It’s wonderful to have you here.
Welcome to The Essence Life, where your spiritual journey leads you back to the deepest part of yourself—your Essence.
I’m Lars Rain Gustafson, and I’m here to share a forgiveness practice my Essence taught me that will guide you in connecting to your own Essence for all of the answers you seek. It’s a practical approach to growing in your awareness and inner peace.
Here, I’ll be sharing my Essence riffs—insights and experiences—through posts, audio podcasts, and occasionally videos. These riffs are meant to offer guidance and inspiration, helping you unlock a new level of sense-abilities that go beyond what we know from our usual positionalities in time and space. As you explore forgiveness in the state of nothing-nobody, you’ll find the expansion into your Essence is a deeply personal and intimate journey.
All my artwork is created in the leonardo.ai app, with many hours of providing prompts that aim to achieve the visual expression of what my Essence has been revealing to me. As an artist, it’s a joy to see whole new levels of outcome from the use of words and descriptions. I wish for these to bring you insight and joy.
For those of you looking for a more connected experience, I invite you to join The Essence Life Community, a paid membership space where we come together to share and learn from each other’s journeys. It’s a comfortable, supportive environment where we practice Essence Forgiveness and embrace the unfolding of our true selves. You’re welcome to start by subscribing for free, enjoying the riffs I share with all visitors. And as you feel called to go deeper, the community will be here for you when you’re ready.
Thank you for being here. I look forward to walking this path of discovery with you.
About Me
I was born in a tiny hospital in the interior of Andra Pradesh, in the Araku Valley of India. My childhood was spent living between the village and the highlands of Kodai Kanal, where my brother and I went to school. My family returned to Canada when I was 15, and have been living in Calgary since then. I recently moved into a Tiny Home surrounded by a glorious forest on the British Columbia coast.
My initial awakening occurred when I went through a bankruptcy in 2000, where I lost everything and had a deep reboot in life. Since then I have ventured deeply into mystical traditions, spent thousands of hours in journeys, and ended up with what I would call my second awakening at the end of 2022.
On December 31st 2022, in the midst of an extreme lung infection and deteriorating life force, my Essence (also known as High Self) said, “Lars if you don’t begin to forgive, you will die.” In this moment of extreme pain from the coughing of blood I learned how to forgive from my Immortal Self. My coughing began to dissipate, and by the next morning it had subsided.
Since then, I have been practicing this prayer throughout the day, with focused meditation practice doing forgiveness for hours every evening.
At one point in those beginning days, I was contemplating a dynamic in life with a friend, and was feeling a compassion for his state of being. Essence said, “Lars all suffering in life is caused by positionalities.” This was the first time I had heard this word, but it made instant sense to me. My friend’s positionality was filled with all of his beliefs, blueprints and programming, as was mine. Essence instructed me to begin forgiving every positionality that came up for me (any and all life dynamics from my perspective).
I began to share what Essence was teaching me in the beyond nothing-nobody state, and beyond all definition. All of what I had learned in the New Age movement washed away, including the Law of Attraction and Manifestation, and many many other principles that had captivated my attention for the last 22 years. They had all been learned in and from the positionalities perspective and ranges of frequency experience.
At the end of May of this year, 2024, I received my notice to move out of my home in Calgary, and after a weekend of forgiving all of the positionalities with everything in my life, I came to the clear decision to give away all my possessions and move to BC.
I left with only what fit in my car on June 3rd, and the unfolding path of miracles led me to gorgeous new friends and a new Tiny Home.
My expansion of my awareness and frequency experiences into Essence has been a washing of most of the perceptual awarenesses that were the prison of my mind. The freedom I have experienced on the other side of all the ‘somethings’ (all previously defined reality) and ‘somebodies’ (all previously identified avatars) is glorious.
I am continuously in awe of where we are, who we are, and what we are capable of accomplishing as Essence beings.
I’m here to invite you on a journey that may be unlike anything you’ve heard before, but one you most likely have experienced many times in your life. I will share what I have been experiencing to forgive within the state of nothing-nobody. No prior definitions, avatars, beliefs, blueprints and programming exist in this place.
As we continue to explore and share what it is like to expand into our Essence frequency, power, and points of awareness, we will all unlock a deeper connection to who we truly are… each and every day.
Over decades of deep spiritual practice and searching, I’ve discovered that it isn’t just about letting go of past hurts or memories—it’s about Forgiving in the limitless nothing-nobody, and into the expansion of our Essence.
It’s really that simple.
This process erases the beliefs and emotional blockages that keep us tethered to a limited view of ourselves, those of our positionalities. Some of these limitations surprised me tremendously, and on the other side of these discoveries I landed in a beautiful space of acceptance of myself and others with with the Grace of God.
I will share how we can access new types of sense-abilities that go beyond the boundaries of all that we have become accustomed to, and that define our experiences. It’s a gentle expansion of our points of awareness, where we gain insights that are beyond our current positionalities’ capacities of awareness… or in other words, beyond all belief.
As we clear away the old programs and beliefs, we become a vessel for service, creativity, and joy. Our lives start to flow with ease, and we experience a deeper connection to ourselves and those around us.
This journey moves us beyond spiritual ideas or lofty concepts, and into living with more clarity, more freedom, and more love. I’ve seen firsthand how this simple practice of Essence Forgiveness, starting with just a few minutes a day, can completely transform how we experience the world.
I’m here to share my own unfolding stories as I too, just like you, am expanding into my Essence.
A daily Essence Practice
It is a joy to share what Essence is revealing for me. Prior to and after reading or listening to a post, I suggest listening to one of the Essence Forgiveness audios I have posted here. This will wash the perceptual ranges and filters of the positionality that you are experiencing in at the moment, and give you the opportunity to transcend any memories, beliefs, blueprints, and programming. This will create a pure connection to what it means to have a transcended experience. With time and daily practice, you will have the same realizations, insights, and transcended experiences as I have. I’m simply here to provide a space to arrive in this place, and to share with others who are having their own unique expansion into their Essence.
Join the Essence Life Community
Whether you’re just starting or have been on a spiritual path for years, this practice is accessible to everyone. It’s an opportunity to let go of the old stories, embrace your true Essence, and step into the vastness of who you really are.
