energy we all live in and can´t escape. Everything is energy, everything is expression and we add constantly to that everything we experience as life.
We learn and expand together, we certainly do. I learned a lot from this blog about myself and I feel the expansion. Thankyou Sandra!
What a job of responsibility as we can understand the depth of our knowing and so our effects on everyone once we express our full love, or at times, not express it but the opposite, this has also effects. This awareness is part of our responsibility – that is a beautiful One!
What an inspiration you are Sandra. To come to realise every action is either healing or harming to oneself and others is huge in itself and as this awareness deepens, so to does the level of responsibility in every movement and expression we make.
What a very real and tangible blog Sandra. I could really feel and connect with the importance of expression and the quality of expression in each moment as situations like this would tend to be ones we would brush over and never even consider as potentially being inspiring (or harming for that matter) of another. Makes one appreciate the power of choice – choice of energy that is!
We can’t turn on and off the impact we have on others and the point you make about what impact we want to have stood out to me. Do we want harmlessness and love or jealousy, judgement and the plethora of other words that ignore the impact they may have on another? Once we are open to the possibility that we have an impact, surely we have no choice but to choose love and harmlessness, sure this is the most natural expression and the other is a reaction to not being appreciated in that? I think you have just opened up something for me to ponder more deeply as I take responsibility for what I am reflecting to the world in my every moment.
What a job indeed Sandra! Thank you for expressing so clearly how responsibility for our expression can be light and joyful when we claim our awesomeness!
We often underestimate what we bring and in particular all the things that are natural to us, we take them for granted but for others it might be something yet to become aware of and learn.
I agree – what is normal for us might be amazing for another. In must come some self-appreciation to realise, holy cow, I’m more amazing than I realised!
Yes, it is really important to see what we are bringing to others in life, most of the time by just being ourselves and not seeing it as such a big deal, but for others it can be life changing.
Yes there is a simplicity in coming back to our own natural expression that is very inspiring.
Sandra, I love the simplicity you present here. If it isn’t healing then it’s harming – nothing complex or complicated about this. If we are not connected to the innate love of our souls then we are living in disconnection and we are expressing that which is devoid of love. This absence of love may come in one of very many flavours but it is all harming – no matter how delightful it may ‘taste’. What power we all have through our right to choose.
If we are vehicles of expression, expression is our number 1 job. We express constantly and through multitude of ways. Our expression, hence, is not always visible and audible. Our expression is also in the way we move silently and people also clock that.
Yes Eduardo and I think this is possibly what they clock the most – the unspoken, the felt communication. I know children hear a lot of words but feel more than they hear or see. At some point the balance is tipped. We don’t feel it less but we acknowledge it less. What is shared here shows that when we work on our stuff we are able to offer a reflection to another of what is possible. I love the blog and the comments!
Some of my deepest points of inspiration have been felt from listening to music produced from the soul.
I’m usually drawn to tears as I feel that deep connection as well as harmony.
This was an excellent bling Sandra. It’s amazing that when we live so solidly a quality from our Soul it is deeply noticed by others, and yet for us may he just normal , for instance we don’t walk into work with resentment or anxiousness but instead with power and purpose, these commitments to a way of being are what is so inspirational and how we are known by others- or we are either known by our usual deportment.
What an awesome sharing. This makes me consider that there have been things people have done and I have observed and I have really felt it in my body and been deeply inspired. So this does show me how every action someone does, has a reaction. And I also love how this person came and told you how inspired they were – I know I have a few things to share with people who have inspired me to just say ‘thank you’ but I have been shy to do so – but reading this blog and how much you appreciated them sharing this with you makes me really see how it is so silly for me to hold back and not share my appreciation and what I observe.
It’s often by sharing our appreciation of something about someone that we help them to see themselves from a different perspective- it supports them to appreciate something they might not have noticed about themselves because it’s so natural to them that it doesn’t stand out.
If I express judgmentally, another could be influenced by this and feel justified in judging as well. This does seem to make sense as everything is energy and everything is because of energy so if we put that energy or say yes to that type of thinking, then it is out there for another to get drawn into it also. Definitely something to seriously ponder on.
Awesome blog Sandra. It is through our soulful expression that has the power to inspire others just like what you’ve shared in your blog. This highlights the importance of our responsibility to consistently express love and truth.