GARBAGE
I clearly remember when, as a kid, I made a decision not to throw any rubbish on the streets. It feels surreal for me to even mention it today, but when I was a kid the streets in Brazil were very dirty and it just seemed ‘normal’.
I realised that if there were things I didn’t like in this world, I had a responsibility to not contribute to them. I also remember that once I made that decision, I found my first obstacle – very often I could not find bins – but that didn’t stop me. I was so firm in my decision that I would carry garbage in my pockets, bag, or wrap an apple core in paper or plastic until I could find a bin – this became ‘my normal’.
TOILETS & TOILET PAPERS
Around that same time, I was at the toilet at my parent’s house and the toilet paper was just about to finish. I knew I should replace it, but I was too lazy to get another toilet roll from the cupboard and I thought that ‘someone else’ would replace it. And something very interesting happened… guess who was the next person to use the toilet? Me!!!!
So I learned a big lesson that day: what you do to another you do to yourself! From that day on I decided I would replace toilet papers or leave a spare one whenever they were about to finish.
And again, a little obstacle – like when I am running late and think I shouldn’t bother with replacing the toilet paper… but no; on these moments I would only stop and laugh and honour my commitment to replace the toilet paper, no matter what. Another ‘my normal way’ established.
Toilets also taught me that no matter how dirty a public toilet, I will not contribute to its dirtiness, if not clean a little bit – like using the paper towel to quick clean around the tap. I do it on airplanes too and this is ‘my normal’.
Toilets are awesome schools, I learn a lot with them!
CARS
It was about 6 years ago, when I was living in a very small city in Brazil that I made another decision that would change the normal to ‘my normal’. It’s very common in Brazil for people to simply quick stop in the middle of a road to drop someone or pick up something from a shop – ‘it’s only a quick stop, it won’t take a minute’.
While I was living in this city I used to quick park in the middle of the road just to drop off some dvds at the video centre (‘it takes me 30 seconds max…’). But NO!, I realised that was not right – that simple act could affect someone else who would have to wait for me to leave…
I so clearly remember the day I questioned the fact that I was contributing to the exact situations I would complain about.
In Brazil, for example, people complain a lot about the culture of ‘taking advantage of others and situations’… but was I not acting exactly the same in this example with the car? And even worse, contributing to it?
So, from that day on, no more quick stops in the middle of the road whenever I liked. And of course, the next time I went to drop off the dvds, there were no places to park nearby the dvd place, and so I had to park a bit far away from it. But it didn’t affect me – I had already committed to the decision and would not back off, no matter what.
I was often criticised for doing such things and I would hear common discouraging sentences as:
- ‘What you are doing is so tiny and will not make any difference, this is not going to change the way people behave’
- ‘You are a fool… the only one doing that…’
It didn’t matter because I MATTER and I MAKE A DIFFERENCE. This is my normal, the way I do things; the way I feel deep within is the way to live…
THE WAY OF THE LIVINGNESS.
This is my RELIGION. And it’s a great fun doing it!
When I attended my first Universal Medicine workshop about 3 years ago and Serge Benhayon mentioned ‘Energetic Integrity’ and ‘Energetic Responsibility’ and how we affect everyone else with everything that we do, it was already my experience. The reflection of Serge’s integrity is very powerful and it forever inspires me to deepen my own, in everything that I do in my life.
I recently took part in an amazing group discussion on ‘Esoteric Philosophy’ with Serge. In the group we had the opportunity to discuss (in very practical and detailed examples) how the way we behave in our homes, streets, and supermarkets affects everyone. A new horizon opened up for me after that. What amazed me the most was the fact that although what others shared was not exactly my personal experience, it was something that deep within I had already considered and knew to be true.
I left the discussion feeling very inspired; since then I’ve deepened enormously my understanding of Energetic Integrity and Energetic Responsibility. They are forever expanding, encompassing of everyone. Everything matters and everyone matters.
This is my religion; this is my way. THE WAY OF THE LIVINGNESS.
By Priscila, UK
The Truth about Universal Medicine 
So many settle for less and have dropped standards and consider this normal, it is powerful when we choose a different way and reflect to others a way to live and move in this world that is responsible and respectful of everyone.
I totally get what you are saying here about toilets being great schools or markers about human life. They are really obvious places where we can see the attitudes we are living with, everywhere else in life – are we irresponsibly making a mess of things and refusing to admit it is our mess or clean it up? Or are we taking care of our lives and therefore not adding to the mess but instead clearing the collective mess as we go along?
This is such a beautiful and deeply practical sharing of how we impact on life and what responsibility is truly … for if we add to something that we complain of, then we are part of the problem, and our first responsibility is to look at our part and take care of that.
So true Doug, and I loved the way Priscila stayed strong with her convictions to consider other people with the way she wouldn’t double park anymore, even under the criticism or teasing of others (which is nothing short of them attacking the reflection of truth that Priscila was providing which they don’t want to admit they should be doing themselves). It only takes one person to stand up for what is right to make a huge difference in the world.
Not contributing to what we do not like in this world is something very noble. Being aware of how we feed things we do not like from this world in obvious and very subtle ways is crucial. There is more than meets the eye in this regard.
I love you how you shared that you didn’t waver with your choices, even when at times it asked more from you to do things, because you were committed. And that is the key, commitment.
What I have to watch is judgement, when another chooses to not behave in the same way as I do eg. when something is not put back in its place and I am looking for it! I find this most annoying! Ummm…. could I be avoiding something here! – a lack of responsibility on my part! What is it I am to learn here? A respect and a deeper level of love? Could it be I am to step up in my authority so that there is a greater love for self and hence around me? No rules but simply love?
I so relate to this!! That niggling feeling when you want to let something slide, but you know if you do, you’re sending a much bigger message than it would appear. It can be annoying, but it’s definitely worth setting the bar at a level that actually supports everybody.
Haha and I love this article. Especially the title, as this is what got me interested in what was being said. This article is so, so true and how little things we do, that we commit to, may appear as though they have no impact, but truly are hitting big marks in the wider view of things. As has been said in this article, we only think these little things don’t matter and yet when we truly look at things, we are adding to something we have already seen isn’t a great way for us to be. I love the responsibility and stand taken throughout this article and had a smile on my face at every turn. It’s like every sentence backed up what I already knew and did.
Priscila what I love is the fact that despite the criticisms you had something speaking louder within you and you continued to make those changes. Energetic integrity and energetic responsibility and consistency also goes hand in hand. With this in mind a new rhythm is formed and if one day this rhythm is broken something certainly feels not normal then.
It is those small changes that make a difference – less is worth more…..
Yes it starts with one person. From one person another can be inspired and then another and so on…
The ripple effect of energetic integrity and energetic responsibility flows through everyone as we all live in the same pool of energy.
There are plenty of ‘life schools’ available to us if we’re willing to see these opportunities as such. The potential to practice and develop our energetic integrity and responsibility abounds, each and every day. We’re in God’s school – and how beautiful is that.
It somewhat feels abnormal at first to have an impulse to do something through the counter of my mind or other’s ideals, but when I act on it the space I fill rejuvenates more of who I already am. I fill more of me. If there is opposition to what I have already felt I know there is truth there to be claimed.
What reflection do we offer another if we allow the standards to drop in society? To be more energetically responsible in the world doesn’t really take any effort or time and it confirms to others the power and strength felt when we live and move in this ‘normal’ way.
I felt the same when I first attended a Universal Medicine presentation…that I already knew this respect and decency was missing in the world, I knew something just wasn’t right in the world simply by the feeling I had when I witnessed all the abuse that went on around me. It’s awesome to know that there are others out there who feel the same and are committed to not conforming.
How tempting is to simply do as others do? How justifiable is to do what everybody else do even if this has negative consequences on us from time to time? And, yet, we can choose not to do as others do based on the awareness of what feels natural for us in our bodies and what does not.
We all do indeed have an inner-sense of knowing of what is true and what is not, a quality that we are all born with, one which never really leaves. It is only that we learn to over-ride this sense through our desire to fit in and be part the ‘deemed’ normalities of society. However, it is our natural way of being to be guided by our inner-truth, an inner-quality that represents our equalness, who we are, and as such when we honor the truth we feel we then live in honor of the truth of us all.
I love your degree of commitment Priscila, it is in the little things that all add up to making a strong foundation in our life and our relationship with everyone and everything. I love the responsibility and self love in these words” I MATTER and I MAKE A DIFFERENCE.”
Everything matters, now that is not something I hear very often. You hear everything in moderation but you don’t hear everything matters. What I love about Universal Medicine is that it likens us all to bright, vibrant, pure babies, it says, if we treat babies with such divine care, then why do we change that level of love the older we get? Why do we keep a babies room one way but then litter on the street? Its a beautiful way to look at life, that everyone and everything is important.
It says much about the state of humanity when we are having to have a notice/reminder, or even a rule, about how we behave around others and that is treated as ‘shoulds’ rather than our normal to be respectful and considerate.
In the seemingly smallest of gestures, our true relationship with God, our soul and the All is revealed in full.
Love this blog Priscila, thank-you.
I have a big smile on my face in reading this Priscila – which only brightened all the more with your mention of Esoteric Philosophy. I have also heard Serge Benhayon present on this subject in just the terms you have described so well here – i.e. that everything we do impacts upon the whole.
So, if I park my car too close to another’s, and they then are ‘squeezed’ to open their own car door, I have not been an Esoteric Philosopher one iota – I have only considered ‘me’ in the equation.
I love that you brought such awareness and responsibility to your actions and choices from a young age – even in an environment which did not reflect to you that this way of such consideration of others was deeply valued. And yes, that it will all come back to bite us karmically, in both senses – by our holding of others in the highest regard, or not.
I relate to having a smile reading this article the whole way through as well and in particular as you say the fact of someone so young in life seeing what was needed from their experience and going for it and not waiting for the world to change. This is significant for us all in that often we look for a ‘perfect storm’ scenario as a time and place ‘we will do that’ and yet here we have a situation where it’s clearly not something to wait for. It is always time for us to honour deeply what we feel and see is needed, no matter what “garbage” is lying in the streets around us.
How we act affects us and the quality of our lives so to commit to these things even when others ridicule it is important because it is all the small details in our lives that make up the quality of our lives.
Thank you Priscila, since I last read your blog I’ve realised I don’t feel resentful to always be the one to change the toilet roll (!) anymore, but instead I just feel the quality of my movements and the opportunity to express my love, care and tenderness into every task. It feels very joyful because it’s about the quality of my being and not the task itself. It’s a beautiful opportunity to bring more love into the world through my movements.
When one person changes one thing it is observed by everyone there, and if another is inspired by what they see, change eventually happens.
When we actively contribute to what we complain about we only feed the mess around us all the more.
‘In the group we had the opportunity to discuss (in very practical and detailed examples) how the way we behave in our homes, streets, and supermarkets affects everyone.’ The more we behave in a manner that lovingly supports society, slowly society will be willing to also lead by the same example.
I like the reference here, that a decision made in energetic responsibility and claimed becomes “my normal”. So simple and also significant, for if others react, what you are doing has been seen and clocked. A clear path for another to follow.
I love the attention to detail you pay and do not waiver from despite the world being ignorant of the fact how much every little deed counts and contributes to the all, either to true change or to repeating all that what is not working.
It was once suggested to me to leave a place more beautiful than I found it. An example of this is a workplace staff room. The work surface often has coffe stains, water, dirty teaspoons on it. It doesn’t take a moment to have a quick tidy up so it is cleaner for the next person to use.
Small things eventually add up to become big things. For example, letting someone into heavy traffic in front of me from a side road, I often see them then letting others in in front of them too. We never know how small responsible acts will affect others and the trickle down effect this can have.
You are representing this responsibility for all of Brazil how amazing is that!!!
This is my everyday too… but I find when I have let things go in how I care for myself, or been pushing myself and am tired… my care for others also drops. Very clear that how we are with ourselves is then how we are with others.
Working in any office or shop that has a kitchen that all employees use, exposes how people live in their homes. I’m sure everyone knows that feeling of coming to use the sink next and there is water splashed everywhere or food left in the sink and not cleaned. You can feel the lack of respect and care that has been left there for the next person. I’ve made a commitment to not leave it for someone else and clean it like I have not been there. I know these are small things but affect us greatly.
Reading the examples especially picking up litter and making sure there is toilet paper for the next person made me chuckle. I often go for walks down a country lane where I live. Sometimes there will be litter or stones and branches on the lane which I will remove. I also make sure there is always toilet paper at hand in my home and in other peoples houses too if the roll needs changing. Another example is parking my car. Whenever I park my car I am always considerate of others making sure I park close to another car so there is more space for others to park their cars. It is so natural for me to do these tasks that I never think twice about doing them… I just do them because I feel it is the right thing to do. Thank you Priscilla for your examples in life where there’s no doubt that everything we do affects everything and everyone.
It feels like we actually do know how to be in the world – even though we may see many behaviour that are completely opposite and wrecking havoc all over the place – to be respectful and live with integrity. Not because it’s a ‘good’ thing to do, or an ideal, but simply because that is the way we are, very naturally.
It is common sense to behave in a way we would like others to behave. Someone has to make the first move and step up to being a living inspiration for others.
Spot on!
“Everything matters and everyone matters.
This is my religion; this is my way. THE WAY OF THE LIVINGNESS.”
The moment we accept that we count and that all what we express matters is the moment we claim back our divinity and lovely power. The moment we claim back true joy.
I love what you share in this blog Priscila, the importance of all the choices we make in a day no matter how small or large contribute to the world we live in. ‘Everything is energy’ and when we live this truth something as simple as changing the toilet roll is the loving and responsible thing to do and that then becomes our new ‘normal’.
Beautiful, simple and practical examples of living respectfully. It’s really not that hard to consider others, but it’s more than that its actually considering the part we play or our own contribution to the way the world is and changing things right there.
I love the simplicity of your examples Priscila and how they highlight the undeniable fact that every tiny detail in everything we do matters and can make a real difference in the big scheme of things.
‘what you do to another you do to yourself!’ A great lesson to learn and there is such a divine simplicity in this. there is always a ripple effect whatever we do, living ourselves or not living ourselves. We can not deny this truth, it will always catch up with us and that is the beauty of life, we are always supported to become more love, our true nature.
Quite often at work I go into the gents toilet and the toilet roll has not been replaced. So, like you Pricilla, I make it part of my ‘gift’ to the next person/people to replace it. It just takes a few seconds so it is not a big deal. But reading this I asked myself why this happens so often and what it is reflecting to me. The answer is that it gives me an opportunity to bless others because when I do this, everyone after me gets to feel the energy of the imprint I leave behind as I change the roll. What simple yet joy-full opportunities we are offered to serve each other in life!
Thank you Pricilla I loved your sharing, it seems we often dismiss the small details of life as unimportant in the scheme of things, but through The Way of The Livingness I have come to understand that everything is an energy that affects not just myself but all others, and that I have a choice and a responsibility in how I live in this world.
Everything we do affects everything and everyone else – like ripples in a pool – only we cant see these ripples. “what you do to another you do to yourself!” So true. ‘Everything is energy’- Einstein’.
“I so clearly remember the day I questioned the fact that I was contributing to the exact situations I would complain about.” This is worth pondering and resonates deeply for me. So if I am feeling dismissed in life, could it mean I am doing this very thing to myself first?
I really love what you share here, Priscila. It really exposes how we allow little holes in our life and think they are not significant enough to deserve our care. This kind of ‘that’ll do’ mentality is so insidious it starts gnawing ourselves from inside and by the time we know it our ‘normal’ slips down the slope big time. We deserve far more than what we are allowing ourselves for.
I have often heard people complaining about how others are ‘taking advantage of others and situations’ only to behave in the same way themselves in another situation, without seeing the connection. In truth as I deepen my level of integrity in life I see more of my own inconsistencies and realise that every thought act and word carries with it responsibility for the well being of us all.
Since I included Energetic Integrity and Energetic Responsibility in my life I am increasing my awareness in my contribution to the whole. That what I see happening in our societies is not something I have no part in but instead, everything we live in this world has a contribution of all of our daily choices in it. That is the level of responsibility I am currently aware of and include in my life to the best of my ability.
Great blog Priscila, I love how you took responsibility for your actions when they affected others, and from your reflection many others will also start to take responsibility too.
Oh my goodness – the toilet roll thing really resonates. It highlights the ‘rush’ I am in to get to the next place, and I often don’t walk 10 steps to replace it. I can feel what this does to my body; and in not completing the task it leaves an incomplete feeling in my body which I take into my sleep at the end of the day. This is very similar to many things – putting things away, shoes, socks, things that are taken out of the fridge. I’m often too keen to get to the next thing. But when I do tend to these minor details, there is more space, less clutter and a spaciousness opens up in my body too of a sense of completion. Wonderful. I am more interested in the ‘doing’ than the quality I am doing it in. A huge healing from this realisation and a great return to a sense of order in my life which I am actually working on at the moment. Clearly I am still caught up in the getting as much done as possible fills the emptiness which I am choosing to avoid to feel; by replacing the toilet paper I can help heal the lack of acceptance of myself and self-worth which I have been trying to fix by ticking the to do lists.
Brilliant blog, thank you Priscilla. What you are writing about is responsibility and it is in the detail where the greatest impact is made. It is also being considerate of others and taking the responsibility that every movement and intention has an energetic impact.
I love that through the inspiration of someone who lives in absolute consideration of the all, that you started to question yourself and the contributions you were making to the world and chose for yourself and no other a new normal that considered others. Every waterfall starts with just one drop and the one that has started through the many inspired by Serge making changes like you have expressed, will not only be stunning but change the world.
The big change for me, is that when I replace the toilet roll, pick up some garbage or take the garbage out, it is no longer a chore, I can feel so much joy in this service. So I am leaving a trail of joy behind in everything I choose to do in this way.
This is the blog that inspires people to take responsibility for all their actions and choices, big and small. You have certainly inspired me and I too am a student of The Way of The Livingness, constantly learning to pay attention to the details in life and also learning to take responsibility for all my choices. Like you’ve shared Priscila everything we choose impacts on everyone, not just ourselves and this is an awesome reminder to live lovingly by taking responsibility every day for our every choice.
Much like you, I never understood people throwing rubbish on the ground, I never once littered. To be fair unlike your home country growing up, I was graced with many bins in Australia. I really related to your toilet stories, I still take the time to tidy any toilet that I use, stocking things up, getting all the paper towels off the ground, I have never really shared that publicly, it’s just something I have done since I was a girl. What this blog has allowed me to do is deeply appreciate these small details of life.
‘I realised that if there were things I didn’t like in this world, I had a responsibility to not contribute to them.’ I absolutely agree Priscila. Everything does matter I have found. Your very down to earth and practical examples illustrate how it is the small things in life that make the difference.
Priscila, A simple and beautifully expressed blog that is inspiring to me. I love your words “It didn’t matter because I MATTER AND I MAKE A DIFFERENCE”. Wow!
“Everything matters and everyone matters.” If ever I catch myself saying ‘It doesn’t matter’ it makes me stop as I acknowledge that energetic responsibility means that it does matter. Every movement and action I make influences the next movement or action. As the saying goes “One thing leads to another”.
Gorgeous Priscilla. This blog had a huge impact on me when I first read it years ago and is even more powerful when I read it now. Today your words supported me to appreciate all of the things that have become my new normal. Things like making my bed every single day, putting lids back on everything, keeping regular dental appointments, taking care of my car, the list could go on for pages and the way my life has changed has been incredible. What is important is the fact that I do these things from a place of love and responsibility not the fact that I can tick these things off a list and give myself a pat on the back.
Awesome Priscilla! I love your strength in doing exactly what you feel is important and letting nothing get in the way of that!
I remember whilst growing up in Victoria in Australia – people used to throw down any rubbish they had as they were walking along in the streets or out of their cars – it was the normal way. Then an initiative – a competition – was launched for the tidiest town and now it’s quite unusual to see rubbish being dropped in the streets like it used to be and now that’s become the new normal. It’s interesting how we can either inspire one another or bring each other down. It’s the Way of the Livingness which is a way of living that considers everyone in everything.
“It didn’t matter because I MATTER and I MAKE A DIFFERENCE.” Exactly Priscila and we are the ones who have to live with ourselves and every little thing DOES make a huge difference – people are quietly watching and being inspired all time. A groundswell always has to start with one.
What I can feel is that there is a level of responsibility that we all have to eventually learn to live in full that comes from all the little details in how we live. We can say we don’t murder or rape or abuse another but equally so is the responsibility to attend to the little details like not parking in the middle of the road also equally as important.
I loved reading your blog Priscilla, I enjoyed your humour and the simplicity of these words, “everything matters and everyone matters”.
Thank you for sharing the consistency of your commitment Priscila, very inspiring.
The one key factor for life is that everything is everything. The quality in which we bring to everything we do, express and connect with others is a responsibility we have to all facets of our lives. Being committed to that quality builds a strong foundation for life.
This is a great sharing Priscilla – I agree we have to be the change we want to see in the world – everything counts and matters and everything we do affects not only us but all others – I can get affected by people throwing rubbish on the ground so I don’t do this, a little example but there are many of them – ultimately it comes down to responsibility for the all.
What an amazing foundation for you to make a commitment and not waver. This in turn makes it easier for others to do the same, as it becomes normal and becomes the way to be. Each person who lives like this makes it easier and more natural for the next.
This blog rings true for me.
Much to consider and much to incorporate into my life.
I laughed with the toilet paper example.
It really annoys me when I go to the toilet and someone has left the toilet roll empty. Why not leave something as you would like to find it? So its pretty clear why I love your toilet paper analogy and its message of ‘what you do to another you do to yourself!’ Great blog Priscilla.
I’m with you Suse. If we lived with more energetic integrity and responsibility we would have far less to complain about as harmony would easily outweigh disharmony.
I smiled to myself Priscilla as I read your blog.
Your level of Energetic Integrity and Energetic Responsibility is inspiring as is your commitment to deepening these.
The simple yet powerful examples you gave carried very powerful and wise messages.
The one that really resonated with me was that Everything and Everyone matters; a wonderful saying for everyday life.
Thank you Priscilla for sharing your experiences in such a beautiful way.
“The reflection of Serge’s integrity is very powerful and it forever inspires me to deepen my own, in everything that I do in my life.” I agree and what I am learning more and more is how every moment and how we are in that moment matters, which means everything we do or are part of matters. Thank you Priscila for your ongoing commitment and inspiration.
Such a beautiful reminder Priscila on the power of Energetic Responsibility and Energetic Integrity and to know there is always a deeper level we can develop in our lives. I agree with your statement about ‘everything matters and everyone matters’ – I feel building this consistency in your life is the key to experiencing true love and a deeper connection.
Every little thing makes a difference. We are all essential to the way things are.
I like the little examples you have used that obviously display the consideration you have for others and the underlying lesson is that everything we do effects everybody else.
To me it is THE only way for me too Priscila. Everything and everyone does matter.
Beautiful and simple examples of how everything we do affects everyone else and we can be an inspiration to others to make a different choice and make a difference in the world. The Way of the Livingness is to live with love in everything we do.
I loved hearing about your commitment to doing things once the choice was made Priscila was very solid. This was a great line “I realised that if there were things I didn’t like in this world, I had a responsibility to not contribute to them.” and it’s true, if you want change to happen you have to change yourself …. Otherwise nothing will happen. Why add to the things we don’t like ? It was interesting hearing about the put downs/ discouragement you received with your decisions too…You might be only one person yes, but your inspiration goes a lllooooonnnggg way, also there would be others out there already doing the exact same thing.
To those who say one won’t matter, imagine if everyone did what the one was doing, it needs to start somewhere and if it never starts, what inspiration for change would there be?
There is a lot of self importance getting in the way of just attending to what needs attending to – “I don’t have time” “it’s not my job” “i did it last time” “i did this job so I’m not doing that” me me me – it’s hilarious when we take a step back and look at it like that because we all do it but with greater awareness we all have the ability to choose another more harmonious way to be in the world.
Well said True Gem, its a job that needs doing and I feel that is part of committing to ourselves and to life.
There is no point in reacting to the inconsiderate behaviours of others unless we are taking full responsibility for ourselves and our daily actions. This raises so much to re-evaluate that most people don’t want to go there – but like you say Priscilla this is what makes a difference and it is about we time we embraced this level of care and integrity.
And love your religion Priscila – “This is my religion; this is my way. THE WAY OF THE LIVINGNESS.”
Love your blog Priscila and the way you give such simple everyday examples of how ‘everything matters’ – every single little thing we do is, in fact, equally important. I will now resolve to never double park again – no matter how much of a rush I am in!
A beautiful confirmation that what we know in our hearts to be true – and often struggle with in our heads – is the same integrity presented and discussed within Universal Medicine. We all naturally know that we all affect each other in everything we do. The living of this in the detail of our lives is divine.
I love this very practical blog. Yes we do matter and what we do matters. Someone has to be the first to make a choice to take responsibility and this may inspire others to do the same. You have made changes because it came deep from within, and not from some ideal or sense of righteousness. How refreshing is that!
‘I realised that if there were things I didn’t like in this world, I had a responsibility to not contribute to them.’ How simple this is. When we all do what is closest to our heart and enjoy the fact that it is for everyone what a difference it makes, we literally change the world – we bring harmony back again.
Wonderfully written; like we’re all able to relate to a blog like this. At one point or another, regardless of whether it’s replacing toilet paper when it finishes or deciding to not throw rubbish on the street, everyone has an experience of setting the ‘bar’ so-to-speak.
The great thing about observing this about ourselves, is the fact that we can continually improve our integrity, or quality, or where the ‘bar’ is set, upon having greater awareness.
I loved reading of your commitment to yourself and the environment in which you lived, it brought a tear to my eye thinking of the small yet enormous difference you make in the world just from this. It is a great example of how the world will change into the world we want it to be – through people making loving and considerate choices for themselves and others and making them normal. Awesome blog, thank you.
Priscilla I love what you share because I love the simplicity and your commitment in it. That everything matters we all know deep inside of us – we are only to lazy to follow this inner knowing. So it is very inspiring to read how your are transferring this inner knowing into real life!
You already knew and you followed what you knew to be true for you, no matter what others said and no matter what ‘normal’ decreed.
Everything you do matters and everyone matters. I love the truth you, Priscilla, and The Way of the Livingness present. And the deepening of responsibility all the time is such a gift.
It feels great to honour that everything I do matters and has an effect on others, it changed my life. I deeply appreciate your blog, the examples you give we all know about and to be aware of our responsibility and integrity is needed in society today. The Way of the Livingness is my religion.
Pricila I love your religion. It is so simple and it involves caring for humanity no matter how small it is. If everyone chose to live this way we would create a fantastic foundation for ourselves.
Priscilla what you express is simply Gold. Everything matters, we matter, and the more we live with this level of integrity the more normal it becomes for everyone to care and respect for themselves and others.
Throughout my whole life I was the same, Priscila, caring for the smallest detail and not joining the mainstream disregard. I always knew it was the only true way of living and that it did in fact make a difference, although people around made jokes about it, even bullied me. Now, after 36 years of living like that, I am surrounded by people who do live with the same care as I do. Not only my housemates and friends – even in supermarkets or in airplanes I find clean toilets and caring friendly staff. That’s God’s magic!
So beautiful what you have shared with us Priscila, you are bringing truth and wisdom back into a world where many have given-up. Your choices to make life about energetic responsibility and integrity would be deeply inspiring to many around you.
Thank you Priscila. Brilliant points of truth you have shared. It’s great to feel how ‘energetic integrity and responsibility’ brings awareness and honesty to how we are really living. And how when we bring this awareness and honesty to the ‘seemingly’ little things that we do, our awareness develops, deepens and expands into everything we do, which has an effect on everyone around us.
“what you do to another you do to yourself! This is one of the greatest lessons for anyone to learn; it has the power to transform lives. I know, for it has transformed mine, and it is one that I now share with others, especially the children in my life. You are never too young, or too old, to learn this valuable lesson.
Love your comment Ingrid and feel very blessed to be privvy to these invaluable lessons.
To feel something is right, and then disregarding it is harmful. I can feel that in myself when I don’t express or do what I felt to be right and true. It stops the flow in me, keeps me somehow locked to that moment of disregard until I resolve it by looking honestly at what was in the way, and re-imprint that moment. I am learning more and more that all those little things, every moment matters, like you say, and it is a joy to allow and honor what I feel, and always felt, to be true in every moment.
Reading this clearly highlights to me that responsibility of how we are with others is something that comes back to us as is the irresponsibility of how we are with others. Living True Responsibility for ourselves and others can be the only way to truly live life!
Priscila, your simple examples are joyful to read. You have reminded me of a couple of little things I have always done and one is the rubbish collection when I am out walking as I hate to see nature disturbed by littler. I sometimes think – ‘what’s the point’, but then usually do it anyway because I agree – ‘ Everything matters and everyone matters.’.
“The way of the livingness is my religion” I love how claimed that feels when I read it. It is really beautiful, also that everything matters and everyone matters. This too is very special and hope that as we reflect more of the way of the livingness, that everyone – in their own time – will also know that everything matters and everyone matters.
I saw a photo today of a pool of water where a stone had been dropped in – it created ripples in a spherical pattern – emanating outwardly on and on and on. This is us, no different – we can’t see the ripples, but boy if we pay attention we sure can feel them. So it goes that energetic integrity and responsibility are paramount to having any kind of harmony within humanity.
Yes we certainly feel the ripples of ours and others behaviours and today I choose to contribute to harmony rather than chaos.
Rereading your blog was truly fun and reminding me to be even more aware of the tiniest thing in my daily life.
Priscila, I love what you shared! And I feel the same way too. It is sometimes weird to me when people say “(when cleaning up) You don’t have to it. Someone else will.” I can’t understand that. It is my choice. And I myself do not like it coming to a kitchen that’s not tidied up by the one who was in there before. And it truly matters not only in “privacy” like at my or others home. In public it is simply the same. Don’t think no one sees it. Energetically everything is seen and noticed and will get back to you one day.
This blog has such a powerful message. Thank you Priscila – I was able to appreciate the many ‘new normals’ that are a part of my life now as I read this. It is now normal for me to make the bed every day, clean up after myself as I go, listen to others when they speak.. the list could go on and on.
I now realise that the way I used to live was not normal at all – it was not true to me and did not honour everyone else.
I absolutely agree Priscila. Thank you for the small but super powerful account of the little but huge things you choose to do. You matter, we all matter and every little thing we do makes a difference.
Brilliant Priscila ” It didn’t matter because I MATTER and I MAKE A DIFFERENCE. This is my normal, the way I do things; the way I feel deep within is the way to live…” This is beautiful because we all matter and everything we do is an outside expression of love. Even something as simple as changing over a toilet paper roll. Amazing thank you.
Thank you Priscilla for reveling the importance of energetic integrity and the fact, everyone and everything truly does matter.
Lovely blog Priscilla. I remember doing similar things to you – like carrying rubbish around in my pockets until I found a rubbish bin. When we don’t take care of the apparently small things in our world, we show disregard for everything. It really is a reflection of where we are at and our absence of self-worth.
“So I learned a big lesson that day: what you do to another you do to yourself! From that day on I decided I would replace toilet papers or leave a spare one whenever they were about to finish.” I love to fold the next sheet of toilet paper into a point for the next person, it’s lovely when that comes back to you and the next person is you.
Thanks for the inspiration Natalie! It’s often the simple things that make the difference.
Thanks Priscilla , Energetic responsibility and integrity should really be a compulsory subject studied at school as then people every where would understand what we do has an effect on everyone else and the universe as a whole. As a result that it isn’t taught chosen or understood by all we have all the refections of the ugliness that is created in the world to remind us of what you sow is what you reap.
Priscilla, you write of a way of being that is natural for all people but is rarely chosen and acted upon. You are setting the bar, so to speak, to not give up, not because it is right but because from within you felt the truth that we are connected, and what we you do effects everyone. What you live by calls me to bring more awareness of others, and how my choices to be responsible, or not, count and are felt.
Priscilia what I really appreciate about how you learnt to be responsible was that it came from something you felt not what you thought you should do. This clearly shows that each us knows how to live in a way that understands everything we do impacts another. We just need to connect to this understanding and then choose it as our way everyday.
Very true Sharon. I have no doubt that this innate knowing is in every one of us if we take the time to reconnect to it.
Beautifully said Sharon. The gorgeous part of what Priscila has shared is that she just kept honouring what she felt not what she thought she ought or was told to do.
The changes we would like to happen need to happen in ourselves and the way we conduct ourselves first, your contribution makes it clear that there is no other way.
Yes Gabriele I agree. Everything matters and the change begins with us. Beautiful Blog Priscila. 🙂
I love it Priscila as it is the little things in life that make a big difference. So many of us are concerned about saving the world but are lost in thinking that something huge must be done for change to occur.
Priscila, your light and joyfulness is making a HUGE difference in whatever it is you do, no matter how small or apparently ‘insignificant’ it may seem. Those roads in Brazil would have been so blessed, and how gorgeous to go to the toilet straight after you, having left it with attentiveness and care! Ripple effects from everything we touch, say or do are much more far-reaching than we might initially think. Thanks for this awesome blog Priscila.
I love what you write, Priscila and HOW you write it. Such commitment, but such playfulness. Everything matters and everyone matters indeed. The details are where’s it’s at.
Amazing how those simple little choices DO make a difference. Like putting the trolley in the trolley bay and not leaving it in the car park, etc. We can do all of these things just so we are good. But we could do them knowing that it is so everyone can work harmoniously together, and that as a greater whole it does make it easier for everyone in the long run. Thank you for sharing the blog 🙂
“‘What you are doing is so tiny and will not make any difference, this is not going to change the way people behave’
‘You are a fool… the only one doing that…’”
It is amazing that we don’t realise how big a difference a single person makes and how we are ready to behave badly – all we need is an excuse.
Thanks for this beautiful sharing Priscilla I too have practiced a similar type of livingness throughout my life and often been ridiculed for it but sometimes not sticking to it through being too concerned what others think. Through Universal Medicine I have come to realise that what others think matters not compared to a true way of being.
Thanks for the reminder Priscilla that the little things we do make all the difference to the way we are.
The more we can truly understand our responsibilities on an energetic level the more the little things will make a difference.
Great practical examples here Priscila thank you. 🙂
I love this practical and simple explanation of how we can take care and offer a new way to our community simply by choosing to do things how we feel too rather than what is the acceptable norm.
I loved reading this blog, wow, we are powerful and can change many things. I clean the toilets at work a couple of times a day so that anyone who uses them finds them to be well cared for. I also sweep the path out the front of the building every day, again so that anyone who walks past gets to walk past a building that is well cared for. I love the little things that we do, the things that often people don’t see as important, because I see how they make all the difference in the world.
Thank you Priscilla, amazing to read your blog, with so many comments contributing to expand this great expression of true brotherhood and community in action. The more I read the blog and the ensuing comments the greater the reflection of energetic responsibility and integrity I felt. What a blessing to know that what is presented by Serge Benhayon is so practical in so many ways.
This has been so beautiful to read. I have not always been able to categorically state for myself – This is my religion; this is my way. THE WAY OF THE LIVINGNESS!! I have danced around it, saying I ‘attend Unimed presentations’, I go to courses, but not state this is my religion. Coupled with the fact that even the small details of life count for everything. Everything is energy – this is what Serge Benhayon has presented, which I really do understand now, as you say, small things like changing the toilet roll, or how you get in and out of a car, does impact on everyone. Very powerful!! Thank you.
Thank you Priscilla for sharing your blog, it is a marvellous feeling to know we are all connected and with it comes a great responsibility knowing the way I live affects the whole with either healing or hurting. Becoming aware of that I am never small but always big.
Priscila I loved your blog and can feel the extent of energetic responsibility. I clean houses and have had similar experiences as you described, they has now become my normal also. If I see one spot I have missed I feel my responsibility to go back and clean it instead of ignoring the fact I have seen it. I can feel how my lack of responsibility can filter out to all areas of my life and others, even if it is small in some people’s eye’s I know how big it is.
Such a simple yet powerful blog Priscilla, simple in the examples you use and powerful in that everything we do matters and effects us and others.
I loved reading your blog and very much appreciate the commitment you have made to your livingness.
I loved reading your blog Priscilla, it is so true that once a commitment to something is made, it becomes ‘normal’ and therefore without effort or resentment. In fact, it’s almost like in the doing, it is reinforcing something really important… that what you feel matters… to you, and therefore it matters. Thanks, a great read.
I love what you share here Priscilla. How amazingly aware and responsible you were at such a young age. I’ve been feeling similarly of late and making life more about what is before me and needs tending to. If the bin in my kitchen is full, in the past I might have just squeezed in more and more to try and get away without emptying it then or even left it for someone else to do, instead of choosing what I’d already felt, to empty it! Of course there’s no real getting away with it, as leaving it only makes it harder to empty or that someone else ends up with a bin so dense it’s almost impossible to pull the bag out without ripping it, rubbish everywhere and more to clear up! So now I do it when I feel to, it makes sense and I’m also starting to enjoy it. Thank you for inspiring me to be even more aware of this in every aspect of life.
Candida, I love this bin example where as you say if you squeeze a bit more in, it gets harder to lift and empty. When I am emptying a bin that someone else has over stuffed I feel upset. All day long we probably encounter these disregards so it is a call to be onto where I cut corners and act without full consideration, to not contribute to the carelessness that another may have to correct. I have also been exploring recently how what is delayed is held in my body and drains me. There is a commitment to life that is very practical in the bin and toilet roll example, as is doing the dishes straight after the meal before moving onto any other activity.
“Everything matters and everyone matters” – This is beautiful and very real. Thank you for sharing Priscila.
When I see rubbish that as been tipped out of a car on to the side of the road I often wonder why the owner couldn’t just find a bin. If everyone did this, our side walks would be piles of rubbish.
Priscilla what you have shared shows the how natural the Way of the Livingness is for everyone. The line ‘This is my normal, the way I do things; the way I feel deep within is the way to live…’ resonated for me. As I continue to make choices for myself that feel true to me and support not only me but those all around me, I create a new normal for myself.
I love your toilet examples and the life changing moments that occurred there for you. It felt like with each new decision to create your own normal that you become more yourself.
“What you do to another you do to yourself! ” Wise words Priscilia something that would be good to see our education system have as a fundamental teaching!
You are the inspiration Priscila! You already are the livingness! I agree that it is the day to day stuff that matters and this creates shifts in consciousness, no matter how small a shift. Every little bit counts.
The way of the livingness is different for all and it is in the little things. I can feel how profound and life changing each of the stories you shared are. Doing these little things may not change the world, but they change how you are in the world. Taking responsibility for your thoughts and actions and having absolute integrity – even if there is no one else around – feels amazing in your body. You then reflect this to others.
You have made excellent examples of how little things we do matter and make a difference
Every thing makes a difference,everything matters, and we do not get away with anything…..life has it’s way of letting us know this time and time again. It is always up to us and this can be a hard one to learn and quite subtle at times.
Thank you Priscila, I also love the constant learning of energetic integrity and energetic responsibility. It feels amazing to act with these tenets of life. I can feel it throughout my whole body, it feels true and real.
That’s awesome, you are such a valuable person in society! those are the kind of values that if everyone had… the world would be so genuine.
It is these little careless moments which add up during the course of the day, month, year which may seem harmless but ultimately add to the disregard we have for ourselves and others. Thank you for sharing Priscila.
That’s so true Julie, and what I have come to realise about those moments is we know it when we do it, and eventually we feel the fact that we have acted in disregard, and that feeling is sobering.
This is a great blog Priscilla. You bring the most simple and basic of daily livings into account. We can often leave these jobs to ‘someone else’ when really if we see and think of it, that is the call to attend to what needs tending, even if it is to change the toilet roll… it’s a point of evolution and a loving imprint left for someone else to feel.
One small spark can start a bushfire. Often, we have no idea of the true ripple affect of our words and actions, but if we carry the spark, the possibility of fire is always there. In some instances a slow smoulder may begin in another, at other times there’s seemingly no affect until suddenly, when conditions are favourable, ignition takes place, and then on yet other occasions, one brief contact, and spontaneous combustion occurs. We are all sparks of God if we live knowing our ‘true fiery light’, honouring that in ourselves and others then things like not littering, replenishing the toilet roll and not impeding another’s progress become part of the natural way……The Way of The Livingness.
I still find myself trying to cut corners thinking ‘oh this one little thing won’t matter’ but your blog is right – it does matter. Every thing we do is either paving the way for heaven to enter or paving it for the eons old separation to continue on its merry way.
Deborah, this is so true that the little things matter. Am I working for God, in everything I do or sometimes am I saying to God, not right now, you are not needed here.
I agree Priscila, its the little things and details that make a difference.
How I choose to meet someone or not, even if I’m very busy, a moments eye contact with another or a few words make an imprint or impression for that person, and can change their day.
Totally with you on the details making a difference, they do have a significant effect.
I love this Priscila, I know I used to think, what difference did I make, if I did something like not dropping my rubbish? But I knew it made a difference to ME. Or another example I love is clearing up the table at the cafe where I’ve had a drink, people have said to me that’s the waitress’s job. But I enjoy to do that and smile with the waitress, and thank her for her service. It also gives a reflection to others because they do notice, even if they may think it’s silly, a few months later, my friend automatically cleared the table with me without a word. It’s so great to keep in mind that everything and everyone matters.
What a gem Priscilla. I love how you say that your ‘normal’ is the way you feel deep within – it is defined by you based on how you feel. The word ‘normal’ is often used when the word ‘common’ is a better description. Just because a lot of people do something, doesn’t make it normal and vice versa.
Priscila what you write about energetic integrity and responsibility is hugely important. It appears to most that there is a separation between us and the next person but in truth we are all just one continuous mass of God. When we act with integrity to another it is infact an act that is for ourselves and every -single- body too because we are all just one big us. Sooooo we lift the whole every time we do something that seemingly serves just a few. Your wonderful action of not dropping litter in Brazil caused the entire glorious whole to be lifted a little. Likewise when we decide to do something that negatively impacts on another the whole body of God is affected because in truth there is no separation.
What a great prompt and reminder. Everything we do effects everyone, and the habitual apathy of saying ‘one person doesn’t make a difference’ is one of our great human ‘mistakes’. Our commitment to life and everyone in it is reflected in our every moment actions.
This is very true Matilda, we are so caught up in the arrogance that what we do does not impact others (we excuse ourselves by saying the problems are too huge so how can I possibly make a difference) but if everyone took responsibility for their part in the jigsaw then the world we live in would feel like a very different place.
It is about responsibility and commitment. Over 30 years ago I chose to avoid using plastic shopping bags and used material bags, to avoid packaging and wherever possible to recycle and that became normal for me. But I realise now how there was an arrogance and frustration towards other people for not seeing or doing what I thought was right. At first when I heard what Serge Benhayon had to say on integrity and taking responsibility for all our thoughts and actions and and how that effects everyone and everything I felt too scared to do anything in case I was doing harm, but I soon came to realise that by doing nothing was harmful. Now I choose to accept responsibility for myself and my actions and to accept others in whatever way they choose to live, there is no judgement, this has become my normal. Like you have stated Priscila everything matters and everyone matters.
I love what you have expressed, every little thing does matter, the way in which we do things does impact upon others, our energetic integrity is so important. I loved your simple yet everyday examples of how throughout your life you have adapted your choices so that whatever you have done has considered the impact it has on others as well as your self. That is the way of the livingness.
It is all these little, simple everyday things that we do that matter, and how we do them. Done in a considerate, loving way everything becomes a gift to all. Done in an offhand careless way it feels to me more like a curse. Priscila’s gifts will have had a beautiful impact on many lives.
Dear Priscila, you have reminded me that everything I do does matter. I remember carrying my rubbish around with me, a small mountain village in Sri Lanka, and upon sighting what I believe was the only bin in the place, crossing the road to put my rubbish in it. I stood out with my curly long blonde hair and I recall a group of gathered locals observe my actions with curiosity. To me the village was still so beautiful despite being littered with rubbish, and I felt that I had to honour it in the way I honour my own home country. Thanks for sharing your story.
What you do to another you do to yourself! …this speaks to me.
Priscila I love what you have written. Every time I didn’t do something I knew I was committed to, I knew that it made a difference in the same way as doing something I was committed to – like recycling, made a difference. Every one of our actions makes a difference – we can either pretend it doesn’t (e.g. my one vote won’t make a difference argument) or we can accept the magnitude of this fact.
I love how inspired I feel after reading your commitment to refilling the toilet paper no matter what. I know what commitment feels like and I know when I break a commitment and how horrible, empty and false that feels like. I feel inspired to be more aware of what isn’t feeling true and not just discount it as ‘normal’ but introduce ‘my own normal.’
Anna I fully agree with your comments. We truely matter and can make a great difference, in all aspects of life.
I love how you describe that everybody has the authority and power to determine what normal is. You bring, with such simplicity, what energetic responsibility and integrity truly is. Awesome blog!
‘It didn’t matter because I MATTER and I MAKE A DIFFERENCE. This is my normal, the way I do things; the way I feel deep within is the way to live’…woah Priscilla, this is such a beautiful and powerful claiming of you and I really felt it. Your blog helped me also to reflect on those things which are my way already established and to appreciate in myself how naturally considerate and loving I am as a human being – my own already amazing integrity and responsible ways. I look forward to expanding more on this each and every day making this also my normal and you have inspired me in ways I had yet to open up to so thank you.
Great blog Priscila. It really is quite commonplace for people to leave things without care or thought for others, and then hear complaining about how no one is considerate. It all starts with us taking that care in the first place and you can feel how this can inspire others to also start doing the same.
I work as a cleaner and see many staff rooms left in a mess, cups not put in the dishwasher etc. All it takes is for each one of us to take the responsibility to look after our own stuff. Clean cups matter!
And you Catherine also matter, you reset the imprints in the room and let them feel that it does matter.
I love this blog Priscilla, and how we choose to live effects everyone, no matter how big or small our choice. What I love is the joy I feel when making these choices and the fact that they are about people. For example if I can’t be bothered doing something or even then that’s setting it up exactly the same for everyone else, I am contributing to what I can feel is not right, whereas that one choice can make a huge difference in everyone’s life. I love how you flip what is ‘normal’ on it’s head.
I just love what you write and what you have chosen already, from an early age. Very inspiring. I was the same when I was young with picking up garbage, as with bringing bottles and paper, even the smallest piece, to the recycle box. Só many things we can contribute to, it just depends what we choose for. What you do to another, you do to yourself…. So true. Every moment we have a choice we can make. You inspired me to be even more conscious about this. First thing is get plenty of toilet paper as a stock for the coming time!
This was deeply beautiful to read Pricilia – within your words I felt the magic of how everything is EVERYTHING and how the tiniest movement can affect the ALL no matter how seemingly unrelated. Everything is in perfect constellation always and each of us forever has a say about the size of the part we choose to play in this Divine symphony. Thank you.
I was very intrigued by the title. And I love everything you wrote, Priscila. I can relate to all you do because I do the same, everywhere. What stood out for me is your commitment to yourself and your “normal”. There is over 7.125 billion people on this planet. Imaging every one of them making small changes in their lives toward humanity and self love?
Priscila I have always known that details are very important. I visited a country once where rubbish was simply tossed out on the road. I carried my rubbish with me all day until I could dispose of it in the right manner. Why would I do in an other country what I would not do at home?
Yes Priscilla this most certainly is the way of the livingness. In truth we have to be responsible for everything we do, even the little things will affect others, somewhere and somehow.
Priscila, I love your writing about how you decided to take responsibility for what you were doing, and not waver just because ‘everybody’ else doesn’t do that. Yes, you do make a difference – writing your blog, you are making a difference too. Thank you for being a beautiful role model in how we can set new standards of what we consider to be ‘normal’.
You have given beautiful examples of energetic responsibility. You’ve shined the light on them and how these seemingly unimportant and tiny things are actually a huge part of how we conduct our selves with our responsibility in the world. I too clean taps in other peoples houses and replace the toilet roll. It was a nice moment of appreciation and a look at how I can deepen my energetic responsibility in all those small ways.
Priscilla how wonderful that when you came to the work of Universal Medicine that it was a confirmation of what you were already feeling for yourself. I am slowly becoming more and more aware that everything matters – no matter how small something seems, we are constantly contributing to the sea of energy that we swim in. We are therefore accountable for what we do, say and think as everything is energy.
Wow, what a vivid example of living energetic integrity and responsibility each and every day. Thank you for sharing Priscila.
It’s wonderful Priscila that from a young age you took responsibility for your choices, and were prepared to go against what was accepted as ‘normal’ to live what felt true for you.
I loved your honesty about the toilet roll Priscilla, being too lazy to replace it, we all have these lessons that teach us about responsibility and integrity and it is whether we listen or not and you clearly did. It is too easy to say, it is only small and so won’t make a difference and yet everything we do matters and affects the all, a small ripple can start a big wave.
Wow Priscilar, amazing blog. I love how you were noticing things that you didn’t like and didn’t want to be apart of so you made a commitment. It does make a change – a huge change, it’s like a domino affect and paves the way for everyone else, giving them inspiration. And they are such simple things too, I love it.
‘Everything matters and everyone matters.’ This is the truth. I too have a commitment to toilets, specially public toilets and leaving them in a better state than I found them. My favourite are airplane toilets because they are easy to work with.. it’s not hard to wipe out the hand basin and freshen the air. I appreciate how lovely it is to arrive at a toilet that is fresh and clean. I imagine the next person arriving, who will it be, a mother and child, an older person a little unstable on their feet, a young business person a little anxious about a meeting… maybe the won’t even notice the effort I have gone to for them…but their body will.
Thank you for your wonderfully honest sharing about simple everyday things that can make a difference in the world. I can relate to these examples myself, but had not , until now, really considered them part of The Livingness! However, every action we do affects others and shows how connected we all are.
Thankyou Priscila, your blog has awakened so much in me, a realisation that my commitment wavers when I am tired or in ‘given up’ energy, and that I can bring so much more care to every moment. It’s a real joy to read your words, presented so simply but containing so much.
Every little thing matters, that’s what I find in life. As you say Priscilla, we feel the care if someone changes the toilet roll or puts the cushions from the couch in place so the next person can sit there. So the care we take for ourselves, we take for others. These daily ‘normal’ things matter ENORMOUSLY! It is where we show love for others and the proof is always in the pudding.
Starting with yourself is so empowering. Thanks for this Priscilla.
Awesome blog Priscila. Thank you for sharing.
I really enjoyed reading your blog Priscila. Imagine if everyone in the world took those steps of consideration! I really felt that you were re-imprinting those toilets with love when you did the quick tidy up around the basin which is a beautiful gift for the next person to walk in.
That’s so very cool Priscilla! That you knew what to do against all judgement and did it any way, is very very cool!
Priscilla I can see that little girl that you were when I read your blog and I like what I see. How beautiful and inspiring to know there are people in the world that right from the start decided to be responsible and don’t waiver under pressure from others to do “the same as everyone else” to fit the norm and not make others feel uncomfortable! Congratulations on a lovely blog.
You light up my day, Priscila!
From what you have described here Priscila, it it a testament to your integrity that you chose your ‘normal way’ amidst unpopular opinion.
Such a great blog to return to which sums up two of the most important principles of living a great life – integrity and responsibility. Imagine if we all paid just a little more attention to these two things every day!
That’s right…integrity & responsibility…2 simple words, but potentially life changing if applied in the true sense. What if we lived knowing that we ‘got away with nothing’…that every choice we made in integrity was being clocked regardless of whether or not others were seeing it. What if it was true that we lived in a world where as Einstein stated & proved that ‘everything is energy’?Each and everyday we live with the end result of our choices whether we like it or not. I have always known the well known phrase…’what goes around comes around’ to be true…call it karma, call it whatever you want. Living with the responsibility that all of my choices come back to me is the most liberating, evolving and life changing way to be.
When you said “I matter and I make a difference” I remembered being told “From little acorns big oaks grow” So as a group “making a difference” it will just grow and grow. Thank you for this lovely sharing Priscila.
Priscilla- what gorgeous examples you have used to show how we can make big differences in our lives when we are fully present and responsible.
I just love this blog Priscilla – it’s simplicity is profound.
Priscila I love your blog. I know exactly what you mean. I don’t like it when people inconsiderately park their cars taking up 2 spaces and blocking others from being able to park so I always make sure I don’t do that. When I bought my new car I found it difficult to estimate distances between my rear end and other cars. I was regularly parking, getting out and realising I was too far away from the car behind me and every time, despite sometimes thinking “I really can’t be bothered” I just had to get back in, move the car and make sure others had room to park.
I’m with you …
“Energetic Integrity and Energetic Responsibility. They are forever expanding, encompassing of everyone. Everything matters and everyone matters.
This is my religion; this is my way. THE WAY OF THE LIVINGNESS”
Dear Priscila,
I so love the way you write. I could feel you making these decisions and sticking to them. I can feel the depth of integrity that is inside of you and I can feel the same depth of integrity inside of myself. In my journey I have so often judged myself , but I now know this was simply a ruse to take me away from my love, my integrity. Your writing has inspired me to tenderly hold onto my own level of integrity, no matter what is going on around me. Thank you.
Priscilla, the example that you and a few other people set can change a whole country. It takes a little time but an example such as yours is really valuable.
Everything we do effects everyone, whether it be a little or big thing. If we really take the time to ponder this and even to open up to the possibility that it may be true, then we get a taste of how life is a long way from such ‘energetic integrity’ at present. Yet I have many examples in my life when events or occurances have been so connected. We call this cooincidence, yet I am willing to explore that everything is connected and that there are no coincidences. Just this willingness feels life changing, because it changes why I bring care and attention to actions – not about being acknowledged but about sending out a ripple of caring which others will benefit from.
This is an awesome article to read. I fully agree with “Everything matters and everyone matters”. Thank you so much Priscila for sharing your commitments and honouring them always. I’m sure someone on the street saw you putting rubbish in your own pocket instead of throwing it on the street and must have become inspired to do the same.
Priscilla I love your post and real life examples, they are inspiring! It demonstrates the whole truth we live naturally and consciously as kids, and then how we have the choice to continue with this ‘normalcy’, or to change – because it’s what everyone else does. Your ability to not change reflects the great truth lived within.
Beautiful examples of energetic responsibility, I love the simplicity!
Awesome Priscilla, I am inspired by the level of integrity you have always had and the awareness of not co-contributing to what we deem as ‘normal’ but choosing what feels true for you. This takes courage.
Pricilla, it was great the way you stayed with your true impulse despite what the outside world was saying to you. It takes strength to do this and so often the easy way is to go along with what you are being told from the outside, often the lazy way, giving a bit of yourself away in the process. We are not generally supported to feel that every little thing we do makes a difference and matters but deep inside we all know this.
It is very powerful to feel the impact that we have in others’ lives by the way we live and the daily choices that we make. I too have been inspired by the Way of the Livingness and Serge Benhayon to live my life with integrity and self -responsibility.
Thank you, Priscila. I love how our ‘normal’ builds foundation for our own religion. I can totally relate to your garbage and toilet roll examples. My version of garbage thing was that – if I was out on school excursions or anywhere beyond my normal territory, I just couldn’t leave my rubbish behind, not even in the rubbish bins provided. I always felt like I had to come back to pick it up later, probably at a time most inconvenient for me.
I agree in that I loved how Priscila described being aware of every day things and by taking responsibility for them, turned them into normal loving ways, not only for herself, but in consideration of everyone else at the same time.
Priscila, I love your toilet roll example, this is so true, the moment you chose not to change the toilet roll you became the next one to use it….karma in action. You are so right we can make a difference once we start to take responsibility for everything we do or in this case don’t do. If we all lived by the principle ‘What you do to another you do to yourself’ we would become more aware of our actions and everything we do and say.