Hi friend,

There’s an old Indian parable I’ve shared before, but it’s been on my mind again lately.

It goes like this:

A long time ago, the gods gathered together to discuss what to do about human beings.
They had given us divine power—but we weren’t ready.
We began to abuse it. Use it for selfish gain. Forget where it came from.

So the gods decided: we have to hide it. Not to punish us. But so that when we finally found it again, we’d respect it. We’d cherish it.

One god said, “Let’s hide it at the top of the highest mountain.”
“No,” said another, “they’ll eventually climb it.”

Another said, “Let’s hide it at the bottom of the ocean.”
“No,” someone replied, “they’ll build machines and find it there too.”

They went back and forth like this, until finally one god smiled and said,
“I know the perfect place. Let’s hide it within themselves.​
They’ll never think to look there.”

And so they did.

Now just sit with that for a moment.

What if it’s true?
What if that old parable is more than a fable?
What if it holds the actual curriculum of your life?

Not success.
Not fame.
Not perfection.
But the remembering of your own divinity.

Because when you look at it that way—this life, this struggle, this search—it becomes something else entirely.
It becomes a game. A journey. A sacred puzzle.

And that’s the choice I’ve made with my life.
I’ve decided that my number one purpose on Earth is to remember.
To remember who I really am.
To remember the divine spark in me that never went away—I just forgot how to see it.

I’ve been on this path of remembering since I was a teenager.
Thirty years later, I’m still walking it.
Still waking up.

And that word—awakening—gets thrown around a lot.
But what does it actually mean?

Let me offer a framework that’s helped me. A map, really.
Not to measure your worth, but to give you language for what you’re experiencing.

It’s the journey through 3D… to 4D… to 5D.

3D: The Realm of Separation and Survival

Third Dimension is where most of us begin.

In 3D, life feels solid. Absolute. External.
There’s a clear past, a fixed future, and a ticking clock in between.
Time feels linear.
Reality feels rigid.
Identity feels unchangeable.

You believe what you see.
You trust what you’re told.
You live in reaction to circumstances.

But beneath it all, 3D is ruled by fear.​
Fear becomes your operating system—disguised as logic, responsibility, and control.

You see the world through the lens of threat.
So you protect. You defend. You compete.
You build walls around your heart and call it safety.

This is the dimension of me vs. you.​
Of I’m right, you’re wrong.​
Of separation, specialness, comparison, and control.

It’s where we lie to survive.
Fight to win.
Attack to feel safe.

This is also the dimension of duality—where everything appears to exist in contrast to something else.
Good vs. bad.
Right vs. wrong.
High vs. low.
Light vs. dark.
Everything is seen through the filter of opposition, rather than unity.

And most of the world is still living here—still believing this is all there is.

But it’s not because people are bad.
It’s because they’re still playing the early level of the game.
They’ve forgotten who they are.
They’ve forgotten they’re divine.

And that forgetting is the whole point of 3D.

It’s the setup.
It’s the amnesia we agreed to.
It’s the dimension of sleep.

But something deeper is always whispering.
And when you start to hear it—that subtle tug inside you that says there must be more than this—
that’s when the awakening begins.

4D: The Bridge of Awakening

Fourth Dimension is where things start to shake.

You begin to question the rules.
You sense there’s more than meets the eye.
And something inside you whispers, this isn’t all there is.

In 4D, your perception starts to shift.
You experience synchronicities.
You become aware of your patterns, your ego, your inner dialogue.

You bounce between clarity and confusion—between glimpses of your higher self and the gravitational pull of fear.

You start to realize that time isn’t so fixed. That everything isn’t so linear.
That past, future, and present may all be happening at once.

You begin to understand that each moment is a now—and within every now, there are infinite possibilities.
You start to sense that you can shift timelines not by effort, but by perspective.
But you're still learning how to hold that perspective without collapsing back into the old programming.

4D is messy.
It’s not enlightenment.
It’s detox.

You’re unplugging from the illusion.
You're learning to discern love from fear.
You haven’t fully remembered who you are… but you’re getting closer.

5D: The Realm of the Creator

Fifth Dimension isn’t a location. It’s a frequency.

It’s the state of being where you stop trying to fix everything—and you start creating from the inside out.

In 5D:

• You no longer live in time. You live through presence.
• You recognize that every moment is a now, and that time is not a straight line—but a sea of parallel possibilities.
• You stop trying to control what’s “out there.” You realize everything is a mirror.
• You stop reacting to life and begin creating it.
• You start to trust your heart more than your fear.

In 5D, you no longer need the pain to wake you up.
You choose to remember.
You choose to forgive.
You choose to love—not because it’s easy, but because it’s aligned with who you are.

You’re not escaping life. You’re becoming fully alive in it.

And maybe most importantly, you stop asking the world to be different.
You become different—and let the world respond.

A Final Thought on Compassion

It’s easy to look at what’s happening in the world right now and feel hopeless.

Wars. Corruption. Cruelty.
Politicians who seem to act without conscience.
People who do unspeakable things.

And if you’re on this path of awakening, it can feel especially heavy.
You want to scream: “Don’t they see how insane this is? Don’t they see what they’re doing? How twisted and backwards it all is?”

But that’s the thing about the third dimension:

It’s insanity disguised as normalcy.​
It’s fear, violence, and control dressed up as reason, tradition, and strength.
Everyone is insane, so insanity becomes the norm.
And when everyone is asleep inside the same nightmare, it doesn’t even feel like a nightmare anymore.
It just feels like life.

That’s 3D.

And most of the world is still living there—still trying to solve a spiritual puzzle with a broken compass.
Still mistaking power for wisdom.
Still thinking control is safety.

And sometimes, it helps to picture them as children sitting in front of a giant, 10,000-piece puzzle.
They’re trying their best.
They’re fumbling.
They’re frustrated.
And they might not finish it in this lifetime.
They may need to come back and try again.
Maybe a hundred more times.

But they’re learning.
Just like you and I are.

So instead of judgment, try offering encouragement.
Try saying, “Keep going. Keep trying. You’ll get there.”

That’s compassion.
And that’s one of the superpowers that awakens in 5D.

Because the more we remember our own divinity,
The more patient we become with those who’ve forgotten theirs.

—Tony

P.S. If any of this resonated and you’d like to be around others who are walking the path from 3D to 5D, we meet every Wednesday at 6:30 for the Fear to Love Fellowship. It’s free, it’s safe, and it’s a space to be real about fear and remember who we are—together.
Here’s the link if you ever want to sit in and listen: www.fear2.love​