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share your lightDear Light-Sharer,

We talk about sharing our light, about wanting to, about being here to do that. It’s easy to understand how to do that for some things – for the world at a time of crisis for example, or offering light to someone who is ill. Those are instances when we stop what we’re doing and take time to give focus to sharing Light. However, it’s not always easy to understand how sharing Light works in the day to day tumble and distraction of our lives.

To continue my September book sharing, I have a short of section for you that’s about the question, “How does Light work?” It’s from Chapter 14 which gives examples and information to provide a basis for your own thinking about how Light can work in your own life. Enjoy! ~ X♥️Mayet

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… as we identify more and more with Presence, it naturally begins to express outward, including to others. It happens spontaneously. I might be too distracted or too tired to think of it, but the Presence in me responds to the world through me, regardless, connecting and making things real.

Let me share another instance. During morning rush-hour the subway trains in New York City are often packed so tight it’s hard to move. One morning I force my way in and stand awkwardly squeezed between a man with a briefcase and another wearing a big rain-soaked wooly coat that smells of soggy mothballs.

At the next stop there’s no room when the doors open and people on the platform fall back in disappointment. The same happens at the next two stops. At the fourth stop a woman urgently tries to wedge herself in and is rebuffed by the two men. But I surprise myself by snaking my arm quickly between them and grabbing her by the coat, pulling hard to bring her into the car, to the great irritation of my male companions.

Because we are literally chest to chest, we are also nose to nose and eye to eye, which is an unusually intimate circumstance to find ourselves in. I smile humorously and say good morning with a little laugh, to break the tension. She then says, “Thank you! Thank you so much! I would have lost my job if I didn’t get on this train.” I tell her I saw a look of real urgency on her face so I reached out.

She said, “Oh my gosh, I wasn’t expecting that, I flinched because I thought you were going to strike me, or shove me back. Because you’re so… I mean…” She broke off realizing what she was about to say.

I finished her sentence with a wry smile, “Because I’m so blonde… and so white, right? It’s okay, I get that a lot. A friend tells me not all white people who look like me act like me. She says I look like a poster child for stereotypical white people.”

This causes an odd moment of silence between us and then funnily enough, tears come to both our eyes and we end up unexpectedly grasping each other’s hands in a meaningful squeeze.

It was a spontaneous heart-opening filled with the unpleasant truth about how life too often is. The implications of this opened both our hearts to what being human sadly still is on this planet. We rode on then, quietly, until her stop, when she mouthed “Thanks again,” with a sincere smile and a little wave in leaving.

Presence was at work in both of us in this encounter. It reached out even though I was overwhelmed and distracted by the crowd and noise. In response to her urgent need, Presence not only made space for her on the car but for a surprisingly authentic human interaction that touched us both in ways that can’t fully be put into words.

It was simple and unplanned but it was rich and heart-opening. That’s Spirit at work, that’s Presence in operation. You can’t “work” it, orchestrate it, or sell it. It’s just being what humans are designed for.

That moment grew out of my ongoing personal commitment, my choice, to live more centered in Presence. To be the Presence I am. This agreement is the cornerstone that supports authentic living and allows miracles of connection to occur without effort. It changes how life unfolds.

Our Light and Presence is not limited by circumstances nor dependent on others. The Light “works” wherever we are, whomever we are with. It’s not a complicated thing needing big plans or calling for sacrifices.

The Promise of the Light

Light teases greater love, more gratitude, more kindness, peace, beauty, wisdom into our ways of thinking and reacting to our lives. That’s what it does. That is the promise of the Light.

When there is a problem at work, we can focus on Presence more than problem, allowing it to soften us and others, and create unexpected solutions in the situation. Doing this, I am always amazed at how solutions find their way into things. When there are difficulties with friends or family, staying centered on Presence – as opposed to the present – is what stops the tendency to loop, to say things we regret, or to get attached to the story.

The power of our own Light helps us speak more authentically even when very difficult. It facilitates coherence, making it easier to communicate, to care, to work things through in us and with others. When troubled, turning first to the Light within leads to a better way. All these things are part of promise of the Light.

The promise of the Light was always there, bringing out the best in me, the best in every situation, making more possible than expected. …The grace of the Light within us is an unparalleled life coach. Thinking of how it has blessed and transformed me, I feel inexpressible gratitude.

excerpt from We Are Light! By Mayet Leilani

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