It always manifests as the ability to laugh at yourself above all else.

The other vital hallmark of the Gift of Lightness is a sense of humour. Everything is viewed in a detached way even though it may still be deeply and sensually felt, so everything is seen lightly.

You know that whether or not you follow through with the desire, it will not lead to any lasting sense of peace. This means that desires no longer have such an addictive hold over you. In fact, desires become like guests you invite in for tea; they either leave in their own time or they stay and insist on being followed.

This is a Gift that knows desires do not necessarily have to be followed, but they do have to be felt. Sometimes they do have to be followed in order that something is learned, but generally what this Gift knows is that the fulfilment of desire is a sham.

Whatever you do from the Gift of Lightness there is always a glint in your eye, because at some deep level you know it is all really just a game, and the worst thing anyone can do is take it too seriously.

trusting. Life is having its game through you and you are simply a genetic pawn in that game.

You have to come to a deep realisation of your own mortality and weakness in order to realise that true strength lies in simply

It is not that you become helpless in a victim sense, but that you realise you are beyond needing help.

When you surrender to the helplessness of being a normal human being, then something remarkable occurs — you experience a shift in frequency of your whole being. You begin to lighten up.