11. Order

Order comes next, or the Power to organize, balance and let go of the idea that we are capable of mistakes or failures since our lives follow an orderly plan of ever-unfolding awareness of our Oneness with Source. The Fillmores refer to spiritual law and order by saying, “Do not be afraid to express your inner life to the Lord, for only in perfect candor and childlike innocence can man come under the protection of the divine law.” They also say that, “the Lord is the universal law, whose impulse is always inward and onward.”

Gratitude’s Gift *Order, gratitude, love, forgiveness, energy, light

Gratitude comes from the soul.

It is the currency of cosmic energy

that allows us to express our love

while it heals our minds and hearts.

True gratitude does not allow victimhood or false pride

to enter its sacred space.

It comes with such an upwelling of love

that forgiveness must inevitably follow.

It allows for the release of the heavy and deeply buried emotion of guilt,

dripping with its regret and sorrow.

Gratitude is guilt dismantled, transformed back to energy

and returned to the Light and the Cosmos.

--October 2020

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Mileposts *Order, success

Mileposts are targets to mark our progress

so we can reach our year-end goals.

They are shiny, white beacons that draw us like magnets

to take the steps that we need to reward our souls.

Mileposts promote our successes by segmenting our paths

into units that can really be done.

They give us goals we can measure, realign actions with results,

and allow our hearts to sing as we reach them, one by one.

--January 2021

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The Seeds of Greatness *Order, love, peace, Christ

The Divine, which is the Source of all Power,

arises from the smallest of seeds.

Suffering is the soil that nurtures this greatness

and gives the heart motivation it needs.

It strengthens the bonds we have with each other

by renewing our bodies and minds.

Then it thrusts us into the role of creator

of new possibilities of all kinds.

Suffering allows us to become more than we were

and more than we might have been.

The seeds that it nurtures express our hope

that we’re not doomed to a life of sin.

We are all expressions of God after all—

since we’re beings of love and peace.

In this time of renewal we’re ALL the Christ

and our spiritual growth will not cease.

--April 2021

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Formula for Non-attachment *Order

When I think that you think what you think that you know

and I know what you think is wrong,

I remember I know just what I think

so I don’t have to go along.

I don’t need to think the way that you think

because I am ME after all.

I release my attachment , sometimes with a wink,

and listen to my own spirit’s call.

--June 2021

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We Sit in Silence *Order, love

We sit in silence to contemplate loss,

trusting our hearts to be strong.

Adversity shows us who’s REALLY the boss

so our hearts can never be wrong.

Although we see suffering, our hearts use that pain

to send out compassion and love.

The world is chaotic, leaving much to gain

with our strong connection to the Above.

--January 2022

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Our Inner Mothers *Order, love

We’re never alone if we love ourselves

and can give ourselves a hug.

Even if our mothers have passed,

there’s no reason to pull the plug.

They showed us in our earliest days

that we were worth their love.

They made us feel whole while they fed our souls

and directed us from above.

But then we grew and life intervened

and we thought that we were alone.

We forgot we had a Mother Within

who was built into our bones.

As long as we realize She is still there

to support us through our trials,

we can face the world and forge ahead

though we all have different styles.

There are hugs with words and hugs with looks

and hugs through memories shared.

They’re designed by God to make us feel

that we don’t have to be scared.

Because our inner Mom is there

to support us when we’re low,

our ships may tilt and our sails may flap

as we sail into headwinds that blow.

But in the end if we heed Her call

and what She said when alive,

“I love you” and “I’ll always be there,”

we’ll know that we can survive.

--May 2022

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Filling the Gap *Order, abundance, success

I feel the Gap and it feeds me.

It leads me to think I’m not good enough

or that I'm not where I want to be.

It cajoles me to seek even more “stuff.”

But I can’t fill my Gap and dread thoughts come true.

Being caught in there makes my life a grind—

I'm not happy with what I have to go through

and sometimes I think I’ve lost my mind.

But the Gap doesn’t need to define my life.

I can learn from my past and what I did right.

I can be a better person to handle my strife

and overlook what’s missing and out of my sight.

I can create my own future with abundance galore

if I build on my successes and not on my pain,

I can be a better person than I was before—

there’s my dark past to lose and bright future to gain.

--May 2022

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The World Doesn’t Care *Order, control, peace, energy

The world doesn’t care if I'm happy or sad;

the sun still rises and sets.

I can’t control what’s going on

and I can’t even make any bets.

I can only control what’s inside my own mind

and how I react to each thought.

I can’t fix the world and I can’t force peace

or my efforts will come to naught.

My negative thoughts around any event

are not productive at all,

so I just let them go to my energy flow

and try not to make a call.

I simply inhale to let it all go

and exhale it back to its Source.

Then I trust all is well as I let it go

and inner peace will follow its course.

--November 2022

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The Divine Feminine *Order, Love

The key to salvation is in women’s hands

though we are not without sin.

Men move the world forward for good or bad—

while women help them begin.

A world without balance is a world without love—

the yang must equal the yin.

If giving and receiving aren’t on the same plane,

there’s no way that love can begin.

Women aren’t perfect in motive or deed

but we look through a softer lens.

As mothers we know what the world needs

and that’s love, compassion and amends.

Forcing and yielding can cement our bonds

and allow love and kindness to win.

That’s the way we’ll save the world

as part of the Divine feminine.

--Betsy Lambert, May 2024

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My Muddy Path *Order

Controlling my mind is like walking in mud—

I take it one step at a time.

I try to walk fast but the mud holds me back

and I feel like I’ve committed a crime.

The more I resist the pull of the mud,

the deeper it sucks me down.

But if I relax and forgive the mud’s pull,

I forget that it’s ugly and brown.

My ego assures me that I’m in control

before it abandons my fight.

It makes me feel guilty for all that I do

as I try to make things right.

It wants to keep my soul in the mud,

in a separate, dependent state,

and draw me away from my journey to God

to seal my eternal fate.

But I know I’m gold and there’s nothing to forgive

because I did nothing wrong.

I’m One with God and perfection is mine

and has been all along.

--Betsy Lambert, May 2024

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