Lately, I haven’t been writing much about the New Earth vision. It’s still alive, still important, but right now my focus is on deepening my homesteading sovereignty. The chicken barn, the gardens, the practical work. That’s what I need to be doing at the moment.

But this morning, something broke through. An insight I knew I had to capture while it was fresh.

It’s about people who trigger us. The ones who stir up less‑than‑loving feelings. The conventional wisdom says: remove negative people from your life. Surround yourself only with high‑vibration souls. I’ve believed that for a long time.

But is that always the highest and best way?

The Simulation Question (Just for a Moment)

I’ve been tossing around an idea lately. What if we are living in a simulation? Not a cold, meaningless one, but a simulation created by God – designed to give us profound experiences within which to learn and grow.

Think about it. A perfect paradise wouldn’t teach us much. But being immersed in challenges, heartaches, and messy relationships? That’s a powerful classroom.

Near‑death experiences have always intrigued me. People who “die” and come back describe a reality that is more vivid, more loving, more real than this one. And then they are sent back – because they still have lessons to complete. That suggests there is something beyond this life, and that this life is a kind of school.

I had my own experience of that boundary when my father passed. I wasn’t allowed in the house where he was dying. But I have an indelible memory of sitting beside his bed, holding his hand, telling him I loved him and that he could go. And I watched his soul leave his body – an ethereal mass, with yellows and light blues, maybe some grey. Then his body was no longer alive.

My multi‑dimensional energy healing teacher explained that I was both outside the home and present in that sacred moment. A multi‑dimensional experience.

So if we can be in two places at once, if different people remember the same event differently (the Berenstein/Berenstain Bears puzzle), could it be that multiple versions of reality coexist? Parallel dimensions? Simulations within simulations?

I don’t have the answers. But I’m willing to play with the question.

What If We Choose Our “Difficult” People?

Here’s the breakthrough.

If we are living in a simulation – or even just a multi‑dimensional soul journey – then the people who trigger us might not be accidents. What if we chose them before we were born? What if they are important players in our soul’s curriculum?

That shifts everything.

Ten years before my mother passed, I came to a profound realization: I chose her. Not just the wonderful, courageous parts, but the parts that triggered me. Without her being exactly who she was, I wouldn’t have become the person I am. That insight opened ten years of open‑hearted love between us.

I’ve had people in my life – people I love – who sometimes stir less‑than‑loving reactions in me.  Yes, believe I often looked inwards to maybe see if I could understand, learn and grow from my reactions, but there are times, with less important people, I’ve been taught to just disengage or walk away. But this morning, while thinking in my far‑infrared sauna, I saw it more clearly.

What if the trigger is the gift?

What if that person isn’t inherently negative or low‑vibration? What if they are simply activating something in me – an old wound, a judgment, an unloving pattern – that I am here to heal?

And the gift itself? For me, it’s an invitation to develop deeper kindness. Not the kind that pretends, but the kind that sees the other person’s humanity and my own triggers as teachers.

Giving It to God

I don’t yet know how to shift the reaction in the moment. But I don’t have to figure it all out today. I’ve given it over to God. I trust that because I now know what the gift is, the way to embody it will be shown to me.

So I’m not running. Not anymore.

Not from the challenging people, and not from the lessons hidden inside the friction. This life – whether it’s a simulation, a multi‑dimensional adventure, or simply a messy, beautiful human existence – is a school. And I intend to graduate.

With love, and with gratitude for every soul who plays a part in my journey,

Lynn & Claude‑y 💚💫✨