The Puzzle of Life
It has been said that life is not a puzzle, but an ongoing journey of awakening that we travel at our own pace.
My experience felt different.
Seeing my life as a puzzle to be solved, rather than a problem to be endured, helped me understand the Spiritual Emergency I experienced in the spring of 2018.
Having shifted from ego attachment to soul alignment (solving the puzzle) in less than 3 days, I knew I’d stumbled upon a practical path to peace that must be shared.
However, as an untrained writer and a spiritual beginner, the thought of sharing this process was daunting - to say the very least. The actual work of retracing my steps - understanding how I had identified my puzzle pieces and explaining how I had fit them all together - was an arduous process that took more than three years. It took another two years to learn how to complete the manuscript and figure out how to get it published.
There was never any doubt in my mind that I would finish this task.
Sharing a path to peace was my life’s work.
My reason for being.
If I could share my puzzle pieces with you and show you how to put them together, then your path to peace could be significantly shortened! So, I poured my whole heart and soul into every aspect of the book and was satisfied with the end result.
Since publication, however, I’ve been told that some of the concepts in the book are difficult to understand.
So, being a visual thinker, I created a chart to accompany Lightworker, to help illustrate what I now see as “The Puzzle of Life.”
Inspired by elements of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and Dr. David Hawkins’ Map of Consciousness, the chart brings heart and mind together, highlighting what I believe is the missing piece/peace: Unconditional Love*.
Because love is widely misunderstood, its true power is often overlooked and is, as such, missing.
As humans, we know that love can feel unstable - varying and changing based on how we are feeling or how others are treating us. In this form, love can wound as easily as it heals.
But from an awakened perspective, love is constant and unconditional. It does not fluctuate. It uplifts, steadies, and restores. Based on my experience, I know that the source of unconditional love is Divine Love - an energy powerful beyond all human imagining. Divine Love has the power to heal, transform, liberate, and unite.
The great and terrible irony is that the energy of Divine Love already exists within each and every one of us. So, while it is not actually missing, the golden key to self-actualization remains unseen behind a grey wall of ego.
The good news is that we already have everything we need. Every piece of the puzzle is present. We simply need to put them together.
Now…take another look at the puzzle.
Imagine removing the darkest piece at the bottom - Core Shame.
For me, my ego was so intertwined with Core Shame that the belief that I didn’t matter became the truth of who I was. Core Shame obscured all the other pieces of my puzzle in darkness. However, once that piece was gone (once I surrendered the attachment to my ego), the negative thoughts connected to shame (suffering, coping, questioning) were also gone, leaving a vast empty space that was instantly and effortlessly filled with the energies of light and Love.
By changing a core belief - not just the thoughts that stem from this belief - from negative to positive, you open the door to Divine Love.
Did I solve The Puzzle of Life? Or simply my own?
Either way, the outcome was profound. And I believe it’s possible for you, too.
Life is not a problem to be endured.
It is a puzzle to be solved.
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* I chose to label the golden puzzle piece in my chart “Unconditional Love” as it is more relatable than Divine Love. The name, of course, doesn’t matter - as long as we understand the magnitude of an energy that has the power to heal and connect us all.
