Endings and new beginnings can be very difficult to navigate. Personally, I’ve been searching for the perfect ending to articulate the last 70 chapters of my life. I’ll start with some clarity. Looking back, it is very evident I had no idea what destination I was embarking on yet somehow, I still managed to arrive. Perhaps not always so gracefully, but officially here within our divine appointment in time, nonetheless. I think that is a beautiful metaphor for life in general. Even though we may not always know where our journey will take us, how we will get there, or what the destination will eventually look like, the more important aspect of our soulful adventure is simply to begin. With that in mind, I have included merged accounts of my story by joining first and last sentences of random chapters within my books to summarize and commemorate the official completion of my biblical adventure. There were many significant milestones within my own SOULworks journey to have finally arrived at this exact moment in time. I strive to honor that process of inner and outer transformation.

However, I would not be the teacher and messenger of change that I am, if I didn’t also take this perfect opportunity to point out the obvious. Extracting mere fragments of someone’s story, inserting them after the fact, deleting what doesn’t fit to your liking, while interpreting the remaining context at will, is by no means understanding nor seeing the entire depths or story of any one particular individual, their soul potential, or even the accumulative whole of our collective awakening for that matter. Which is why I am thankful to have documented my recent entanglement with the biblical era from start to finish, even if I didn’t realize the depths to my own story from the onset. It is also why I further amalgamated all three books into one publication while halting any further production of my original versions. Simply because only having access to some of my story and original interpretations is by no means even close to encompassing how my life eventually played out, not to mention my own inner growth and clarity while submerged within our transformational time. Likewise, only viewing my ending does not even begin to tell the full and very eventful adventure I’ve journeyed to get here. I think the same is true for all of humanity. Looking at where we are today or even where we have been in the past holds no bearing to what we can accomplish and achieve moving forward. Nor does it include all the background details and SOULworks that occurred behind the scenes to arrive at this very moment in time. That is a higher, authentic truth worth remembering.

My SOULworks Trilogy: HOMECOMING contains 777 pages of mere fragments to my story, yet technically will never encompass all that I wrote, nor does it even begin to come close to articulating the depths of what I have and will experience within my lifetimes. Please always keep that in mind when passing judgments or interpretations on anything that crosses your path within our global landscape of life. Our individual and collective stories are never done. We always have the opportunity to write a different ending or start a new beginning within our infinite timeline and classroom we call life. To move into a new era of time beyond the old doctrines and understandings, we must always leave ample room for further awareness, clarity, evolution, and the official arrival of divinely inspired grace.

I leave you with my poetic summary of random excerpts contained within my trilogy. Perspective is everything.

Have you ever had one of those moments when time stands still? This story is about hope. Wherever that journey may be. For the first three decades of my life, I did not really have a clear understanding of my abilities. I am forever grateful that you gave me the opportunity to find and let my light shine. Looking back there were plenty of signs showing me a world that I could only dream was possible. We only need to open our hearts, minds, and souls to allow the experience in.

I would like to expand on the concept regarding our thoughts creating our reality. Believing is seeing. Becoming more attuned to spirit takes time and practice. I do my very best to always see the good in everyone, to not pass judgement on any one person’s soul energy based on their current personality, awareness or state of being, and I remind myself continuously that everyone comes from Source, so everyone has the capacity to live within the full potential of their own divinity. They knew what they were signing up for a long time ago. Those words were my Saving Grace.

When I was much younger, I was always one to follow my own inner callings and intuitive adventures. Later, I would also discover that the merger of the two characters, as well as the written word being in unison with my own personal experiences, were merely a trial run and foreshadowing of what was yet to come. Eventually, full gnosis is achieved at every single moment of every single day, as their soul energy becomes an active and consistent part of all that they think, say, and do.  It was like coming home and finally being accepted into the fold.

As I put the finishing touches on my book, I was finally able to release most of my fears while finding pride and closure in my work. Within those celebrations I have come to the conclusion that surrendering to your life path is not an act of giving up, it is an inner understanding that involves making peace with and fully standing within your own SOULworks regardless of where, when or how others also choose to stand. To be honest, I am way more afraid to remain in the shadows without having the courage to step forward, oppose the traditional Jesus story, acknowledge the end of an outdated era, welcome the beginning of higher consciousness, and help lead the world towards our individual and collective potential.

My wish for myself and all others is to move forward with divine blessings and grace. Thankfully and despite the backlash, my heart holds steady within the bigger picture of our collective potential, providing the full faith and courage needed to accept my life path and officially cross the road. It was at that divine appointment in time, I finally gave myself complete permission to jump into the pool and start living my life.

My mind and the collective mind are constantly railroaded with society’s beliefs, mindsets, and opinions well beyond what any one human being can currently comprehend. I would clear myself from the debris, be my own voice, walk away from all situations that were not for the highest good of everyone involved, and rise from the ashes. I just consciously learned how to stay within my own vibration of love, hold my own, and let my energy field speak for itself. Free will being the deciding factor, changing the course of history and creating new pathways of our individual and collective reality.

Once we learn how to follow our own heart and soul path, there is not one of us living within this divinely synchronistic world who needs a backup plan or the opinions of others vying for attention within our own SOULworks. Love yourself enough to be the change for both yourself and the generations yet to come. I AM. Most importantly, I have found the secrets hidden deep within my soul and have officially set them free. And so, my friend, is the higher truth of your own divine, unique essence held within. The timeline is already in motion, change is underway, and there is officially no turning back.

Despite what the world may look like right now, huge transformations are already underway, many enlightened souls are consciously creating change each and every day, and it is officially time to come together and celebrate what we have already achieved. I will extend a heartfelt cheers and provide you with the honor of walking your own unique path with the full knowing and clarity that not only do I see and believe in you, but that I will eventually welcome you on the other side of this glorious expansive journey we are forging together. I look forward to stepping into my personal and our collective new chapters yet to come.

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p.s. Isn’t it truly an amazing grace when the divine counterpart of our own soul essence appears at the exact moment we first and finally believe in ourselves? Today and always, I acknowledge, honor, and give thanks to that infinite amazing grace held within all peoples. That divine inner warrior and reflection of all that is. A spark of light that can never be removed, suppressed beyond recognition, or given away. Genuine to the core of my authentic SOULworks while still honoring my individual and our collective contributions to this divine appointment in time, I acknowledge the infinite grace within myself and all others. Thank you for calling and leading me home.

Lauren Heistad

Excerpts from the book SOULworks Trilogy: HOMECOMING. Published July 31, 2024.