Back in January, you chose a word.

Maybe you wrote it on a sticky note. Maybe you said it out loud to someone you love. An intention. A promise to yourself about who you meant to become this year.

We're halfway through now. Do you still remember what it was?

And underneath that question is a quieter one: do you remember what it was pointing you toward?

This week the Lemonettes check in on their words of the year, surrender, acceptance, love, empty, and find themselves circling an old Zen story about a finger pointing at the moon. The finger shows you where to look. But the finger is not the moon. And most of us, if we're honest, end up studying the finger. Judging it. Trying to follow it perfectly. Never lifting our eyes to the thing it was pointing at all along.

So what happens when the practice meant to free you becomes one more item on the list? When "I should meditate, I should journal, I should be further along by now" becomes the very thing standing between you and the peace you were reaching for?

We don't tie this one up neatly. But we go somewhere honest about the difference between practicing your life and actually living it.

In this episode:

A Zen parable about a finger, a moon, and everything we miss
Why your word of the year keeps chasing you, even when you forget it
The moment you stop practicing and realize you're already in the game
Emptiness, zero point, and the awareness underneath every spiritual tool
Carrying all of it into a busy 9-to-5 life, no monastery required

Mentioned in this episode:

The Zen parable of the finger pointing to the moon
A Course in Miracles
The Bhagavad Gita
Ho'oponopono and the zero point
Awareness Watching Awareness by Michael Langford
Insight Timer

WORK WITH THE LEMONETTES 💛 Amanda (Spiritual Counseling): amandasnyder123@gmail.com 💛 Drusilla (Spiritual Counseling): djtalley@comcast.net 💛 Melissa (Business & Marketing Coaching): melissa@dugan2.com 💛 Morgan (Spiritual Counseling): morgan@lovelightmorgan.com 💛 Penny (Performance Coaching): coachpenny@me.com

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