Sofia, warning, I am long-winded on this one! :)

Ultimately and simply, I feel it is to deeply love and honor the self and allow its natural expression, even the expression of the superficial beliefs of the society.

You already experience this and have practice at it. The distinction I see why our ‘personal’ beliefs may feel harder to release may be because we have so much conviction for them...we have invested so much energy into them according to what our loved ones imposed on us (and we accepted). Who did we get these personal beliefs from? Our family and caretakers...almost anyone in our direct life as a child.

We may invest 'new' beliefs with just as much energy which will be life-expanding and not life-limiting. We may now challenge those old beliefs, as you do, and determine who we REALLY are.

- Regarding the releasing, Intent is one characteristic. Intend to release the old pattern.

- Recognition and Identification. We begin to recognize where our actions are coming from...are they coming from fear or love? We may then CHOOSE to act differently. And the CHOICE in the present moment holds much power and affects all realms (like the ‘past’ and ‘future’), I feel. (To give an example, which may be elementary to you, regardless: I currently have financial debt. The belief I associate this with is ‘you are not deserving to experience abundant support’. This is a deep pattern that I’ve experienced since infancy (and may be said has 'carried over' from 'past lives'). I’ve identified the belief and now release it, express love to myself and experience it on the outside too. This is happening on many different levels though. Its happening in experiencing good relationships, self care, creative expression and following one’s life calling. I know that as I continue to ‘feed’ myself with these joyful things, the money will continue to reflect that.)

- Forgiveness of the ‘past’. Forego that which was judged as ‘wrong’ or ‘bad’ to the supreme being in yourself. Leave it to the past. Let it die. (Some may say ‘forgiveness’ is not needed because nothing ‘wrong’ has been done; however, we must deal honestly and acceptingly with the person’s state of consciousness.)

How do we let something die? Stop ‘feeding’ it per se. Stop giving it mental and emotional fuel. This may seem difficult until it is done. I guess the thing is we may latch onto those ‘old things’ until the ‘new thing’ is trusted as beneficial. This happens with intent and practice.

(To look at this from the inner child, the child has relied on a certain behavior to 'cope' with a stressful situation of being denied full expression of its form. Lets say the 'coping' is actually detrimental (like overeating). We come to a point of wanting to change the behavior and eat balanced. It would naturally be very tense and stressful-feeling to that child to take away the overeating, especially if we haven't replaced it with some nurturing.)

I feel personally I am at this step of learning how to ‘let things die’. I feel anxiety over the letting go but I know it is in my highest interest and there really is nothing to fear...I am always supported.

- Focus on those things you do want to experience. Live your joy and passion. Approach things from the vibration of love and acceptance, gratitude. Focus on what is in your present experience, not denying it and not letting it consume you either.


"I have a favourite practice, that is to talk a lot with my past self (child self), I think that to change the past is a great way to shift reality smoothly. But I really would use some suggestions. "
I too am drawn to the inner child realm and do this myself. This is a process in itself to release those beliefs. You are ‘healing’ the wounds of the inner child by encouraging 'her' to stand in her full light...you are making a safe place for her to express herself...and it is happening.

"I have released some even strong limiting beliefs in the past, but it has just happened to me, so to say. Whenever I've tried consciously, I've just continued to bump and gone nowhere."

This follows the laws of attraction. When we want something out of love and detachment, we may experience it. When we want something out of fear, we repel it away from ourselves and attract more fear experiences.

One of my tendencies at present is to want to be 'farther ahead' than I am. Wanting to 'rush things'. There is definitely old belief behind that one! And I am releasing it and accepting 'where' and 'who' I am.

This is my experience so far. There is plenty of opportunity in my life for me to continue practicing these things and reaching deeper levels...the baby crawls before it walks...I try to honor the process.

Lori

Thats ok, most of what Im talking about in reference to love I learned from a book called 'The RA Material- The Law of One'. Its not always easy to understand, but I find it fascinating and true. I love to answer questions you might have about it, or to just hear any further ideas on the subject etc.

The first choice is to choose to see others as self, therefore choosing to serve others as the most effective/efficient method of growing/healing/balancing.

The other choice is to see other selves as seperate from self and to manipulate them for the benefit of self.

So the choice is to serve other selves or to serve the seperated self. Obviously all will do a combination of the two at differing points in their incarnated experience(s). The idea is to not get caught up in loops going back and forth. An out-right choice leads to growth/power/spiritual awareness. All learn the same.

Thanks for the question, I dont want to take too much credit for the ideas as 'my vision' or whatever, I learned it from stuff Ive read mostly that 'Ra Material - The Law of One' Book. The ideas Im expressing now are mainly what I resonate with from that book and some others Ive read.

Im getting a better idea of 'unity/infinity' as I read/learn more. Just discussing it with you guys speeds up this process, so thank you for that!

From what Ive read, I believe all higher densities will be a 'surprise' in the sense that they will be higher vibrations, not fully understood or compatible with the lower densities. Therefore a full understanding of a higher density will not be possible until one has reached it.

This is how RA briefly described the densities below the 8th:

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"first, the cycle of awareness; second, the cycle of growth; third, the cycle of self-awareness; fourth, the cycle of love or understanding; fifth, the cycle of light or wisdom; sixth, the cycle of light/love, love/light or unity; seventh, the gateway cycle; eighth, the octave which moves into a mystery we do not plumb."

-Ra

sofia,

my offering wasnt meant to address any particular knowing ... just what I've learned about knowing in general. I feel very much the same way you do about polarization ... altho I do believe this plane is "all about duality and polarization" ... I believe that it is that duality which presents us with the challenge of finding a balance -- or -- what you refer to as the paradox in the polarity, something I have become quite familiar with myself over the past several years.

It seems that love itself fits within the paradox because we can love all equally and yet as when we experience love with our senses it seems that that cannot be possible. What kind of love is it with which we can love our mother, an earthworm, a rock, chocolate, and looking good in a bikini equally? and if we find ourselves using other words to express this love, does that mean that love itself is many things?

What I found so perplexing as I first thought about your post is -- how DOES one define/experience love? the love which includes all other kinds of love? the closest I can come to defining it is as the connection we have with one another and all things which is both objective/subjective, giving/receiving, and so on with the paradoxes... It is, imo, a difficult task. But yet, I think most people recognize love and not love, assuming, of course, that one accepts that there can be something that is not love.

I found ample food for thought within your examples and I think they elicited many good responses because these are the kinds of issues we deal with day and out. If love is the way and the answer, a discussion regarding how one relates love to one's life in all of its facets makes this discussion is an interesting one.