You Can Change Your Life by Living in Light, Love & Truth-Awareness + Reflection + Learning + Application = Wisdom. Living in Light, Love & Truth provides insight in how to balance the spiritual (inner) and physical (outer) aspects of ourselves as an individual and in the life we live. It breaks down life events, and it attempts to identify the ego by examining truth. Living in Light, Love & Truth explores topics such as our life purpose, the ego, energy, free will, intuition and gratitude. It also offers the opportunity to reflect, understand and cleanse fear-based energies that inhibit you from holistically experiencing an empowering and positive life. To help you on your life journey, each chapter is accompanied with reflective quotes, reflection exercises and affirmations, which form part of the self-healing process. Living in Light, Love & Truth is the first layer of life transformation: taking responsibility for actions, emotions, feelings, thoughts, words and perceptions towards ourselves, others, situations and environments. Knowledge without application is simply knowledge. Applying the knowledge to one's life is wisdom-and that is the ultimate virtue. From a young age, Kasi Kaye Iliopoulos has known a great compassion for life. Her passion to discover the spiritual laws of life has always inspired her. Undertaking energy healing practitioner training steered her towards healing herself and others, and living her life purpose. She currently lives in Melbourne, Australia.
Living in LIGHT, LOVE & TRUTH
You Can Positively Change Your Life by Living in Light, Love & Truth—Awareness + Reflection + Learning + Application = WisdomBy KASI KAYE ILIOPOULOSBalboa Press
Copyright © 2013 Kasi Kaye Iliopoulos
All right reserved.ISBN: 978-1-4525-0743-9Contents
Preface...............................................xiIntroduction..........................................xiii1 Life Purpose........................................12 Before This Physical Life...........................153 During This Lifetime................................204 The Ego.............................................265 Free Will...........................................326 Guidance & Intuition................................407 Energy..............................................458 Intimate Relationships..............................549 Hope & Faith........................................6210 Gratitude..........................................6911 There Is Only Love.................................7412 The Balancing Act..................................8613 My Views on Beliefs & Religion.....................9414 Conclusion.........................................9715 About the Author...................................101
Chapter One
Life Purpose
Why are we here? It's a question that everyone asks at least once. The question is usually asked when we are in crisis or in despair. Trying to understand the reason—the higher purpose as to why we are here—can be difficult. If we are willing to work with it and commit to improving ourselves, it does become easier.
It's like riding a bike for the first time. Practice gets us off our training wheels, and before we know it, we are zipping down the street, laughing at how we had trouble to start with! Once we learn to ride a bike, we never forget it. It becomes embedded in our memory, and the lesson can be recalled at will.
It is the same with living in light, love and truth. Living in light, love and truth first involves learning the process of living—like riding a bike. Enriching our lives can be compared to the different routes we take on our journeys—taking different paths along the way. The process is the same (riding the bike), but the surroundings (the bike route) and circumstances (the bike speed) are different. Life is about learning to see the good in everything—to love, and to be grateful for what we have, to feel deeply, and learn as much as possible. There is love in everything, and when we really live and view life with an open heart (and live in our truth), the light illuminates the way. Not only do we see it everywhere, but also we feel it and think it. Love becomes us.
I hope to help you see beyond the vision of your eyes, to believe and trust that there is something more to life—something bigger and greater than where we stand and what we know with our minds. I hope that you acknowledge that we are here in a physical body to learn and evolve our souls. Yes, I believe that we are souls on a journey to evolve (by choice). I can only state my point of view from my direct experiences, but I hope you can relate them to circumstances in your life.
To help you on your journey, I have included reflection exercises that you may wish to complete. These reflection exercises will help you explore situations in your life and provide guidance to live in light, love and truth. I suggest having a notebook and pen handy while you read. But above all, complete the exercises at your will.
It all started when I was quite young, and it occurred to me that everyone is different. I was a quiet child, and I didn't speak much at all. But I was always observing things from the background.
As a youngster, the one thing I could not tolerate was negativity on any level—whether it was physical, emotional, verbal, or spiritual. I couldn't entirely understand how other people (including my friends and family) could think so differently. How could someone not care about another person and his or her feelings? Why were some people kind and some malicious? Where was the love?
I didn't understand why we were different until I was in my twenties. I came to understand that it is natural for us to be different. I only came to this understanding by learning the lessons that life presented to me. By being different, we provide the opportunity for others to work through their life lessons, or we are the ones provided with the opportunity to work through our life lessons. Quite often, lessons happen in tandem: two lessons, two people; two souls, two destinies.
I believe that life is very much like an education system with primary, secondary and tertiary levels. This education system can be best described as a collective learning process of the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual aspects of lessons. It has a lasting affect, and can be continuously applied or recalled at our will.
The origin of the word educate is derived from educare (Latin) "bring up," which is related to educere "bring out," "bring forth what is within," "bring out potential," and educere "to lead."
To me, learning means bringing forth the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual knowledge, skills and values, that are within us. Our learning starts as soon as we are born. Certain periods in our life are like grades in school (complete with curricula). Our physical life is the system: primary, secondary, or tertiary. The system is relevant to our souls' previous level of enlightenment. The subjects and grades are relevant to our souls' current development. To break it down a little further, this is how I believe it works: lessons on a topic; of a subject; in a grade; of a system.
A lesson is a term that collectively describes the knowledge acquired, by topic, subject and grade. Topics are the situations that you are faced with, the subject is the theme of the situation, and the grade is the complexity of the theme, of the situation. For example, a lesson about honesty (topic), in a relationship (subject) that is intimate (grade). The system determines the complexity of the intimate relationship (a companion, a soul connection or a twin flame).
Lower grades start with simpler topics on a single subject. With each higher grade, topics become more comprehensive. And as complexity increases, the subjects become multilateral. A higher system equates to a higher vibration, energy level and sensitivity level.
Vibration is a term I use to describe our intuitive awareness as a whole. One's intuitive energy level is the magnitude of energy we have and can emanate outward. One's intuitive sensitivity level is the degree and clarity of feeling we sense. Every system has a spectrum of vibration, and the spectrum is exclusive to that system. Remember: each system relates to an entire physical life.
You can think about vibration as the speed at which a blade in a fan rotates. The "lower" the system, the slower the blade speed (meaning a lower vibration); the "higher" the system, the faster the blade speed (meaning a higher vibration). We will intermittently change speeds, depending on the lesson we are learning, the circumstances (topics), the people involved (subjects), and the complexity of the situation (grade). We will go back and forth, depending on our success in learning the lesson. Being able to maintain the increase of vibration is dependent on actively applying the knowledge acquired.
Our vibration may also be impacted by the vibration of those with whom we keep company or the people we interact with during our lessons. For example, I knew a person who was very successful in the corporate world—highly paid, great at speaking, able to walk the walk, very intelligent and knowledgeable in all areas of business. However, this person did not believe in accepting and respecting individuals as they were. She befriended them only so she could gain from them. She used them for her personal and professional gain. Of course, she would have a very different perspective on her disposition. She believed in the competitive nature of the world. She believed you should take what you can and keep your (perceived) enemies close. I'm sure you have encountered similar people in your life.
Keeping in constant company with people who have a lower vibration than you do, will inevitably impact your vibration. Keep this in mind. Acknowledge it, but please don't feel you need to cut yourself off from these associations. Learn how to live among them without allowing their vibration to affect you. The reality is, we cannot hide in a cave in a faraway mountain. A lesson for all of us to learn is to be able to live in harmony with everyone.
I believe some low-vibrational people have their life lessons centred on power, ego and materialism. That is totally okay. After all, each one of us is different and unique—no two people in this world are the same. You should strive to acknowledge and embrace difference.
Materialism is an interesting word, and it can be interpreted many ways. I perceive materialism as showing off or competing with other people by using possessions to demonstrate importance or status to society.
I have no objection to wanting nice and luxurious things—I purchase such objects myself. If you desire a Ferrari, buy one (provided you are not buying a Ferrari to make a statement about how important or successful you are to the outer world). If you want that kind of car because you like them, be grateful to have attained what your heart desired. Your self-importance and success in life can only come from within you and radiate outwards. Love the inner you instead of looking outside of yourself for self-love. Self-love is exactly that—it can't come from other people or objects if it's not within you first.
Like I said, we are all different, and we won't all be on the same level. We may not even be on the same path of enlightenment. Thus, it's very important to acknowledge and accept that other people are on their own journeys—perhaps learning what we have already learned in a previous lifetime (or what we have yet to learn). They may be in a different grade—lower or higher—or they may be at the same level. They will learn a lesson on a topic for one of their subjects. They will follow their own blueprint as we follow our own.
Sometimes we may even try to educate others and align them with our life purpose, but instead, we should support them to find their own purpose.
1.1 Reflective Quotes
Respect how others are today and the people they choose to be. Don't try to understand them or their actions. Trying to understand leads to judgment. They bear who they were, are, and will be. It is their job to understand themselves. It is what we all strive for: to understand ourselves. All our efforts to understand should be directed inwards. If we can understand ourselves, our perceived need to understand other people will be relinquished. We can guide and provide support to others, which is the greatest gift we can give.
1.2 Reflection Exercise One—Your Life Purpose
Think about your life experience thus far, and see if you can figure out your life purpose. Our life purpose is normally centred on sharing our skills, knowledge, or characteristics for the greater good of humanity. Our purpose isn't always to help people directly, but it may indirectly help other people—that is, you may be the enabler. For example, the work you do may enable someone else to help people directly, which is equally important. Sometimes, our life purpose is centred on helping ourselves evolve.
Think about what may be your life purpose. What challenges have you faced in terms of the relationship, family, community, social, physical, financial, professional and environmental categories in your life?
What are you passionate about?
What do you wish you could do for a living?
Do you feel you are living your life purpose?
Are you directly or indirectly contributing to the greater good of humanity?
What are your strengths when it comes to skills, knowledge, or characteristics?
Do you share your strengths with others (in your professional or personal life)?
Where have you faced the most challenges: in relationships, with family, the community, socially, physically, financially, professionally, or the environments in which you live?
What can you change to live your life purpose?
Write down your answers. Ponder, reflect, connect.
In summary:
With each day, be aware, be present in each moment and observe your life occurrences. Write them down. See whether you can connect any dots and gain insight about your life purpose.
Don't place any expectations on how long it will take for you to blow away the dust that has accumulated. Trust that you have the answers already. Take your time, enjoy being the explorer, navigate, reflect and enjoy the process of rediscovering forgotten land.
1.3 Affirmations
I recognise, acknowledge and honour my life purpose.
I embrace the challenges that enable me to evolve and live my life purpose to the best of my ability.
Chapter Two
Before This Physical Life
Before we choose to live a life on this Earth, we (as souls) commit to a life plan, a blueprint, which allows us to live our life purpose(s). This blueprint outlines why we will learn lessons and when we should expect to learn them. And these lessons will influence the anticipated evolution of our souls upon the completion of this lifetime.
One category of our learning and evolution is relationships. We—our higher selves—choose the people who will enter, remain in and leave our earthly lives. The first pillar of our relationship blueprint includes who will be a part of our family (with consent of their higher selves), who we'll meet, and who we'll enter into relationships with (romantically, platonically and casually). The secondary pillar of our relationship blueprint includes how we will learn the lessons—that is, the situations or circumstances we will face. The third pillar of our relationship blueprint includes what we will learn from these relationships.
From the lessons we learn and subsequently apply to our lives, we will pass a topic, subject, or grade and move up to another level of vibration. Sometimes, we think we learn the same lessons (if the topic is the same, for example), but the lesson is more thorough (a higher grade). I call that process a lesson review. Lesson reviews are presented to ensure the lessons are learned and applied.
The blueprint is a simple contract for our physical lives that details our life purpose. We—our souls—devised, approved and committed to it. Now, all we have to do is recall it, remember it, and learn the lessons from it.
2.1 Reflective Quotes
Your blueprint is a contract you made and it guides you to live your life purpose (in the past, now and in the future).
2.2 Reflection Exercise Two—Your Blueprint
Do you know your blueprint?
If you were to map your destinations thus far, could you identify the absolutes of your map (that is, the blueprint that you have travelled)?
What do you think they might be?
What destinations have you reached so far?
From these life travels, which destinations could you have not avoided, changed, or bypassed?
Can you identify a theme—present in the age groupings that follow—that accompanied your travels?
0-4 years of age
4-10 years of age
10-16 years of age
16-22 years of age
22-28 years of age
28-34 years of age
34-40 years of age
40-46 years of age
46-52 years of age
52-60 years of age
60-70 years of age
70+ years of age
Any themes you can identify will provide insight into your blueprint.
In summary:
These themed destinations form part of our blueprint for our lives. Our blueprint contains the mandatory destinations of our life. They are not tangible or flexible; they are very structured and solid. They outline where we have been and where we will go.
You can have more than one theme in any phase of your life—even if others don't. After all, this is your life map and it is individualised.
This map, your blueprint, will direct you to live your life purpose exactly as you chose it to be.
2.3 Affirmations
I knowingly embrace and live my blueprint, the map of life. My blueprint is unique, and I am unique. I chose it, and I'm living it.
Chapter Three
During This Lifetime
Our job is to remember our purpose (what we have already planned for ourselves in this lifetime). Sometimes, we come in to this world with deep-seated fears from a past life. Those fears represent lessons failed or not applied. As we grow from being babies to toddlers to children to teenagers, we are exposed to the learned behaviour of our parents, siblings, relatives, friends and community members. Behaviours that are taught and learned from our families are often referred to as family of origin imprints.
As young beings, we are impressionable. Most young children—especially from birth to age four—have the innocence and love that we are here to express and remember as an adult.
Children are particularly wise when it comes to deciding whether they are hungry. A healthy child will not eat if his or her body is not in need of nourishment. Well-meaning parents may introduce rules concerning this—rules such as not leaving the dinner table until the meal is finished. This, in fact, teaches our children to stop trusting their intuition when it comes to their bodies. We are required to abide by the family of origin imprints of our well-meaning, caring parents. Over time, we are somewhat conditioned to do the things our families teach us to do. Can you relate?
In my childhood, I was always told to be respectful, which meant, "Don't speak your truth and do whatever we say is right. You work to pay bills, and then you get married and have kids. Your kids then have kids ... and so on. It's not realistic to do something you love for a living. It just doesn't work like that." That is how I was conditioned.
Now, I will point out strongly that no one was or ever is wrong. All our parents try to do is their very best. They tend to be better parents than their own, bringing with them lessons learned from their parents regarding how to be a better parent than they had. I deeply love my parents, and I am forever grateful for the upbringing they gave me. But as I grew older and became an adult, I learned that it was up to me to fulfil my life purpose.
What was my purpose? I had no clue. Remembering my purpose was a challenge. The first challenge for me was to understand myself. Why did I feel a particular way at particular times? Why was I so scared of being hurt? Why did I give my all to other people and not to myself first? Why did I feel so disconnected from everyone else? Why did I set other people on pillars? Why didn't materialistic things bring me inner joy?
Don't get me wrong, I struggled with these questions and shrugged them off for a long time. However, as I kept shrugging them off, I felt even more disconnected. Inevitably, the questions became heavier. I was unhappy deep inside, and there was no explanation in sight. Events and situations kept presenting themselves that forced me to face these questions—or better still, learn the lessons in order to regain the knowledge. The knowledge allowed me to answer the questions, which freed me from the heaviness.
My turning point was when I left a nine-year relationship. I was so fearful of leaving that, when I did, it was very liberating and surprisingly easy on my heart. I did grieve, though. I felt free inside, but I was hurting and adjusting to the physical changes in my lifestyle. I grieved for almost a year, and then I came back to life.
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