tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67145183545783437832024-02-19T05:31:42.537+01:00Mrs. CosmosMy Life Between WorldsHermelijn van der Meijdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07771828212134951493noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714518354578343783.post-64412205293666790592014-07-02T10:28:00.000+02:002014-07-02T10:28:17.171+02:00De Droomvrouw 2<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">De
intentie van de roofvogelworkshop was:
vleugels uitslaan, jezelf neerzetten. Ik liep naar de woestijnbuizerd. Ze zag
er nogal scherpzinnig uit. Ze was niet de makkelijkste. Ze zou zich geen
seconde laten misleiden. Authenticiteit to the max was geboden.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Ik zakte op mijn knieën en vrijwel meteen was daar de angst. Ik geloof niet dat ik
zo bang was voor die vogel, al had ze flinke klauwen en een scherpe snavel. En
eigenlijk had ik even geen idee waarom ik me zo voelde; verlamd bijna. Er waren
twee mogelijkheden. 1) Ik zat voor een groep mensen (en ja, groepsangst is een
thema); 2) ik stond op het punt mijn vleugels uit te slaan, De Droomvrouw te
publiceren - mezelf te laten zien in alles - en dat veroorzaakte een
paniekaanval (ook heel plausibel).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Ik
keek in de ogen van de woestijnbuizerd. Ze knipperde nerveus. Ik sloot even
mijn ogen, zakte in mijn bekken, maakte contact met de angst, stak mijn hand
uit. Zei: ‘Ga zitten.’ En ze kwam. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Ik
schoot terplekke vol. Dat beest deed gewoon wat ik wilde, terwijl ik me toch
niet al te best voelde; bang en daardoor ook een soort minderwaardig. Maar zij
vond het prima. Ook toen ik niet meer kon stoppen met janken. Wat ik ook was op
dat moment; het was blijkbaar echt, en dat was voldoende. Ze was bereid het
contact aan te gaan. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>De Droomvrouw ligt op dit moment ter beoordeling bij de uitgever. Op de Facebookpagina post ik over alle ontwikkelingen. Door te liken blijf je op de hoogte.</i> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/hermelijnsimonevandermeijden">www.facebook.com/hermelijnsimonevandermeijden</a></span></div>
Hermelijn van der Meijdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07771828212134951493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714518354578343783.post-77662285577549042432014-07-01T16:05:00.000+02:002014-07-01T16:07:59.012+02:00De Droomvrouw<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="color: #10131b; font-family: Calibri;">Mijn boek is af. De Droomvrouw heet het. Het ligt al een paar weken bij de uitgever. Ze heeft nog niet gereageerd. Ze is op
vakantie. Het duurt best lang. De angst zet dan ook regelmatig op: het wordt
afgewezen… Niemand zit hierop te wachten… Dat was een heel jaar werk voor
niets</span><span style="color: #10131b; font-family: Calibri;">…</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJZPe4dpPzooFnlisR02U46wJgCNmYWawWLGH0KFolLecn2rPbl1Iq1XvgeNQ_VZfhGaCly9tx69sqdiyqNMA_0Ly46z1IT6aKDaUqhqAJWf1lMwIDgYCnRLTKIqeAkpsOf12PNG54DTs/s1600/20140628_141559.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJZPe4dpPzooFnlisR02U46wJgCNmYWawWLGH0KFolLecn2rPbl1Iq1XvgeNQ_VZfhGaCly9tx69sqdiyqNMA_0Ly46z1IT6aKDaUqhqAJWf1lMwIDgYCnRLTKIqeAkpsOf12PNG54DTs/s1600/20140628_141559.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a><span style="color: #10131b; font-family: Calibri;"> Dit weekend deed ik een roofvogelworkshop, met ongetrainde beesten.
Fares Boustanji, de begeleider, zei: ‘Die vogels reageren nergens op; niet op
je bewegingen of je stem. Wel op wat er vanbinnen gebeurt; op je energie. Ze
willen kracht en waarachtigheid voelen.’ Het was de bedoeling dat ze op je hand
gingen zitten. En er was maar één manier waarop dat lukte: als je verbonden was
met je lijf, en met je intentie. Je moest ze uitnodigen. Deed je dat met
helderheid en kracht, vanuit je hart, dan stapten ze van hun stok, op je
handschoen. Deed je je best, vanuit je hoofd, zonder gevoel, zonder contact,
dan deden ze helemaal niks. Zijn was belangrijker dan doen. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131b; font-family: Calibri;">Dat is in deze fase
dan ook de kunst: stevige intentie, gecombineerd met openheid; geen
verwachtingen over het resultaat. Fares: ‘Met mentale kracht zet de energie
vast. Het is niet de uitkomst die telt, maar de vraag.’ En dat geldt dus voor
alles wat je heel graag wilt: ‘nee’ is ook een antwoord. Maar juist door die
‘nee’ te accepteren, er ruimte voor te maken, vergroot je de kans op ‘ja’.
Pffft… Dat is toch hogere manifestatiekunde. (Die foto ziet er behoorlijk
droevig uit. Dat is weer een ander verhaal.)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #10131b; font-family: Calibri;">Info: <a href="http://www.rebird.eu/">www.rebird.eu</a> en <a href="http://www.facebook.com/hermelijnsimonevandermeijden">www.facebook.com/hermelijnsimonevandermeijden </a></span></div>
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Hermelijn van der Meijdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07771828212134951493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714518354578343783.post-28264835034907759932013-09-02T16:45:00.000+02:002013-09-02T16:45:31.465+02:00De engel
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Het was vrijdagmiddag en ik stond op de
steiger. Ik wilde mijn dochter net in haar zwempakje hijsen toen hij stopte;
een grote jongen, van een jaar of twintig. Hij had iets traags over zich, en
zodra hij sprak kon je het horen: hij was niet helemaal van deze wereld. Zijn
stem klonk ietwat monotoon en zijn taalgebruik was onalledaags, misschien zelfs
hoogdravend, maar dat was hij zelf absoluut niet.</div>
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<span lang="NL">‘Weet jij waarom je kind zo gelukkig is?’
vroeg hij, zijn blik strak op me gericht.</span></div>
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<span lang="NL">Lichtelijk ongelovig keek ik hem aan. Nog geen
vijf minuten geleden had ik mijn fiets bovenop haar laten vallen. Het
hartverscheurende gehuil was maar net verstomd. </span></div>
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‘Waarom?’</div>
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<span lang="NL">‘Omdat de hemel openbrak bij jouw geboorte en
lichtstralen naar beneden zond.’ Hij sprak in alle ernst.</span></div>
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<span lang="NL">Ik knipperde met mijn ogen, was even
woordeloos.</span></div>
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<span lang="NL">‘Waarom zeg je dat?’ vroeg ik tenslotte.</span></div>
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<span lang="NL">Maar hij gaf geen antwoord. In plaats daarvan
zei hij, met enige aandrang, alsof ik hem niet goed had gehoord:</span></div>
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<span lang="NL">‘Jij bent hier om de mensen liefde te brengen.
Jij bent de zon in het leven van anderen.’</span></div>
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<span lang="NL">Ik was van mijn stuk gebracht. Uit het niets
gaf deze enigszins merkwaardige jongen een antwoord op de vraag die me al
maanden bezighield: ‘wie ben ik?’ Of specifieker: ‘wie ben ik, vanuit het licht
bezien?’ </span></div>
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<span lang="NL">Ik keerde me om naar mijn man, die verderop
stond. ‘Hoorde je dat?’ De jongeman, die hem daarvoor niet had opgemerkt,
schrok, stapte weer op zijn fiets en verdween uit het zicht.</span></div>
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<span lang="NL">Naderhand bedacht ik me, met spijt, dat dit misschien
de enige keer was geweest dat een engel rechtstreeks tot me had gesproken. En
ik had niet de moeite genomen om </span><span lang="NL">é</span><span lang="NL">cht naar hem te
luisteren. </span></div>
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<i><span lang="NL">Het was
stil op mijn blog, de laatste maanden. Ik heb vooral geschreven aan een nieuw boek, over energie, mezelf en het vinden van mijn stem. Dit is daaruit een fragment.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Have you
ever had the experience the universe is trying to direct you to a specific place
at a specific time? I do. Last week I coincidentally spent the night with
dolphins. It was the result of four or five seemingly random, yet connected
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<span lang="EN-US">It was an
amazing experience. As soon as we entered the Dolfinarium, the soft dolphin energy
encapsulated me, filling my body with a tender and heart opening vibration. Then,
while in meditation, the deep, dark, strong pulsation of another species - the
walrus – joined the gentle frequency. This was utterly grounding. I don’t remember
ever feeling so connected: to the earth, a group of others and myself at the
same time.</span></div>
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Sleeping
next to the basin was a blessing. For years my body was unable to
handle all the changes I went through. I have often felt lightheaded and
disconnected. As a result I suffered from sleeping problems. Not this time. I
slept like a log.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I woke up
early. The dolphins were playing right next to me, making their high-pitched
and otherworldly sounds. Sunlight shone on their graceful bodies. I rose joyfully
and with a light, open heart. My mind was very sharp. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Looking
back it felt like a healing. As if the creatures helped my brain to finally adjust to the higher frequency I
so long have been working towards, balancing left and right, masculine
and feminine. Yesterday my feely husband commented: ‘You have been shifting
back and forth between lower and higher frequencies for years. It’s like you finally
moved into new territory. Your energy has definitely stabilized since you went
there.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US">I would totally recommend a pajama party with dolphins.
Manuela van der Knaap facilitates meditations and sleepovers at the Dolfinarium
in Harderwijk. (Sometimes with children, from age 7.) Next sessions will be on 31
May and 29 June. More information: <a href="http://www.inzichten.com/">www.inzichten.com</a></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US">. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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In the
teachings of the paqo’s (Peruvian shamans), ‘ayni’ is very important. You have
to live in ayni. Ayni means ‘sacred reciprocity’, it means living in right
relationship to Pachamama (Mother Earth) and yourself. Being in ayni is being
connected with your center, and melting with your soul. It means balance
between giving and taking. It has to do with love, respect, gratitude and exchange of energy. So if you take something from Pachamama you give her
something in return. The paqo’s don’t waste food, and give
thanks to Pachamama for all she offers, because maintaining the balance is in
their nature.</div>
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In most
parts of the world we don’t live in ayni, at all. We take and throw out our
waste. We lost the connection with the living earth beneath our feet. This morning
I went on one of my garbage trips, picking up plastic bottles, cans and cigarette
boxes, honoring Mother Earth. It made me feel really good, so I guess
that was her way of thanking me. I wonder if this is how ayni feels: grateful, soft, and
openhearted?</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">According
to the paqo’s ayni is living in alignment with reality. I wish everybody would
get real, and get ayni. I wish ayni were a Dutch, German, Spanish, Chinese,
Russian and an English word. I wish ayni for the planet and ayni for our souls.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">More paqo teachings you’ll find in ‘The Path of
the Energetic Mystic; A Key to Open Your Heart’, by Inge Teunissen and
Dennis Alejo Mango.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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‘Why did
you sign up for this training?’,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>asks the Peruvian shaman. I have been asking myself that precise
question for a while now, and I am not exactly sure, so my answer comes as a
surprise: ‘I want to connect to the source. It’s sometimes so hard to stay
linked to the world of living energy… We don’t learn to be in touch with mother
earth and the cosmos.’</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I start
crying, unexpectedly. I can’t stop. I didn’t realize how much I missed the connection: ‘There
is such a strong pull from society not to go there, to discard other dimensions.
So I do not always manage to trust, believe and know my experience is true.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Don Claudio
looks at me, filled with compassion. I feel the vibration of his energy field.
It’s so natural; feels like home. He says: ‘Your soul talked to me this morning. We
understand how difficult it can be to grow up in a different paradigm. The fear
to be who you truly are is great. We’ll help you develop your seed.’ </span>On leaving
the room I feel such a great sense of relief.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So, that
happened last week, and since then I am peaceful and more connected to my
heart, others and reality. It is as if my field has picked up on a new
frequency; the very subtle and deep vibration of the Big Mother. There is such
a comfort in that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For information about this training of the
heart (in the Netherlands and Sweden), go to <a href="http://www.incasjamanisme.nl/">www.incasjamanisme.nl</a>.</span></i> </div>
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The wheel
of life or medicine wheel is an old pattern, used in many traditions, from
shamans to magicians, to manifest desires and gaining insights in issues hidden
deep inside. I often apply it in rituals; others utilize it in coaching
sessions. Recently I worked my way through the wheel twice, in a Symbol Process
and a Mandala. The first was a small-scale representation of my life, with
small objects symbolizing important values. The second was a big circle filled
with natural materials, where I physically moved through, like in family
constellations. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></div>
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The wheel
brings together the different aspects of human existence: the physical, emotional,
mental and spiritual. It also reveals deeper meaning through direct experience:
you do not just get to see what certain aspects in your life mean, you feel, know,
touch upon levels of truth your usually unaware of, and at the same time frozen
energy is melted to make room for new possibilities.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In both
processes I worked on trust. The subject seems to be at the base of all my
issues: can I for example make physical health a priority, before moving on to new projects? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">After the
processes some pretty great changes took place, and, like in healings, I
couldn’t exactly pinpoint what made the difference: was it the wheels, was it
the liver cleanse, the healing I received, one of my own rituals, or all of the above? It doesn’t really matter, yet:
I have been sleeping great, for the first time in years; I am feeling more at
ease; I am fighting less with my husband, and I started writing a new book. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Want to do
a Symbol Process? See Dani</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">ë</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">lle Doeve at </span><span lang="NL"><a href="http://www.hartskracht.nl/"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">www.hartskracht.nl</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. For the big Mandala’s (inside or outside in nature) contact Bastiaan
Serl</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">é</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">: </span><span lang="NL"><a href="mailto:serlay@xs4all.nl"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">serlay@xs4all.nl</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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‘Ze heeft wel een erg plat achterhoofd’, zei de mevrouw van
het Consultatiebureau. ‘Je kunt een redressiehelmpje overwegen.’ Ik keek naar
het hoofd van mijn dochter. Het was inderdaad nogal plat, en dat niet alleen,
het was scheef, en stulpte uit aan <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">de rechter</span>kant. Met haar grote ogen had
ze iets van een buitenaards wezentje. Heel mooi was het niet, maar een
redressiehelm? Van het woord alleen al kreeg ik het benauwd.</div>
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Via internet leerde ik dat de oorzaak van de platte hoofdjes
was dat baby’s tegenwoordig zo vaak op hun rug liggen. En om het probleem te
verhelpen moesten ze 23 uur per dag zo’n helmpje op. Volgens de meeste ouders
merkten ze daar niet zoveel van, en bovendien: het hielp goed. </div>
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Maar ik besloot het zo te laten. Ik nam aan dat mijn
eigenzinnige kind zich tegen het ding zou verzetten. En dan was er nog iets anders
dat me bezighield: stel dat haar hoofd recht groeide, maar haar kruinchakra
scheef? Ik werd in mijn beslissing gesteund door de kinderarts. (Al legde ik
haar mijn zorg over het kruinchakra uiteraard niet voor.) ‘Het is nog helemaal
niet bewezen dat ze werken’, zei ze.</div>
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Ook (de hier al eerder genoemde) dokter Wilma Seedorf raadde
het helmpje af. En hoewel ik haar verklaring niet volledig begreep, klonk hij logischer
dan het nogal zwakke rugligargument: de schedel van de kleine had een gebrek
aan ‘vormkracht’, en dat was al in de baarmoeder ontstaan, als gevolg van mijn
eetpatroon (te weinig voedingsstoffen). Ze adviseerde om Yasmines darmen te
ondersteunen met probiotica; dat zou de vormkracht ten goede komen. Ze had
verschillende kindjes gezien die daar een heel mooi schedeltje van gekregen
hadden. </div>
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En inderdaad: na een paar weken probiotica trok haar hoofdje behoorlijk bij. Helemaal rond is het nooit geworden, en het bleef, net als
bij papa en opa, een beetje plat aan de achterkant. Maar wat heeft ze een mooi
koppie!</div>
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I stood
next to a large machine. It looked like a rocket. A nerve-racking noise came
from it, every other minute. I desperately tried to be present. I kept saying:
‘I am with you. I am with you. I am here.’ I hoped she felt, heard, or knew,
because I felt disconnected, from myself and everything else. I hovered above
my head.</div>
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<br /></div>
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At the
rocket’s end two tiny little feet peeped out. They belonged to my daughter. She
lied there motionless, in a kind of straitjacket. Two foam rubber pieces were
supposed to protect her little ears. Big plates rattled inside, when they slid
over each other, time and again: heavy, hard, and unpleasant. What did that
fragile baby body go through?</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">We had not
been prepared. The specialist said: ‘She’ll fall asleep. She won’t notice a
thing.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But when
the attendants tied her down with Velcro on a frame, pumped up the cushion
inside to prevent her from moving, she panicked, cried out in distress. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Things went
quickly then. We had hardly time to consider options. She was anaesthetized,
then again put into the MRI-scanner: my little girl, only ten weeks old.
Already I felt like a failure, and now, over a year later, the memory of those
two bare feet still hurts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Many people
would say she is too young to remember, and no, on a cognitive level she won’t
recall a thing. Traumas are forgotten, and people live on. But the believe that
little children always bounce back has made us blind or insensitive to what may
be going on inside. Our bodies, cells, and energy fields can carry these kinds
of experiences (let alone those vulnerable baby bodies). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Please, be
aware of that, and give them all the love and space they need to heal.</div>
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<br /></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Hermelijn van der Meijdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07771828212134951493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714518354578343783.post-34325041154759560452013-02-27T10:19:00.002+01:002013-02-27T10:19:57.218+01:00Ruggenprikellende<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Een paar jaar geleden ging ik regelmatig naar haar toe:
Wilma de Wonderdokter. Bij een van die bezoeken had ze het ‘gaatje’ gesloten in
mijn ruggengraat; het gevolg van een ruggenprik die ik kreeg bij een
knieoperatie lang geleden. Ik kon toen zelfs ruiken dat het werkte: de lucht
van verdoving kwam vrij. Ik herinnerde me dat ze het verwijderen van blokkades
na bevallingen tot haar specialiteit had gemaakt: kinderen knapten enorm op,
nadat Wilma hun moeders had behandeld.</div>
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Vier maanden na mijn dramatisch verlopen bevalling, belde ik
haar voor een afspraak. </div>
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“Kom je voor jezelf, of voor je dochter?”</div>
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Ik twijfelde. “Ik heb een zware bevalling gehad. Met twee
ruggenprikken.”</div>
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“Dan moet je eerst zelf komen. Daar heeft zij ook last van.”</div>
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Dus ik toog naar Barendrecht.</div>
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“Hoe gaat het met je kindje?” vroeg ze toen ik binnenkwam.</div>
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“Het gaat goed. Maar ze valt alleen in slaap als we haar
vasthouden. En ze vecht tegen de borstvoeding.”</div>
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“Ja, dat kan komen door de ruggenprik. Ze is je kwijt. Je bent
niet meer degene die ze kende van toen ze nog in je buik zat. Je lichaam wisselt geen informatie meer met haar uit.”</div>
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Dokter Wilma zette wat naalden in mijn voet, en met haar
handen behandelde ze mijn wervelkolom. Langzaam maar zeker voelde ik mijn ruggengraat
en buik warmer worden. Opeens ontstond er weer een besef van mijn lichaam. Mijn
energieveld groeide. De verschillende systemen – hersenen, zenuwen, organen -
leken elkaar terug te vinden, en begonnen met elkaar te communiceren. Ze hadden
al die tijd stil gestaan. </div>
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Wilma zette haar hand op mijn neusbrug. </div>
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“Wat voel je nu?”</div>
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Mijn hoofd begon te draaien. Energie ging van links naar
rechts. En op en neer.</div>
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“Ik geloof dat ik de weg kwijt ben.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Ze lachte. “De weg kwijt? Je begint hem eindelijk terug te vinden.”</div>
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Ik ging zitten en ze legde haar hand op mijn rug. Als
vanzelf bewoog mijn lijf naar voren, achter, en opzij; op zoek naar de
natuurlijke balans. Ik kwam van de tafel en voelde me rustig en aanwezig. </div>
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Het effect op het voeden was direct duidelijk: het gevecht
(aantrekken, afstoten, huilen, en frustratie bij moeder en dochter) verdween.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ruggenprik gehad (en
voldoende financiële middelen)? Overweeg een bezoek aan Wilma Seedorf, tel. 0180
622606.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Hermelijn van der Meijdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07771828212134951493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714518354578343783.post-54433974792831444722013-02-20T17:03:00.000+01:002013-02-20T17:03:52.598+01:00What spouses do on a Wednesday morning!
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Peruvian
shaman Don Dante told me recently I needed to die. He meant dying in my
old role to make room for something new; something more in line with my soul’s
purpose. Now is dying not my everyday hobby; actually, it’s quite an effort to
let go. I rather hold on to things. Fiercely.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But, I do
have the great fortune to be married to a fine healer, who was trained to
administer the death rites (the shaman way). These rites can be done after
death, but also before. If done before, you die a little, like it was meant to
be: you let go of old structures and believes that keep you from change, from
moving to higher grounds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So this is
what spouses can do on a sunny Wednesday morning: I am facing my husband, and
my death. I hear him read my eulogy, I forgive some people, he clears my energy
field, he says goodbye dear, and off he sends me, to upstairs. I like it up there: I am warmly welcomed by my ancestors, and I feel happy, peaceful and playful. Coming back is, like dying, not what I look
forward to: I feel resistance on the way down. Fortunately my landing is soft:
I am looking into the blue eyes of my beloved.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">By dying
before you die, by looking back on your life and feeling your unhealed traumas, by forgiving before it’s too late, by saying goodbye and letting go
of your dear ones, you make room in your body. So when your spirit returns
after a little trip through the universe, there is more space for it than
before. Therefore, this time, it can incarnate (= come into the flesh) more
deeply.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Would you like to die? Contact Ralph, at <a href="http://www.ralphfreelink.com/">www.ralphfreelink.com</a></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">(Picture: Alex Grey)</span></i></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Hermelijn van der Meijdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07771828212134951493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714518354578343783.post-40681770069391496102013-02-12T16:45:00.000+01:002013-02-12T16:45:42.213+01:00Lieve Robin
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Ik zou je een kaart willen sturen. Ik zou
cadeautjes willen geven. Ik zou je willen knuffelen, al is het een beetje tegen
jouw zin. Ik zou met je willen vieren, een (heel ongezonde) taart willen eten,
voor je willen zingen, zeggen dat ik zoveel van je houd. Ik zou een grote bos
bloemen willen kopen voor je moeder en haar hartelijk willen feliciteren. Ik
zou allemaal dingen willen doen die ik in zestien jaar vaak gelaten heb. Was mijn
geduld toen maar veel groter. Was ik maar niet zo gericht op mezelf. Wist ik maar
eerder hoe het voelde. Had ik maar, was er maar, meer ruimte voor mensen als
jij; mensen met angst, mensen met anders, mensen die niet weten hoe het moet.
Had ik maar, was er maar, plaats voor kwetsbare mensen zonder verweer. Had ik,
had iedereen maar een veel groter hart. Was het maar anders… maar zo is het
niet. Je wordt vandaag geen negentien. Lieve Robin, ik mis je.</div>
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<br /></div>
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I have been
feeling quite unpleasant since giving birth: basically unearthed. Maybe I
disconnected from my body during labor, or maybe it’s just my whole set-up (feeling
safer in the higher chakras than in the lower ones) expressing itself more
clearly now. Especially at night the disconnectedness gets to me: I stay awake for hours. Therefore I recently made grounding my top
priority. My plan boils down to: more physical activity, less computer time and
carefully attending to my needs.</div>
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I now start
my day, when possible, with Osho’s dynamic meditation, which is very grounding;
it connects you to your breath, sex center and feet. Yet the grounding process
is not necessarily a pleasant one. When energy starts running, it hits frozen
and stuck places in the body; where we hold, don’t breath or don’t dare living.
I sometimes struggle staying aware of the sensations, and I have been throwing
up (energy, not food). Yet, there is a reward: I feel centered and invigorated
afterwards, and where my energy felt flat and my heart cramped, flow returned.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Lack of
grounding is a societal phenomenon. We walk on rubber soles, live in concrete
buildings and spend most of our time inside. On top of that our main focus is
on the head and knowledge. So we deprive ourselves of essential, nurturing
energy, which we need to be healthy: that of Mother Earth. As a result we
suffer from all kinds of discomfort, like sleeping problems, depression and
illness. Of course, there’s also a whole industry to provide the solution:
earthing products. My ‘personal grounding plan’ involves one of them: an ‘earthing
mat’, which I use while writing. Don’t ask me how it works, but I do feel my feet at the moment,
and I am not flying around.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For more information on earthing products, go
<a href="http://www.earthing.com/">here</a>.</span></i></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Hermelijn van der Meijdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07771828212134951493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714518354578343783.post-81581753438344153012013-01-30T13:23:00.000+01:002013-01-30T13:23:23.787+01:00The ultimate solution for everything wrong
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‘The world is busy with
things that do not really matter’. My client seems disappointed about the
meaninglessness in society. Because he just finished telling me how he diverts
a lot of his time and energy to unfulfilling things, like Facebook, it’s a
clear signal: he is projecting the inside emptiness onto the world.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQi8gPsVi-H180WbngH8wxXapBT0R_lfc8EvL2ndemZWRpByjL-6qT2ZmS9zug4dkWlpMitlNNtnfEUZdVUoQF9ez736TcL-KtROARb8OKORQxAjKlwLqqpoG_zO0vP7RmYSXM9_dNCvX/s1600/DSC00250.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQi8gPsVi-H180WbngH8wxXapBT0R_lfc8EvL2ndemZWRpByjL-6qT2ZmS9zug4dkWlpMitlNNtnfEUZdVUoQF9ez736TcL-KtROARb8OKORQxAjKlwLqqpoG_zO0vP7RmYSXM9_dNCvX/s320/DSC00250.JPG" width="240" /></a><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">It’s what we all do. We
project the things unresolved inside onto our parents, partners, children,
other people and life. We feel insecure in the presence of great people,
because we deny our own greatness. We are angry about lack of respect, because
we ourselves disrespect. Yet this may be true in a total different way (we
disrespect poor people, drug addicts, outsiders, the less intelligent, etc.), so
we can’t see the similarity. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">If we like to make a
contribution to ending wars, wrongdoing, deceit, suffering, injustice,
irresponsible behavior etc., we have to take responsibility for our shadow; the
parts we are not consciously aware of; the great and not so great ones. Own
what you would rather deny and feel the underlying anger, emptiness, fear,
shame…. By beginning inside, you will definitely change your outside reality. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">This I have experienced to be an endless process, but very rewarding. From being angry
with the world, emotionally unstable, reactive and discontent about my
situation, I became happy, fulfilled and directive. Only when I saw the part
saying ‘my boyfriend will leave me sooner or later’ I managed to create a
stable relationship. And more recently: as soon as I acknowledged my aggressiveness
(which was quite an effort, because I was totally in denial), I would meet less
aggression in the outside world. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">A very clear book on how to own the shadow is Debbie Ford’s ‘The Dark
Side of the Light Chasers’. There is also <a href="http://www.disclose.tv/action/viewvideo/46300/The_Shadow_Effect__Leg__Spanish_/">this movie</a> with Debbie Ford and
Deepak Chopra<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">.</span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="NL"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Hoeveel kan een mens loslaten? En waar eindig
je als je dat vaak doet? Ik ben geloof ik ‘opgelost’. De
kaders zijn weg. Niemandsland; daar lijkt het op. Geen richting, geen houvast,
maar ook geen zorgen Mijn leven ligt voor me, als een sneeuwlandschap: blanco;
een groot wit vlak dat ingevuld zal worden. Hoe? Geen idee. Wel anders, vermoed
ik: ik heb wantrouwen, controle, vechten tegen het leven, en angst voor schaarste stuk voor stuk op het vuur gegooid. Maar vooralsnog voel ik me
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kies je, als je alle kanten op kunt?</span></span></div>
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<span lang="NL"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">De onzekerheid volgt op het loslaatritueel van
gister voor Reijgersbroeck, het bedrijf waar ik met liefde voor werkte en dat onlangs de deuren sloot. Het was de zesde keer loslaten geloof ik, in
twee maanden. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="NL"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Een ritueel helpt bij het realiseren van
intenties. Het is een moment waarop een besluit niet alleen in je
hoofd plaatsvindt, maar wordt ondersteund: door anderen, die getuigen zijn
en zich herkennen in je onvermogen/angst/onzekerheid/etc. Doordat je uitspreekt wat
in je leeft en het zo ‘echt’ maakt. En doordat je iets dat symbool staat voor
wat je wilt loslaten in het vuur gooit om je besluit te bekrachtigen. En
daarbij zijn er nog die magische elementen die een ritueel tot een bijzondere
gebeurtenis maken. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="NL"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Gister: een prachtig vuur, een aanzwellende sneeuwstorm
en een troep overvliegende ganzen, aan de rand van een bevroren meer…</span></span></div>
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<span lang="NL"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Loslaten is niet per se makkelijk, en de
vrijheid daarna niet direct comfortabel, maar loslaten geeft ruimte voor
nieuw, anders, vervullend. En voor meer bewustzijn. Maar eerst wacht nu... het Grote Niets. Brrrrrrrrrrrr.</span></span></div>
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Hermelijn van der Meijdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07771828212134951493noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714518354578343783.post-78778362658599829392013-01-08T21:26:00.000+01:002013-01-08T21:26:25.190+01:00Ik laat los
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7pu57u1bALpnHQcSX3Phwe9u-ofvuNkA_l-yYMOsGr3-sSdDw4JGHR-_efOqn3zp9w6FC17YzxW0nPS_zTdCtQ5ZFG4N44OALohWPAuzFHtKc48aeSHcLmpie513nScFETP6t5XYkttNd/s1600/water.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7pu57u1bALpnHQcSX3Phwe9u-ofvuNkA_l-yYMOsGr3-sSdDw4JGHR-_efOqn3zp9w6FC17YzxW0nPS_zTdCtQ5ZFG4N44OALohWPAuzFHtKc48aeSHcLmpie513nScFETP6t5XYkttNd/s320/water.JPG" width="320" /></a>Mijn loslaatritueel voor vandaag. Ik laat los dat ik me
nuttig moet maken, dat ik iets neer moet zetten, belangrijk moet zijn, moet
produceren, iemand moet worden, kostwinner moet zijn, moet manifesteren. Ik
laat de drang los die ik altijd voel om ergens anders te zijn dan waar ik ben.
Ik laat los dat ik gaten moet vullen die zijn gevallen, en oplossingen moet
aandragen voor de situatie die is ontstaan. Gejaagdheid, druk, prestatie, zekerheid; ze mogen
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Ik maak ruimte voor leegheid en winterslaap. En ik laat daarbij vooral de
verwachting los dat dat me iets heel bijzonders gaat opleveren. Ik laat los, en
ik maak ruimte. Ruimte voor iets dat ik niet weet, niet hoef te weten, niet kan
weten, omdat het nog niet bestaat. Ik ga geen zaden planten, ik ga niet
ploegen, ik ga niet op zoek naar nieuwe gewassen, ik laat de grond gewoon rusten. Misschien dat het dan vanzelf
weer lente wordt.</div>
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<i>Foto: Erik Buis</i></div>
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‘Mayans
were wrong’ states a huge Vredestein billboard next to the Amsterdam highway.
How wrong can you be, not to mention the casual insult of a culture?</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Native
Americans predicted the end of an era, with 21/12 being a key date. Afterwards we could move into a new time, which they called ‘the age where we will meet
ourselves again’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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That new
time has just begun, and while we are not heading towards a disastrous end of
the planet, it doesn’t mean it could not get tough. The smoothness or roughness
of the transition may be correlating to the structures one believes in or clings
on to.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Recently I
spoke with an Inca shaman. He explained what the predictions were really about:
because of cosmic shifts, another energy, with a higher vibration, will
influence earth, our bodies, brains and hormones. This energy shakes up old
structures, cuts through falsity and forces to let go of ideas that lead us
away from our core. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So what is asked of us right now? The shaman’s answer: to
bring our head (wisdom), heart (love) and belly (action) into alignment, to
follow our path, and to express whom we really are. People driven by fear,
money, power, or self-interest might find themselves sooner or later struggling with the powers of the universe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I have felt
the shift: the energy is so light, soft and strong these days. Don’t jump to the conclusion now I
ended up in a hallelujah place: I still pick fights with my husband, and I am
still impatient, bitchy and self-righteous, and because of unforeseen events my
future is suddenly totally unclear. Yet a trust and easiness have come over me
I have never experienced before. It feels almost like I can finally start doing
the things I have been preparing for. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">While I go
into hibernation to ponder upon the nature of those things, I would like to
wish the Vredestein publicity department lots of luck in 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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There are
many ways to enlightenment. Some sit on a cushion for twenty years, some
maneuver themselves in all kinds of strange body postures, some prostrate their
way there, and then there is the way of the Tao for ladies. This involves a
jade egg that one uses in a certain manner. My Healing Tao teacher is not
prudish at all; she formulates this in a very juicy and direct style. But I am
not like her, so I trust you to understand what we do with the egg.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Anyway,
using the egg has many advantages, like deep relaxation, inner peace, natural
beauty, rejuvenation, more sexual pleasure and healing trauma. So there we
were: fifteen ladies, under a blanket, working our egg (which is done, as our
teacher says, by ‘just smiling and looking stupid’).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Does it
work? Well, yes. It turns out to be a great way to go inside: as soon as I sit
behind the computer too much, my head gets restless, and it’s very difficult to
fall asleep, so I take the egg to bed. It helps me center, connect to my body,
relax and sleep, and then my dreams become very vivid. Furthermore I feel more
present and less reactive (just been doing it for a few days now) than I have
been recently. I am still waiting for the rejuvenation to take off, but I like
the idea of sleeping and relaxing my way into enlightenment. (By the way: it is
said that the egg gets black after a while, so it’s definitely doing something!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Ilona Botterweg teaches Healing Tao in Amsterdam:<a href="http://www.taoteachingamsterdam.nl/"> www.taoteachingamsterdam.nl</a>.</span></i></div>
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Yesterday: a private sweat lodge, next to a busy road near Amsterdam. Commuting traffic rushes
by, but I focus on myself: the darkness of the lodge, the heat of the stones,
and the beat of the drum make me go deep inside. My intention is on healing: my
head often seems disconnected from my body: very uncomfortable.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-E2qS3DGKrGp605l5LL0lzshXvyxzqC6IWDBwGAeexqpRYAHrmiIiumiHhf-rb3rOi6AhHvPi1z5ao9MY5E5_7ioPUi9sALihhX9J4hmAgrt_6WkjhFd3HC9KIrbCISxOaNMfDYAFjYC/s1600/_MG_8030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-E2qS3DGKrGp605l5LL0lzshXvyxzqC6IWDBwGAeexqpRYAHrmiIiumiHhf-rb3rOi6AhHvPi1z5ao9MY5E5_7ioPUi9sALihhX9J4hmAgrt_6WkjhFd3HC9KIrbCISxOaNMfDYAFjYC/s320/_MG_8030.JPG" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">While I am taking
in the heat, sweating, I get to see above as below. There is really no
difference between heaven and earth. But to be able to connect both I need to
express who I really am. I see myself in a past live, being humiliated. I block
my voice, and also my inner light. In the lodge I feel I have a choice. I start
making sounds, singing a nursery song; calling my spirit back home. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I ask for
eight more hot stones. Eight: the number of connection, eternity, oneness. Minutes
later I am giving birth to my daughter. The sadness of the things that went so
wrong, so differently than I intended, overwhelms me. A cry wells up from deep
inside. Again I make a choice: this time my (her?) birth will be soft and effortless.
When the heat becomes too much, I will not fight. I crawl outside, where I am
welcomed by a soft hand. When the crying passes, she pours ice cold water over
my head. I feel baptized, born again. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The lodge
is like a dream: everything is connected and very meaningful when you’re inside, but sort of distant and illogical a few hours later.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Reijgersbroeck facilitates private, couples’
and group sweat lodges: <a href="http://www.reijgersbroeck.nl/">www.reijgersbroeck.nl</a>. (Picture: <a href="http://www.erikbuis.nl/">www.erikbuis.nl</a>.)</span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></i></div>
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This week
our 14 month old slept through the night for the very first time! To make that
happen I tried many things, but two made the difference. First: I finished
breastfeeding, which improved our night rest enormously, because she stopped
waking up every three hours to be fed. Second: we went to see a medium: Truus
Hartsink. With use of high sense perception she diagnoses the cause of physical
and emotional problems. She felt the sleeping problems of our baby to be
related to an extra high level of a certain mineral, and prescribed a
homeopathic remedy to balance it.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Like Truus
predicted, we started to notice changes after six weeks: our little one began to
fall asleep in my arms within five to ten minutes after bedtime, which made an
end to my endless evening stroller walks. She stopped pushing me away when I
held her. She got a better doable sleeping rhythm. And recently she climbed into
the stroller and fell asleep all by herself. Miracles exist. Thank you Truus!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Are you desperate for a remedy, but no idea which
one?</span><span lang="NL"> Go to <a href="http://infokit.nl/truusinfo">http://infokit.nl/truusinfo</a></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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She came to
me for a ritual. She wanted to belong, and not feel like an outsider anymore.
So I took her to the suburban beach, on the night of the full moon. Before us
was a gate, then a long bumpy sand road. I did not have an easy task in mind
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I gave her
a big refuse bag, and pointed at the road: ‘That is the Path of Loneliness. Follow
it, and pick up the waste. Each item stands for the load you carry, and want to
get rid off.’ I felt her fear, but she accepted the assignment bravely. </span>She
stepped through the gate, and I stayed behind her, following the energy and
beating the drum. When she stopped for the first time, she lifted a heavy brick
and put it in her bag. I felt the deep sadness in her gesture. I was aware of
the length of the road ahead, and how much weight she had to take with her.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">She
continued, and kept collecting heavy things. Where I would go for plastic and
cans - the indigestible stuff so to say - her eyes would only fall on big
things that hardly fitted in her bag, or couldn’t be picked up all together.
Sometimes she needed all her strength to pull something from under the sand.
But she was determined: it needed to come to the surface, before it could be
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Seeing only her back, I was struck by her posture: it expressed the
immense loneliness she had experienced as a little girl. No wonder she kept her
eyes firmly on the lighthouse on the other shore; the light from ‘the other
side’ supported her on her journey. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Path of
Loneliness ended in a circle, made from stones. This was her Sacred Space. The
coherence between inside and outside was stunning, as always in rituals. We
hadn’t seen much yet of Grandmother Moon, but she came up exactly when we
needed her. The silver light washed away old energy, while bats (totems of
transformation) circled above our heads. Softly she started singing, calling
her soul back home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">When we
returned to suburbia, I helped her carry her load. She wasn’t alone. She
just needed to feel that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Manifesting
our deepest longings… isn’t that what we all want? I realize I am quite good at
getting what I wish for. Last year my great dream (finally) came true: I had a baby;
I married, and moved into a spacious, brand new apartment. I received a wedding
outfit and rings, and also a complete baby equipment (strollers, bath, dresser,
cloths, etc.). We easily found a new practice space, and recently I became the
proud owner of a toilet seat, that I just needed. So, what can you do to get
what you want, or speed it up a bit?</div>
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energy follows intention. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> 2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Do rituals.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">
New moon is the time to plant the seeds of your longings. Make a list of what
you want, and revise it every new moon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> 3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Visualize</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. Ground
your ideas into the earth. You can use a guided visualization. (I have one by
Nini Gridley). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> 4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Invite the angels in.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> Every once in a while we are asked to host a few angels for a couple of
days. They bring harmony to the home, and help manifest. (Might work even if
you don’t believe in angels.) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> 5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Giving is receiving.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> By holding onto things or money (or whatever) energy stays where it is.
Stagnated energy is in the way of abundance. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> 6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Trust!</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> Fear
of not getting enough prevents energy from flowing. If you like the universe to
work for you, make room in yourself and let it come through. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it means your blocking that precise chakra. (So: trouble getting a new house,
or money? Work on your first, that is: grounding and trust. Not able to find a
fulfilling relationship? See what’s going on in your second chakra, and work on
loving yourself, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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come true.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Every once
in a while someone asks if we would like to host a bunch of angels. We
always say yes. It is a nice way to work consciously with our intentions. So,
this morning they arrived. They will stay five days. On the fridge are a
candle, an apple, a white flower, and a letter with our wishes. During the day
we connect, and thank them for their presence.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Believe it
or not, the angels bring abundance to our home. This last year people gave us
so much, I can hardly believe it. Manifestation of our desires seems to go
quicker every time they pass. I just need to put the question out there, and it
manifests shortly after. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This week
our toilet seat broke. ‘We need a new one’, I said. The same day one of my
friends e-mailed: ‘This might be a strange question’, she said, ‘but would you like
a toilet seat? I have a spare one.’ </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The universe can be so funny.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">One is going on a journey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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So, after
reading about the Archetype of the destructive Female Power (see last post), I
went into the dunes, to communicate with spirit, and the land, like R.J.
Stewart in his book on magic suggested. I passed a hill, and saw a fox; never
seen one before.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I sat down to
meditate, a few meters from where the fox had been. I talked to the wind, the
flies and the birds. I connected to the soil, and asked mother Earth for
symbols. I started to follow the energy with my hands; signs arose. No idea
what they were.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">When I was
done, a rabbit came. It was running towards me, squeaking loudly. Suddenly it
started spinning around. It made very strange movements; on the same spot where
I had seen the fox. One minute later it dropped dead. I was in shock. I did not
dare to approach it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I didn’t
know what to do, then to simply connect, and share my love. A while later I took
off. Before reaching the path, I was startled again. A flock of pigeons flew
just over my head.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For a few
days I felt totally puzzled. And I am still trying to figure out what happened.
This is scary! Or am I just an ignorant city girl? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">(To be
continued...)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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