It is so funny,
how we are naturally drawn
to do quite the opposite
of what would really work.
How did we come accros the idea,
that if we fight what we don't want
we would get what we do want?
That we could get peace by making war,
That we could get rich by taking things from others,
That we could be loved by being jealous,
That we could create what we want by whining about what we have not got ...
Though it is what we all do,
from time to time.
And though we can understand,
from a childlike perspective,
why we think that would work ...
It is not true.
Only love for yourself will make others love you more ....
Only appreciation for what you have, will make more coming in ...
Only giving will make you richer than ever before ...
And in the end, only forgiveness and understanding will end any war.
Yes ... It is an exercise
A lifetime long
To not get focused on what is wrong
And give all your energy to what it is you want to create
It is a exercise
To deepen the understanding
That somebody seeminly opposing you
Cannot realy touch you
Unless you believe they can
It is an exercise
To see
Again and again
The gift instead of the smak in the face
And it is an exercise
To know
To realy know
To the deepest core of your being
That all is well
Always
And that the universe is conspiring
To give you everything you ask for
Everything you need
To create a dream of a life ...
Feel like dreaming witth me? :-)
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Finding Your Purpose
People make it a thinking thing,
finding your purpose.
But that is a huge mistake.
Because thinking is a matter of the mind,
it is rational,
logical,
but has nothing to do with passion.
If you follow your mind,
your life will be organised and safe
at best.
You will have done what other people told you,
and you will have made sure that you have the 'right' job,
with a steady income and guarantee for work.
It will not buy you hapiness.
You are not just here to make a living.
You are not just here to eat, sleep and work.
You are here to live out your greatest passion.
That is your purpose.
That is The Purpose of human life.
And that can never be found in your mind.
For that, you will have to go for your tummy.
What do you love to do?
What makes you happy?
Doing what you do best,
will always provide for the safety you long for.
There are rich accountants
There are poor acountants
There are rich artists
There are poor artists
It has got nothing to do with 'the right job'
It has got to do with Your Right Job.
Folowing your purpose,
will never fail you.
If only you believe it.
Do you?
Because it will only work if you do :-)
Have a great day everybody!
Xxx
finding your purpose.
But that is a huge mistake.
Because thinking is a matter of the mind,
it is rational,
logical,
but has nothing to do with passion.
If you follow your mind,
your life will be organised and safe
at best.
You will have done what other people told you,
and you will have made sure that you have the 'right' job,
with a steady income and guarantee for work.
It will not buy you hapiness.
You are not just here to make a living.
You are not just here to eat, sleep and work.
You are here to live out your greatest passion.
That is your purpose.
That is The Purpose of human life.
And that can never be found in your mind.
For that, you will have to go for your tummy.
What do you love to do?
What makes you happy?
Doing what you do best,
will always provide for the safety you long for.
There are rich accountants
There are poor acountants
There are rich artists
There are poor artists
It has got nothing to do with 'the right job'
It has got to do with Your Right Job.
Folowing your purpose,
will never fail you.
If only you believe it.
Do you?
Because it will only work if you do :-)
Have a great day everybody!
Xxx
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Perception
I was talking to my dear mother earlier.
'would't it be nicer that people didn't suffer so much' she said,
'like with you when you were so depressed and addicted to all kinds of stuff ...
those are not things you realy would want to experience, would you?'
I took some time to pounder the thought and ...
I don't feel it like that.
To me, everything I have experienced has been a gift.
Thanks to all of that,
I am now who I am.
I can help people,
undedstand them,
without judgement.
Yes, sure,
in the middle of the heat,
there is nothing more that you want
than to escape.
But you have to know,
that blistering fires
can produce the strongest metal
and create the finest Instruments.
Is suffering needed?
No.
In essence it is not necessary.
But if you have suffered,
it means some things in your life needed looking at.
Your suffering means,
you haven't found your highest vision yet.
Which basically all boiles down to
Loving yourself more
and trusting life.
Broaden your perspective.
And be happy.
I'd be happy to help :-)
X
'would't it be nicer that people didn't suffer so much' she said,
'like with you when you were so depressed and addicted to all kinds of stuff ...
those are not things you realy would want to experience, would you?'
I took some time to pounder the thought and ...
I don't feel it like that.
To me, everything I have experienced has been a gift.
Thanks to all of that,
I am now who I am.
I can help people,
undedstand them,
without judgement.
Yes, sure,
in the middle of the heat,
there is nothing more that you want
than to escape.
But you have to know,
that blistering fires
can produce the strongest metal
and create the finest Instruments.
Is suffering needed?
No.
In essence it is not necessary.
But if you have suffered,
it means some things in your life needed looking at.
Your suffering means,
you haven't found your highest vision yet.
Which basically all boiles down to
Loving yourself more
and trusting life.
Broaden your perspective.
And be happy.
I'd be happy to help :-)
X
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Flying high
It really is funny ...
That when your're feeling high,
you wonder how you could ever feel low.
And when you're feeling low,
You think you must have been crazy when you felt high,
because life feels so bad and unfair now.
And still,
the high feels so right
because it is.
And the low feels so off,
because something is off.
And that 'off'
is your focus.
Somehow, that which is not ok yet,
has gotten your attention.
Consequentually you suffered temporarely memory loss
forgetting the powerfull creator you really are.
'that which is not ok yet'
is the contrast out of which your new desire is born.
If you would only step away from what is bugging you,
look at what it is you're desiring,
gently reminding yourself of the knowing
that whatever it is you are wanting
it is always given
if you but stop saying it isn't there
The knot in your stomac
will softly loosen up.
Your vibration will gently raise.
You will feel life flowing through you again.
Your highest vision is glowing again.
Before you know what happenend
you will be wondering again
why in the world you would ever felt low.
Ain't that funny? :-)
Life's supposed to feel good ...
Have a magnificent day everybody!
Xxx
That when your're feeling high,
you wonder how you could ever feel low.
And when you're feeling low,
You think you must have been crazy when you felt high,
because life feels so bad and unfair now.
And still,
the high feels so right
because it is.
And the low feels so off,
because something is off.
And that 'off'
is your focus.
Somehow, that which is not ok yet,
has gotten your attention.
Consequentually you suffered temporarely memory loss
forgetting the powerfull creator you really are.
'that which is not ok yet'
is the contrast out of which your new desire is born.
If you would only step away from what is bugging you,
look at what it is you're desiring,
gently reminding yourself of the knowing
that whatever it is you are wanting
it is always given
if you but stop saying it isn't there
The knot in your stomac
will softly loosen up.
Your vibration will gently raise.
You will feel life flowing through you again.
Your highest vision is glowing again.
Before you know what happenend
you will be wondering again
why in the world you would ever felt low.
Ain't that funny? :-)
Life's supposed to feel good ...
Have a magnificent day everybody!
Xxx
Monday, September 5, 2011
the biggest you
Life is difficult sometimes.
And some people get it really hard.
Some get sick.
Some die.
Some lose everything they love.
And then there are people saying,
'Your problems have been your own creating.'
That is a very harsh thing to say.
For who consciously chooses illness,
Poverty,
Loneliness,
Despair?
I didn’t.
It sort of,
Kind of
Happened to me
Others hurt me.
I hurt myself.
I hurt others.
They hurt themselves.
Non of it with conscious intent.
And still it all happened.
And I cannot say, it had nothing to do with me.
or with them.
We were ‘doing’ it.
Living it.
So although nobody is to blame,
for no-one hurts another when he is not hurting himself,
there is only one question to ask.
Who do I choose to be now?
What has this pain made me see more clearly,
that I did not see before.
How can I adopt a vision that will create more love,
instead of defending my pain.
How can I love myself more
Others
Life itself
So that my pain, will be transformed into joy
into a bigger version of me
for benefit of myself
and the world I live in.
For a better tomorrow.
So no guilt,
Please,
There is no use.
And no hate,
Because nobody is really to blame.
Just Love
The only real thing in this universe.
Can you feel that? J
x
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Magic
The other day one of my clients asked me this question.
In the former sessions he had been affirming his not-wanted condition continiously.
But in the last two weeks he started to see the light.
His distress had lowered and he had been starting to feel better.
In wonderment he asked me:
'Dietrich, are you saying this is for real?
'Because this sounds like magic!'
'That you just have to think it and that it will happen?'
And although my rational mind wanted to say:
'nono, there are explanations for this and logical steps to take'
I just smiled.
And said ... yes.
But not more magical than the fact that we are living on a gigantic globe drifting around in space.
Not more magical than when two people make love, new life is born.
Not more magical than that when you hear music you love, your heart begins to soar.
Not more magical that the flowers in your garden, being there just for you to adore them.
Not more magical than a starry night and two lovers who have just found eachother.
Not more magical than the moment man started to dream, wonders were created.
Not more magical than life itself.
Either you see miracals everywhere.
Or none at all.
I think Einstein said that.
Wise guy he was :-)
It all boils down to this:
Be
Love
Eternally
And you will feel eternally loved. And from that love, you will create miracles.
In the past few years I have learned to trust life. And the more I do that, the more of what I want from life is presented to me.
I wish the same for you.
Have a wonderful day.
I love you! x
In the former sessions he had been affirming his not-wanted condition continiously.
But in the last two weeks he started to see the light.
His distress had lowered and he had been starting to feel better.
In wonderment he asked me:
'Dietrich, are you saying this is for real?
'Because this sounds like magic!'
'That you just have to think it and that it will happen?'
And although my rational mind wanted to say:
'nono, there are explanations for this and logical steps to take'
I just smiled.
And said ... yes.
But not more magical than the fact that we are living on a gigantic globe drifting around in space.
Not more magical than when two people make love, new life is born.
Not more magical than that when you hear music you love, your heart begins to soar.
Not more magical that the flowers in your garden, being there just for you to adore them.
Not more magical than a starry night and two lovers who have just found eachother.
Not more magical than the moment man started to dream, wonders were created.
Not more magical than life itself.
Either you see miracals everywhere.
Or none at all.
I think Einstein said that.
Wise guy he was :-)
It all boils down to this:
Be
Love
Eternally
And you will feel eternally loved. And from that love, you will create miracles.
In the past few years I have learned to trust life. And the more I do that, the more of what I want from life is presented to me.
I wish the same for you.
Have a wonderful day.
I love you! x
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
La Nouvelle Renaissance
I think it is time to announce a new birt.
A rebirth of a very old knowing.
The knowing that we are not just flesh and bones.
That we are spiritual beings,
Souls on an eternal journey,
Expressing ourselves in physicall lives
As who we really are.
Love.
I think it is time to celebrate the return of this knowing,
In times where we look at the world and see the opposite.
It is time to celebrate the knowing that out of this contrast,
Out of pain and poverty,
A new society will be born.
A society, a world built on understanding.
The understanding that everything I do to you,
I do to myself.
The understanding that no one can really hurt you,
Unless you are hurting yourself.
The knowing that there is abundance
And that no one can take something from you,
Unless you believe this to be true.
It is time to take up our responsability
For the world that we have created
And the one we want to create in the future.
Guided by the voice of your soul,
Translated through the vibration of your emotions,
We must learn to train our mind,
Educate our ego,
Into a model that brings out the highest visions for ourself
And this beautifull world we live in.
It is time that we remember
We are gods.
Co-creators in a magnificent universe,
Born in these wonderfull bodies,
To give expression to our deepest wanting,
To be who we really are.
And to love unconditionally.
I am sure you are one who remebers.
Help me carry the message? :-)
X
A rebirth of a very old knowing.
The knowing that we are not just flesh and bones.
That we are spiritual beings,
Souls on an eternal journey,
Expressing ourselves in physicall lives
As who we really are.
Love.
I think it is time to celebrate the return of this knowing,
In times where we look at the world and see the opposite.
It is time to celebrate the knowing that out of this contrast,
Out of pain and poverty,
A new society will be born.
A society, a world built on understanding.
The understanding that everything I do to you,
I do to myself.
The understanding that no one can really hurt you,
Unless you are hurting yourself.
The knowing that there is abundance
And that no one can take something from you,
Unless you believe this to be true.
It is time to take up our responsability
For the world that we have created
And the one we want to create in the future.
Guided by the voice of your soul,
Translated through the vibration of your emotions,
We must learn to train our mind,
Educate our ego,
Into a model that brings out the highest visions for ourself
And this beautifull world we live in.
It is time that we remember
We are gods.
Co-creators in a magnificent universe,
Born in these wonderfull bodies,
To give expression to our deepest wanting,
To be who we really are.
And to love unconditionally.
I am sure you are one who remebers.
Help me carry the message? :-)
X
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Ego, your best friend :-)
In literature on personal development, often a lot of emphasis lies on how 'bad' the ego is. I do not agree.
Sure, the egoic point of view is the main reason for all misery in the world, but is just a state of consiousness. It is nothing real. It is a trained point of view that is very limited. And fighting against it, only makes it stronger.
In the end the ego and your true self share a common interest: your happiness. The only difference is, the ego tries to achieve that through logic it has learned by observation of this world since it has been born. And since our world has a very limitit view on how to obtain happiness and abundance, so does your ego.
But again, this is nothing real. This is just a trained perspective on the world and it does not help to trie to get rid of it. I think we should talk with our ego. I think we should educate our ego as loving (and conscious) parents would educate their child: through calm and understanding conversation.
The great thing you can discover is that your ego is a great pointer to your own happiness, love and abundance.
Once you learn to work with concepts like abundance, eternity and hapiness, you see that you have to go to your inside for wisdom. Your mind will never tell you any truths on these subjects, as it draws conclusions based on what it observes: lack and limitation. Once you discover your inner guidance, your emotions, and you learn that your guide weather or not you are thinking in the direction of your desired creation, is your feeling good, your ego with it's negative perspective and consequently negative emotions, becomes just as good a guide as any other. When your ego tells you something and it feels bad, you know by the feeling alone, you just have to flip the thought around.
But flipping thoughts around is not so simple. Your ego is very persistent (law of attraction just keeps you feeding the same kind of thoughts). Abraham talks a lot about letting go through meditation these days (big fan by the way), but I think some good converstion with your ego can help you to really eliminate the thought once and for all.
Your ego usually tells you something negative, when it thinks that this is the way to 'get' something. In stead of fighting it, these days, I just agree with it. I agree about the 'thing' we want, but then ask my ego the question what by now it thinks what is the best way to get the think 'we' want. By now it KNOWS that a positive vibe is THE way to get what you want. And then I ask my ego: how does this thought feel you just offered me. It has to agree with me that it feels negative and thereby must create what we DON'T want. So then I ask my ego, what would be the 'right' way of putting it, so that our vibration shifts and we get what we really want. My ego then quickly goes on looking for the thought that will get us where we want to go.
And so you see, just like Jesus sais, you have to love your enemy, because he shows you the way and even becomes your best friend if you learn to talk with him.
Hope this makes some sence :-)
Love you all sweeties x
Sure, the egoic point of view is the main reason for all misery in the world, but is just a state of consiousness. It is nothing real. It is a trained point of view that is very limited. And fighting against it, only makes it stronger.
In the end the ego and your true self share a common interest: your happiness. The only difference is, the ego tries to achieve that through logic it has learned by observation of this world since it has been born. And since our world has a very limitit view on how to obtain happiness and abundance, so does your ego.
But again, this is nothing real. This is just a trained perspective on the world and it does not help to trie to get rid of it. I think we should talk with our ego. I think we should educate our ego as loving (and conscious) parents would educate their child: through calm and understanding conversation.
The great thing you can discover is that your ego is a great pointer to your own happiness, love and abundance.
Once you learn to work with concepts like abundance, eternity and hapiness, you see that you have to go to your inside for wisdom. Your mind will never tell you any truths on these subjects, as it draws conclusions based on what it observes: lack and limitation. Once you discover your inner guidance, your emotions, and you learn that your guide weather or not you are thinking in the direction of your desired creation, is your feeling good, your ego with it's negative perspective and consequently negative emotions, becomes just as good a guide as any other. When your ego tells you something and it feels bad, you know by the feeling alone, you just have to flip the thought around.
But flipping thoughts around is not so simple. Your ego is very persistent (law of attraction just keeps you feeding the same kind of thoughts). Abraham talks a lot about letting go through meditation these days (big fan by the way), but I think some good converstion with your ego can help you to really eliminate the thought once and for all.
Your ego usually tells you something negative, when it thinks that this is the way to 'get' something. In stead of fighting it, these days, I just agree with it. I agree about the 'thing' we want, but then ask my ego the question what by now it thinks what is the best way to get the think 'we' want. By now it KNOWS that a positive vibe is THE way to get what you want. And then I ask my ego: how does this thought feel you just offered me. It has to agree with me that it feels negative and thereby must create what we DON'T want. So then I ask my ego, what would be the 'right' way of putting it, so that our vibration shifts and we get what we really want. My ego then quickly goes on looking for the thought that will get us where we want to go.
And so you see, just like Jesus sais, you have to love your enemy, because he shows you the way and even becomes your best friend if you learn to talk with him.
Hope this makes some sence :-)
Love you all sweeties x
Monday, March 14, 2011
About Alpha Males and Gay Guys :-)
Last week was an amasing week for me again. For a time now, I have been working together with a great teacher-coach-colleague of mine, Inge Rock. Last week was the third edition of her Coaching Academy. Twenty people in progress of being a coach in one way or another, from personal coaching, to business, from childrens education, to coaching yourself. I myself give meditation training in the morning and teach here and there troughout the seminar. Being a coach on a seminar like that, people tend to put you on a pedestal. Not literally of course, but they seem to think that you are someone who has it all figured out and never has any 'problems' anymore.
Sure, we have quite some things figured out, otherwise we would not be able to help other people, and we don't call problems 'problems', but challenges, which puts them in a different perspective.
But we do fall, you can be sure of that! We are every bit as human as our clients and students. On the other hand it is also true, that the moment I start to fall, I also immediatly realise something beautifull is being born in that moment.
I would like to share with you one of my new 'children' that has been born in the last week.
During the first few days of the seminar, I felt quite shut down. Something was holding my energy back. I almost immediately realised what that reason was. A former superior of mine from a company I used to work for, was attending the seminar. Usually I am very open hearted on seminars like this, but now, every time I wanted to speak, I held back. When I was speaking directly to him, I even felt very uncomfortable.
Although my ego first wanted to blame him for my feeling uncomfortable, I -by now- always realise that my feelings are 'my' feelings, and that what I feel, is guided by my perspective. I even saw this duality in myself reflected in other attendees of the seminar. Some saw in him the 'intimidating power-businessman', others saw him as a sweet and sensitive man.
This situation came to a climax, when I had to coach one of the seminar attendees though the same issue I had with him. (obviously it was not an issue, it was what I was telling myself about him). She felt very intimidated by him - as did I. Through the coaching session we turned this around in her wanting to be more self-confident in his presence. The broather picture being: being self confident in the presence of very male energy in general
.
It was all so beautifully set up! She was 'by coincidence' set up with him as a pair to do trial coaching sessions. So she got a real life opportunity in that moment to experience and preactice her new insight. And she did! And she was so happy!
So now I was in a very funny situation: my client had 'released' a problem, I had helped her doing it, but I myself was still experiencing the 'issue'.
So that evening, I did it. Although I normally would have sat down at the dinner table with a crowd I could have easy conversation with, I sat down right in front of him. And we started talking. General conversation actually, nothing special, but the great thing was my observation of myself. Every time my ego got me a little bit nervous, I told myself to relax and focus on the new image I had made of him. By then I had realised, I was still holding an old image of him in my mind from years ago. And I let go of that. And I chose to see the sweet and gentle version of him. In the end we hugged :-)
This story has thought me so much! It has helped my being more open and loving towards my own father, who -for my whole life- I have had this same uncomfortable feeling with.
I am a very Yin energy in a male body and I have always felt great intimidation with strong Yang energy. The funny thing is, that I only notice this on very rare occasions, as I usually do not attract this energy. I tend to ignore the Alpha Males :-)
But I am so glad I was able to raise my selfconfidence in this situation, to see that this is just an energy 'different' from mine, but not at all 'threatening'. Unless you act like you are being threatened.
Last night we had a family dinner for my brothers birthday.
And for the first time of my life I patted my father on the shoulder.
And meant it.
How's that for transformation :-)
I whish you all great mirrors in the people you meet,
And strong knowing that the way you feel, is the way 'you' feel,
And that you can change that,
Anytime you want.
Love you all sweet people!
Sure, we have quite some things figured out, otherwise we would not be able to help other people, and we don't call problems 'problems', but challenges, which puts them in a different perspective.
But we do fall, you can be sure of that! We are every bit as human as our clients and students. On the other hand it is also true, that the moment I start to fall, I also immediatly realise something beautifull is being born in that moment.
I would like to share with you one of my new 'children' that has been born in the last week.
During the first few days of the seminar, I felt quite shut down. Something was holding my energy back. I almost immediately realised what that reason was. A former superior of mine from a company I used to work for, was attending the seminar. Usually I am very open hearted on seminars like this, but now, every time I wanted to speak, I held back. When I was speaking directly to him, I even felt very uncomfortable.
Although my ego first wanted to blame him for my feeling uncomfortable, I -by now- always realise that my feelings are 'my' feelings, and that what I feel, is guided by my perspective. I even saw this duality in myself reflected in other attendees of the seminar. Some saw in him the 'intimidating power-businessman', others saw him as a sweet and sensitive man.
This situation came to a climax, when I had to coach one of the seminar attendees though the same issue I had with him. (obviously it was not an issue, it was what I was telling myself about him). She felt very intimidated by him - as did I. Through the coaching session we turned this around in her wanting to be more self-confident in his presence. The broather picture being: being self confident in the presence of very male energy in general
.
It was all so beautifully set up! She was 'by coincidence' set up with him as a pair to do trial coaching sessions. So she got a real life opportunity in that moment to experience and preactice her new insight. And she did! And she was so happy!
So now I was in a very funny situation: my client had 'released' a problem, I had helped her doing it, but I myself was still experiencing the 'issue'.
So that evening, I did it. Although I normally would have sat down at the dinner table with a crowd I could have easy conversation with, I sat down right in front of him. And we started talking. General conversation actually, nothing special, but the great thing was my observation of myself. Every time my ego got me a little bit nervous, I told myself to relax and focus on the new image I had made of him. By then I had realised, I was still holding an old image of him in my mind from years ago. And I let go of that. And I chose to see the sweet and gentle version of him. In the end we hugged :-)
This story has thought me so much! It has helped my being more open and loving towards my own father, who -for my whole life- I have had this same uncomfortable feeling with.
I am a very Yin energy in a male body and I have always felt great intimidation with strong Yang energy. The funny thing is, that I only notice this on very rare occasions, as I usually do not attract this energy. I tend to ignore the Alpha Males :-)
But I am so glad I was able to raise my selfconfidence in this situation, to see that this is just an energy 'different' from mine, but not at all 'threatening'. Unless you act like you are being threatened.
Last night we had a family dinner for my brothers birthday.
And for the first time of my life I patted my father on the shoulder.
And meant it.
How's that for transformation :-)
I whish you all great mirrors in the people you meet,
And strong knowing that the way you feel, is the way 'you' feel,
And that you can change that,
Anytime you want.
Love you all sweet people!
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Don't pull the grass in order to make it grow. Mow it where it is high.
When it takes me somewhat longer to write to you, dear reader, it means that I have been experiencing some contrast that forces me to understand something new or on a deeper level. Actually, the writing of this blog was part of the contrast.
Allow me to explain.
At this moment I have got quite some projects going on (as I am sure you do to). There is one thing all of these projects have in common and that is that they are in different stages of evolving and realisation.
Some are still visions for a near or far future, some are ready to get started, some are in startup and some are in full creation, which in my case often means in full chaos ;-)
The difficulty with my personality is, that I am great in visualising, in living the dream even before it has manifested, but that I am (or was, since these new insights :-) not that great at handling the fase between the creation in my head and the actual manifestation in real life.
For those who have been following me a bit, know that writing this blog and writing my first book has been one ot the newest ideas in startup. And as always when I get excited with a new idea, I want to get started and only focus on this new thing.
But logically, a lot of my other projects still ask for my attention. The renovation of our house ( and it is a full option renovation :-), the further building of my private practice, the seminars I am already holding.
And on the other hand, new visions of the future keep on being born in my mind. Ideas about investing in projects that serve humanity, thinking abut new school systems, and how I can help people who live their passion in arts, music and dance as those are the things that have enlightened my soul for my whole life.
So you see, in my head it is very busy. And I am sure many of you can relate to that. I have been fighting a lot against the fact for instance that I had to go paint the walls in our house in these last weeks, while I would have rather been writing this blog, write on my book or work on the next seminar I am going to give.
But the result of this fighting was, that a lot of times I did neither. I did not paint my walls because I thought I had to do something else. But the fighting against it put me in such a difficult mood, that I was not able to write either, let alone write something inspiring.
So the logical thing to do, would be to make a planning. But that has never really worked for me. I tried that all to often and I don't think I have ever been able to keep my own planning for more than 3,5 hours.
So finally, last week, it dawned to me. All the things that I had ever wanted (excluding the really new visions) have manifested or are in the proces of being manifested. And the only thing that has ever made them be slow in coming, has been my own resitance. And by experiencing this last period, I realised that I was resisting again. Even worse, I was resising realities that I had consciously chosen for. I do not have the excuse anymore that there are things in my life that I have created by hasard or unconsciously. No, not at all! I was resisting exactly that what I months (or years) before had so longed for and asked for.
Sure, I did not resist them now because I really did not want them anymore. I resisted them because of 'the new thing I thought I had to be doing at this moment'.
But that is always a floud premice! You cannot be doing anything else than the thing you are doing right now!
In my practice I learn people to make peace with where they are, but I have learned this lesson on a new level for myself again.
Everything in nature, in life, in the universe grows. The only thing we have to do is invision the things we want and allow them to manifest by not resisting.
And so in this last week I painted, and scrubbed, and carried bags filled with tiles, and vacuumed, ...
And it was so much fun! Working on I manifestation that I had so much longed for!
And even more fun because I new, giving in to this, would make my next vision manifest more easily.
And so it has. Because yesterday I was painting.
And this morning I felt inspired to write.
So I did.
Have a great day of enjoying your current manifestations and great fun in imagining your next greatest vision of yourself. The universe is so intelligent to give you exactely what you want at the right time, there is no reason to doubt that.
I do not plan anymore. I look. I feel. I do.
I wish you the same.
Big kiss,
Dietrich
Allow me to explain.
At this moment I have got quite some projects going on (as I am sure you do to). There is one thing all of these projects have in common and that is that they are in different stages of evolving and realisation.
Some are still visions for a near or far future, some are ready to get started, some are in startup and some are in full creation, which in my case often means in full chaos ;-)
The difficulty with my personality is, that I am great in visualising, in living the dream even before it has manifested, but that I am (or was, since these new insights :-) not that great at handling the fase between the creation in my head and the actual manifestation in real life.
For those who have been following me a bit, know that writing this blog and writing my first book has been one ot the newest ideas in startup. And as always when I get excited with a new idea, I want to get started and only focus on this new thing.
But logically, a lot of my other projects still ask for my attention. The renovation of our house ( and it is a full option renovation :-), the further building of my private practice, the seminars I am already holding.
And on the other hand, new visions of the future keep on being born in my mind. Ideas about investing in projects that serve humanity, thinking abut new school systems, and how I can help people who live their passion in arts, music and dance as those are the things that have enlightened my soul for my whole life.
So you see, in my head it is very busy. And I am sure many of you can relate to that. I have been fighting a lot against the fact for instance that I had to go paint the walls in our house in these last weeks, while I would have rather been writing this blog, write on my book or work on the next seminar I am going to give.
But the result of this fighting was, that a lot of times I did neither. I did not paint my walls because I thought I had to do something else. But the fighting against it put me in such a difficult mood, that I was not able to write either, let alone write something inspiring.
So the logical thing to do, would be to make a planning. But that has never really worked for me. I tried that all to often and I don't think I have ever been able to keep my own planning for more than 3,5 hours.
So finally, last week, it dawned to me. All the things that I had ever wanted (excluding the really new visions) have manifested or are in the proces of being manifested. And the only thing that has ever made them be slow in coming, has been my own resitance. And by experiencing this last period, I realised that I was resisting again. Even worse, I was resising realities that I had consciously chosen for. I do not have the excuse anymore that there are things in my life that I have created by hasard or unconsciously. No, not at all! I was resisting exactly that what I months (or years) before had so longed for and asked for.
Sure, I did not resist them now because I really did not want them anymore. I resisted them because of 'the new thing I thought I had to be doing at this moment'.
But that is always a floud premice! You cannot be doing anything else than the thing you are doing right now!
In my practice I learn people to make peace with where they are, but I have learned this lesson on a new level for myself again.
Everything in nature, in life, in the universe grows. The only thing we have to do is invision the things we want and allow them to manifest by not resisting.
And so in this last week I painted, and scrubbed, and carried bags filled with tiles, and vacuumed, ...
And it was so much fun! Working on I manifestation that I had so much longed for!
And even more fun because I new, giving in to this, would make my next vision manifest more easily.
And so it has. Because yesterday I was painting.
And this morning I felt inspired to write.
So I did.
Have a great day of enjoying your current manifestations and great fun in imagining your next greatest vision of yourself. The universe is so intelligent to give you exactely what you want at the right time, there is no reason to doubt that.
I do not plan anymore. I look. I feel. I do.
I wish you the same.
Big kiss,
Dietrich
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Abundance is a spiritual quest ...
Unless you are born rich or got rich pretty easily by doing things the right way by accident, getting materially rich really is a spiritual quest.
I notice this more and more. I have been one (as so many) who has been raised with the 'save your money because bad days maybe coming-consciousness'. Although I never did that (I always spent my money :-), the fear of lack is deeply programmed in my mind.
My life has always been a quest for independance. Very soon after I graduated, I became self-employed in life insurance. Even then, I was already confronted with the responsability for my own income, which is something completely different than being employed and getting your paycheck every mont. Even this 'certainty' is an illusion obviously, because someone 'keeping' his job is as 'uncertain' as a self employed getting enough customers. But we 'think' we are more certain, which makes it more certain. See the trick? :-)
And this is what it is really about. It is about what you believe is your 'source' of income. (funny word, now I look at it in this perspective :-) Now that I am a fully self-employed life coach for some time, I get confronted with these old fears again, and even on a way stronger level! Because now (as opposed to my period in life insurance) I do not live with my parents anymore, but in a beautiful house in Brussels, I don't get company trips anymore and pay for my for luxurious travels around the world myself, I don't drive the car anymore I got from my parents when I was 21 yo, but monthly pay off a decent amount on a nice car. And although my finances have never been as good as now, this little old voice still wants to convince me of the bad that might be coming, of the customers who might stay away, of the big bill I will not be able to pay ...
And so it (still) is quite some practice to keep my focus on the way of thinking that already got me where I am. (which is pretty good already even if I say it myself :-p).
You wanna know why? Well, because I am never satisfied. And I always want more. I want to see how far I can take it.
And that, my friends, really is spiritual practice. Because what is enlightenment anyway? It is being able to only hear your souls voice, to only listen the voice of the universe, of source and to always focus on the idea that shows your highest vision.
Without my quest for 'more', I would cease to do this. I would just glide into a new comfort zone, albeit a very comfortable one :-) Without wanting to know how much abundance can flow trhough me, I would just get stuck in new paradigms, in new ways of fixed thinking and 'security'.
Many times in my quest in the last years, in small moments of despair, I have thought: 'I'm just gonna go to India and meditatie in some Ashram for a few years'. Although this is an experience I am most certainly going to have (albeit for a few months instead of years :-), it would just be an escape. It would just be spiritual weakness. Because there is nothing 'hard', nor 'enlightning' about spending your years in a convent. (don't get me wrong, I am a great proponent of mediation - I'll tell you about that in another blog!).
You would just be escaping the opportunity of being able to do what you came to do here in the first place: create. Mould the clay. Make the vision reality. Train your mind to focus. Master your mind. Live all days in joy and abundance.
So sure, the money is not the goal, the toys are not the goal. But they are a great means for you to focus. They offer a great chance for you to see how great you faith really is. How much you really trust your self. How much you really trust source - god - the universe - life - whatever.
So please do not feel guilty for wanting more! Know that it is your Source who is calling you towards it. Make the downpayment for the trip you so want to make! Fill out the registration form for the seminar you know will change your life!
Here's to all yours abundance!
That you may be rich without trying!
That you may be joyous without 'having'
That you may know your inner wealth,
which is the wealth of the universe,
infinite love
and life.
Big hug,
Dietrich x
I notice this more and more. I have been one (as so many) who has been raised with the 'save your money because bad days maybe coming-consciousness'. Although I never did that (I always spent my money :-), the fear of lack is deeply programmed in my mind.
My life has always been a quest for independance. Very soon after I graduated, I became self-employed in life insurance. Even then, I was already confronted with the responsability for my own income, which is something completely different than being employed and getting your paycheck every mont. Even this 'certainty' is an illusion obviously, because someone 'keeping' his job is as 'uncertain' as a self employed getting enough customers. But we 'think' we are more certain, which makes it more certain. See the trick? :-)
And this is what it is really about. It is about what you believe is your 'source' of income. (funny word, now I look at it in this perspective :-) Now that I am a fully self-employed life coach for some time, I get confronted with these old fears again, and even on a way stronger level! Because now (as opposed to my period in life insurance) I do not live with my parents anymore, but in a beautiful house in Brussels, I don't get company trips anymore and pay for my for luxurious travels around the world myself, I don't drive the car anymore I got from my parents when I was 21 yo, but monthly pay off a decent amount on a nice car. And although my finances have never been as good as now, this little old voice still wants to convince me of the bad that might be coming, of the customers who might stay away, of the big bill I will not be able to pay ...
And so it (still) is quite some practice to keep my focus on the way of thinking that already got me where I am. (which is pretty good already even if I say it myself :-p).
You wanna know why? Well, because I am never satisfied. And I always want more. I want to see how far I can take it.
And that, my friends, really is spiritual practice. Because what is enlightenment anyway? It is being able to only hear your souls voice, to only listen the voice of the universe, of source and to always focus on the idea that shows your highest vision.
Without my quest for 'more', I would cease to do this. I would just glide into a new comfort zone, albeit a very comfortable one :-) Without wanting to know how much abundance can flow trhough me, I would just get stuck in new paradigms, in new ways of fixed thinking and 'security'.
Many times in my quest in the last years, in small moments of despair, I have thought: 'I'm just gonna go to India and meditatie in some Ashram for a few years'. Although this is an experience I am most certainly going to have (albeit for a few months instead of years :-), it would just be an escape. It would just be spiritual weakness. Because there is nothing 'hard', nor 'enlightning' about spending your years in a convent. (don't get me wrong, I am a great proponent of mediation - I'll tell you about that in another blog!).
You would just be escaping the opportunity of being able to do what you came to do here in the first place: create. Mould the clay. Make the vision reality. Train your mind to focus. Master your mind. Live all days in joy and abundance.
So sure, the money is not the goal, the toys are not the goal. But they are a great means for you to focus. They offer a great chance for you to see how great you faith really is. How much you really trust your self. How much you really trust source - god - the universe - life - whatever.
So please do not feel guilty for wanting more! Know that it is your Source who is calling you towards it. Make the downpayment for the trip you so want to make! Fill out the registration form for the seminar you know will change your life!
Here's to all yours abundance!
That you may be rich without trying!
That you may be joyous without 'having'
That you may know your inner wealth,
which is the wealth of the universe,
infinite love
and life.
Big hug,
Dietrich x
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Emoclouds
Apparently I am not ready yet with 'emotions' dear readers.
Lately I have been experiencing something new to me. Ever since I have been working with the law of attraction, and specifically Abraham, I have been interpreting 'negative' emotions as zn indicator that I was - consciously or subconsioulsy - focused on something negative. So a lot of my work over the years has been obsereving my emotions, observing my thoughts and correcting them if necessary. And I must say, this has resulted in an incredible life experience, where feeling good is the norm, and getting what I want is plain logic.
But still, in the las few months, although there was 'contrast' which would explain it partly, I experienced negative emotions without me seeing what the reason was.
This for me was not easy to handle, as I had gotten used to the change thought, change emotion, change attraction way of working.
And thanks to some good coaching, my answer was revealed to me. This answer by the way, had already partly been given in the Abraham Australia cruise beginning this year. Let me start by telling you about that experience.
A woman was called into the hot seat on the podium. (for people who have not experienced Abraham yet, their workshops are a Q&A, where Abraham picks somebody out of the public who has an interesting issue going on that they can talk about.)
So this woman came up the stage. She was laughing and had a very positive vibration about her. But when Abraham asked her what her question was, she said she had a feeling that there was something important boiling in her, and that it felt great, but that she had no idea what it was. So although she sat in the hotseat, she did not have a question.
Abraham had the most interesting explanation for that. They said before thoughts are verbalised, 'materialised' in words, they are potential thought, energetic thought before words, so to say. But although the thoughts haven't been labeled with words yet, they do already have an emotional indicator of the quality of the potential thought. So which basically means, you can already feel good about a thought, an idea, you are still cooking up.
I thought this was brilliant!!!
But it became even better when I attached this to my 'negative emotionclouds'. My 'feeling bad for no reason' could be explained in two directions. They could be an indicator of a possible negative idea that was forming in my mind. Or, and I find this even better, they could just be the remains of old, negative programming that I have already cleared. They are the last evidence of negative focus. And so - again -I have to do nothing more than to let go. Let go, let go, let go ... Even if I don't see the reason. And luckily I do see less and less reasons.
My life experience already grew to be fantastic due to 'positive thinking'. Having discovered this latest thing, I can even stop the manifestation of something unwanted before it has even become thought, let alone that it would manifest in material life.
How cool is that!
Thought I should share this with you :-)
Have a great day everybody!
Lately I have been experiencing something new to me. Ever since I have been working with the law of attraction, and specifically Abraham, I have been interpreting 'negative' emotions as zn indicator that I was - consciously or subconsioulsy - focused on something negative. So a lot of my work over the years has been obsereving my emotions, observing my thoughts and correcting them if necessary. And I must say, this has resulted in an incredible life experience, where feeling good is the norm, and getting what I want is plain logic.
But still, in the las few months, although there was 'contrast' which would explain it partly, I experienced negative emotions without me seeing what the reason was.
This for me was not easy to handle, as I had gotten used to the change thought, change emotion, change attraction way of working.
And thanks to some good coaching, my answer was revealed to me. This answer by the way, had already partly been given in the Abraham Australia cruise beginning this year. Let me start by telling you about that experience.
A woman was called into the hot seat on the podium. (for people who have not experienced Abraham yet, their workshops are a Q&A, where Abraham picks somebody out of the public who has an interesting issue going on that they can talk about.)
So this woman came up the stage. She was laughing and had a very positive vibration about her. But when Abraham asked her what her question was, she said she had a feeling that there was something important boiling in her, and that it felt great, but that she had no idea what it was. So although she sat in the hotseat, she did not have a question.
Abraham had the most interesting explanation for that. They said before thoughts are verbalised, 'materialised' in words, they are potential thought, energetic thought before words, so to say. But although the thoughts haven't been labeled with words yet, they do already have an emotional indicator of the quality of the potential thought. So which basically means, you can already feel good about a thought, an idea, you are still cooking up.
I thought this was brilliant!!!
But it became even better when I attached this to my 'negative emotionclouds'. My 'feeling bad for no reason' could be explained in two directions. They could be an indicator of a possible negative idea that was forming in my mind. Or, and I find this even better, they could just be the remains of old, negative programming that I have already cleared. They are the last evidence of negative focus. And so - again -I have to do nothing more than to let go. Let go, let go, let go ... Even if I don't see the reason. And luckily I do see less and less reasons.
My life experience already grew to be fantastic due to 'positive thinking'. Having discovered this latest thing, I can even stop the manifestation of something unwanted before it has even become thought, let alone that it would manifest in material life.
How cool is that!
Thought I should share this with you :-)
Have a great day everybody!
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Emo's in the seat of consciousness
Dear friends,
What an interesting week it has been again! After a long period of easy flow, since a few months it is contrast over contrast. Shifts in career, shifts in my relationships, shifts in the place we live ...
And realy, although it often is less 'comfortable' that the ease and flow periods, these contrast periods are so much more interesting, because they make you look intensly at your life and how you really want it to be.
This period has helped me seeing 'negativity' in another way. It has learned me to love the periods where I feel my vibration dropping, as I know now that this does not meet something is wrong, but that I am merely observing a situation in my life that is ready to improve, but that I am just not seeing it yet. It has helped me to relax and trust the proces that whenever you are observing something unwanted, the wanted is already there and that I just need to relax and let go and let the improved vision chrystalise in my mind. And by the automatic Rising of my vibration of the letting go process, I know I am on the right track.
Of course my goal remains to always feel good, but this insight has made it possible to feel good even in the moments that are more difficult.
Once consciousness is there, there is no more dispair whatever the situation. It absolutely is possible to watch your emotions play, while you are sitting in your conscious seat. Watch your little ego ask for things and getting a little frustrated that they are not there yet or that they are not as it wants them to be, and you just observing that and knowing that it is fine and that as soon as you get your thoughts, your ego, alighned again or at least convinced it to let go, the shift will hapen, and the wanted, whatever it is, is on the way.
It realy, truely is not about the toys, fun as they are.
It is about the feeling good, the aligning with the idea.
And the absolute knowing, in whatever emotional state you are, that everything is fine, that you are safe and cared for and surrounded by love.
That you are love in its purest form.
I whish you all great contrast for the creating of your most beautifull dreams and that a deep trust in the consciousness, in your consciousness, will help you to let go and alighn with your dreams. To be your dreams.
Have a great day everybody!
What an interesting week it has been again! After a long period of easy flow, since a few months it is contrast over contrast. Shifts in career, shifts in my relationships, shifts in the place we live ...
And realy, although it often is less 'comfortable' that the ease and flow periods, these contrast periods are so much more interesting, because they make you look intensly at your life and how you really want it to be.
This period has helped me seeing 'negativity' in another way. It has learned me to love the periods where I feel my vibration dropping, as I know now that this does not meet something is wrong, but that I am merely observing a situation in my life that is ready to improve, but that I am just not seeing it yet. It has helped me to relax and trust the proces that whenever you are observing something unwanted, the wanted is already there and that I just need to relax and let go and let the improved vision chrystalise in my mind. And by the automatic Rising of my vibration of the letting go process, I know I am on the right track.
Of course my goal remains to always feel good, but this insight has made it possible to feel good even in the moments that are more difficult.
Once consciousness is there, there is no more dispair whatever the situation. It absolutely is possible to watch your emotions play, while you are sitting in your conscious seat. Watch your little ego ask for things and getting a little frustrated that they are not there yet or that they are not as it wants them to be, and you just observing that and knowing that it is fine and that as soon as you get your thoughts, your ego, alighned again or at least convinced it to let go, the shift will hapen, and the wanted, whatever it is, is on the way.
It realy, truely is not about the toys, fun as they are.
It is about the feeling good, the aligning with the idea.
And the absolute knowing, in whatever emotional state you are, that everything is fine, that you are safe and cared for and surrounded by love.
That you are love in its purest form.
I whish you all great contrast for the creating of your most beautifull dreams and that a deep trust in the consciousness, in your consciousness, will help you to let go and alighn with your dreams. To be your dreams.
Have a great day everybody!
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Caught in between truths!
Dear readers,
Sorry for not writing to you in almost a week.
The reason for this is an argument going on in my head for quite some time now.
This actually is Abraham’s fault.
(I have to shock you don’t I?) J
Allow me to explain.
My life is beautiful. I’m doing the job I love to do, I live in a beautiful house and have a fantastic relationship, I have great friends and meet new ones on our travels around the world, I feel blessed and inspired and I love life.
And still, there is so much more. Not so much more I want to ‘get’ (although ‘getting’ is completely fine! J), but so much more I want to give.
I want to give an English website so that people over the whole world can find an contact me.
I want to give a book about my own story, because I believe it can be inspiring to people to quit the mess they (think they) are in and start living the life of their dreams.
I want to blog, facebook and twitter you guys every day, because every day I am blessed with so many insights that it seems such a waste not to share them.
I want to put my mediation sessions on audio and give them away for free on my website.
I want to give you videomessages on youtube.
But something holds me back.
And it is not a negative programming!
If it were that, I would change it, that is my job J
It actually is a POSITIVE programming.
Not even a programming, it is a TRUTH.
The truth being: I DON’T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING.
After some great coaching with my best friend and colleague-coach Inge Rock (yes, add her on facebook, she is great! J), we uncovered something that is actually so obvious, that I managed not to see it until now. It is a condition I have been suffering from ever since I was a little child and that is: I do not want to do what you tell me to do!
I have always had (as so many of you probably) the feeling that I had to do a lot of things in my life that I really did not want to do, things that made only other people happy (which obviously did not work), or that I was supposed to do to lead a successful life. Inside of me, there has always been an awareness that this was not how it was supposed to be, a feeling of unfairness.
Not being able to always ‘resist’ this awareness, I was often labeled as ‘bad’, as ‘smart but unwilling’, as ‘stubborn’ and ‘not-cooperative’.
However, being every bit as human as all of you, I tried to live up to these expectations, ignored my inner feeling and tried to live the ‘have-to-life’ … and –although never very successful- a ‘have-to-personality’ got created in my own mind.
And then of course, you come in contact with The Law of Attraction, for me best represented by Esther Hicks and Abraham, basically saying ‘there is nothing you need do’ and ‘you can be, do are have, everything you want’. This obviously feels exhilarating to my long-not-heard inner child voice, who tells me now: ‘you see, I told you so, there is nothing we need to do!!!”
This of course puts you in a funny position.
I cannot ignore the voice of my inner child (not that I would want to J), because it has been ignored for so long, and more importantly: it is right! On so many levels of my life by now, I have experienced this in the last few years working with this material. The less ‘effort’ I did, the easier for example, money came flowing in.
On the other hand, I do want to do all these things listed in the beginning of my blog. Not because I have to, but because I want to. And if a want this to manifest, some action will be necessary. Even I would be able to find somebody who writes my book for me (not that I want that, let us be clear about that J), I would still have to speak the words!
And this beautiful coaching session made this clear to me (thank you Inge!). Both voices in my head are right, but until now, they have been opposing each other. Whenever my adult voice said: ‘today we have to do this or that’, I got an immediate block of my inner child saying: ‘we do not have to do anything … look, even Abraham says so!’ J
So this blog is the first realization in making them communicate: the caring but still a bit too stressful parent in my head, and the child within only wanting to do what is pleasing.
And by the feeling in my tummy, it is a great experiment and I feel so happy sharing this blog with you.
There can exist two truths in your mind, that seem to oppose each other, but if they see each other’s truth, they can cooperate and co-create.
‘Co-creation at its best’ as Abraham would say J
There is great love for you here …
Have a great day lovely people x
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
"Beware ... Life Coach out of Vortex in New York"
Dear readers,
One of the main reasons I wanted to start a blog, is because of a frequently asked question by my clients. This question is "so, you never feel bad anymore???"
It always shocks me imagining that they really think that, because the answer is "OF COURSE I FEEL BAD every once in a while"
But I can see how they would come to that conclusion. Clients only see me when I am completely focused on them which always means I push myself in the best possible mood at that time. Clients see my website which only talks about how wonderfull life really is - and it really is obviously, but I, just as you, do not see that always, all of the time. People see me on seminars, in my suit, or completely relaxed during an early morning meditation session I'm holding.
So I get why they might think that I never feel bad anymore. But that is not true! Ask my husbant for that matter! :-)
What is true however, is of course, that I know what is happening when I get in a bad mood and that I know that it brings a message and that I know what to do to turn it around and make it a blessing.
But to humour you - and myself :-), I am going to share with you a little out of the Vortex moment from The Life Coach during a blizzard in New York.
We had spent some beautifull sunny days in Fort Lauderdale and were returing to Belgium that day, flying over Newark. Our plain left at noon, so we were at the airport by 10am. At checkin they asked us if we wanted to take an earlier flight, because the one we were on was delayed because of heavy snowfall in New York. The lady assured us that Newark was staying open and that we could leave. So we did.
After circuling above Newark for an hour because of the bad weather, we finally landed. Arriving at the airport, everything was chaos, but like a miracle our flight was not cancelled and flying on time. So at 6pm we embarked, feeling happy and well.
6 hours later however, we felt a little less well. After having heard numorous announcements that we were going to leave in a minute, finally at 12pm our flight got cancelled. Having seen every Harry Potter movie available, I myself was ready to hex somebody.
But I staid calm and zen (I am a very good lier, especially to myself). A little blizzard and possibly an extra night an day in New York were not going to throw me out of my Vortex. (The truth being, I was already slightly out).
After half an hour of waiting (wasn't really more then a few minutes), when nobody made an announcement (which they obviously should have), I went to one of the ground-stewards, who friendly told me that the airport was closing and that we had to get in line to rebook our flight for he-did-not-know-when. Or that we checked by phone or online, which was probably the best idea, he said.
Hearing this, I thought, we have to get out of here. We're gonna take a cab to a hotel and come back tomorrow. My vibe was still pretty much ok. (so I told myself). Walking down the corridor, in a flash I realised I had left my newly bought, super-de-luxe, flashing red headphones on the plain. I turned around to go back, only to be abrubtly stopped by one of the 'the terrorists are going to attack us'- police officer. There was no way I was getting back in.
This sucked.
Calmly we walked to the entrance hall of the airport, (looked more like a stressed chicken running away from it's butchers) to look for a cab. Given the snow, sadly, there were no cabs, but luckily, I saw a little bus picking up people for a hotel, so we quickly ran up there and asked the driver if there were any rooms available. Again, another red flag, because the hotel was fully booked, but the kind man offered us a drive to the next terminal where there were telephones and lists available from all the hotels in the neighbourhood of the airport. Finally a ray of light ... my spirits lifted (which you could never guess by the look on my face) and of we were again!
Entering the other terminal, we immediatly sensed that this was not the right place to be. Desperate people where clinging on the telephones to trie and find ONE hotel that still had rooms available. As you can guess, I was one of those idiots clinging to the phone.
My heart jumped up as -after the tenth NO- a voice finally said: yes, we do have rooms available ...
But it sunk back in my shoes when I heard him continuing: ... but we cannot pick you up from the airport.
I was turning green.
But me turning green and tumbling out of my Vortex, does not mean I am gonna give up!
I found out that we could get to the trainstation by monorail. Fantastic, I thought, we're just gonna stay in New York City. That's even better!
Again I had cheered a little bit to soon, as just as we had decided this, one of the monorails got blocked by the snow, so the only direction we could go was the terminal we came from.
Bart wanted to do this (he is faster in accepting situations than I am :-), but I staid focused on getting to New York. And luckily I did that, because after a while, they decided tot use one monorail to go in both directions.
So we finally got on the train to New York. Which was wonderfull, but I have to be honest with you. Although it was working out pretty well, I was tired and feeling pretty low. My ego started whining, I was cold and I wanted my headphones.
Arriving in NYC, we immediatly found a nice hotel and went to bed.
The morning after, my spirits were quite ok, but that -again- was not for long. A few weeks earlier I had bought myself an Ipad. So I went online to rebook our flight. After a few annoying messages, basically saying that it was not possible to rebook online, my ego started whining again. But there was another option: we could call Continental. And so we did. And believe it or not, but after having been held on hold for almost half an hour, the lady on the other side said to me when I was finally connected: I am sorry sir, this seems to be a bad line and I cannot properly hear you, so please call back.
I shouted NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! I CAN HEAR YOU PERFECTLY!!!!
But she had already gone.
Furiously I wanted to get back online to try and fix it there. You'll never believe this but, my new bought Ipad, which was my new favorite toy, went dead on me. No more life in it. And NO REASON WHY (hèhè :-)
I was dumbstruck. How could so many things go wrong?
My neck and shoulders were hurting. I had been getting so stressed, it was high time to let go!
Bart said: let's have breakfast first. Which we did. And you can image in which foul mood I was.
Coming back to our room, Bart rang back to Continental and after another half an hour, learned that we had been automatically booked for the 6.30pm flight that same day.
FINALLY SOME GOOD NEWS!
But it was not over yet.
We boarded on time that evening and the captain announced our departure in a few minutes.
If this does not shock you, it absolutely shocked me as ...
on that very moment, a day after the airport had been closed and hundreds (maybe thousands) of people had stranded there, Customs decided that it was a good idea to unload that whole aircraft again and check the luggage.
Three hours later, we finally flew back to Belgium.
Why am I telling you this story?
Well, obviously because you can see that I, and every other life coach, teachter or whatever nametag you can use, am just a human being, with human emotions and still makes the same stupid mistakes as everybody else does.
But more importantly because of the lessons in this story. The fact that:
* without all my mental rambling and resisting, the story could have been:
Luckily they held down the plain and shut down the airport so that nobody got hurt. Thanks to that we had an extra day of shopping in New York. The sun was shining brightly, the pavements were snowfree and it was the most beautifull day. We bought some clothes (as we were standing there in our Fort Lauderdale T-shirts and slippers) and had a fantastic time. We went back to the airport and counting our blessing we flew back home.
* we did have a fantastic time, even with my mental rambling
* due to my persistant focus, we did end up in a beautifull hotel, while a lot of people stayed overnight in the airport and had little or no sleep, let alone a beautifull day in New York.
* there is always room for expanding your ideas. Why did I resist so much? Certainly not because it really was that bad, because it wasn't! And I even saw that in the middle of my rambling. But you know what the thing is?
Expectation.
By learning to live more and more according to Law of Attraction and de 'knowledge' that you create your life the way you want it to, you expect that you decide the way it is gonna work out. And you do not expect things 'going wrong' anymore. And my internal fight was way more about the fact that 'this should not happen to me anymore', than the fact that is really was that bad.
It was not bad at all.
It was fantastic.
And I feel so blessed again to have received this beautifull lesson.
Contrast, I call it now, my new best friend, who teaches me the most profound lessons.
And of course, next time, on another occasion, I will again fall out of my Vortex. And ramble again.
But my conscious voice has grown stronger again, which will make the insights come quicker and with more ease. And that's what it's all about.
I wish you all big contrast,
with bigger visions of yourself,
and a quick and smooth ligning up with that new best vision of yourself.
Have a great day everybody!
x
One of the main reasons I wanted to start a blog, is because of a frequently asked question by my clients. This question is "so, you never feel bad anymore???"
It always shocks me imagining that they really think that, because the answer is "OF COURSE I FEEL BAD every once in a while"
But I can see how they would come to that conclusion. Clients only see me when I am completely focused on them which always means I push myself in the best possible mood at that time. Clients see my website which only talks about how wonderfull life really is - and it really is obviously, but I, just as you, do not see that always, all of the time. People see me on seminars, in my suit, or completely relaxed during an early morning meditation session I'm holding.
So I get why they might think that I never feel bad anymore. But that is not true! Ask my husbant for that matter! :-)
What is true however, is of course, that I know what is happening when I get in a bad mood and that I know that it brings a message and that I know what to do to turn it around and make it a blessing.
But to humour you - and myself :-), I am going to share with you a little out of the Vortex moment from The Life Coach during a blizzard in New York.
We had spent some beautifull sunny days in Fort Lauderdale and were returing to Belgium that day, flying over Newark. Our plain left at noon, so we were at the airport by 10am. At checkin they asked us if we wanted to take an earlier flight, because the one we were on was delayed because of heavy snowfall in New York. The lady assured us that Newark was staying open and that we could leave. So we did.
After circuling above Newark for an hour because of the bad weather, we finally landed. Arriving at the airport, everything was chaos, but like a miracle our flight was not cancelled and flying on time. So at 6pm we embarked, feeling happy and well.
6 hours later however, we felt a little less well. After having heard numorous announcements that we were going to leave in a minute, finally at 12pm our flight got cancelled. Having seen every Harry Potter movie available, I myself was ready to hex somebody.
But I staid calm and zen (I am a very good lier, especially to myself). A little blizzard and possibly an extra night an day in New York were not going to throw me out of my Vortex. (The truth being, I was already slightly out).
After half an hour of waiting (wasn't really more then a few minutes), when nobody made an announcement (which they obviously should have), I went to one of the ground-stewards, who friendly told me that the airport was closing and that we had to get in line to rebook our flight for he-did-not-know-when. Or that we checked by phone or online, which was probably the best idea, he said.
Hearing this, I thought, we have to get out of here. We're gonna take a cab to a hotel and come back tomorrow. My vibe was still pretty much ok. (so I told myself). Walking down the corridor, in a flash I realised I had left my newly bought, super-de-luxe, flashing red headphones on the plain. I turned around to go back, only to be abrubtly stopped by one of the 'the terrorists are going to attack us'- police officer. There was no way I was getting back in.
This sucked.
Calmly we walked to the entrance hall of the airport, (looked more like a stressed chicken running away from it's butchers) to look for a cab. Given the snow, sadly, there were no cabs, but luckily, I saw a little bus picking up people for a hotel, so we quickly ran up there and asked the driver if there were any rooms available. Again, another red flag, because the hotel was fully booked, but the kind man offered us a drive to the next terminal where there were telephones and lists available from all the hotels in the neighbourhood of the airport. Finally a ray of light ... my spirits lifted (which you could never guess by the look on my face) and of we were again!
Entering the other terminal, we immediatly sensed that this was not the right place to be. Desperate people where clinging on the telephones to trie and find ONE hotel that still had rooms available. As you can guess, I was one of those idiots clinging to the phone.
My heart jumped up as -after the tenth NO- a voice finally said: yes, we do have rooms available ...
But it sunk back in my shoes when I heard him continuing: ... but we cannot pick you up from the airport.
I was turning green.
But me turning green and tumbling out of my Vortex, does not mean I am gonna give up!
I found out that we could get to the trainstation by monorail. Fantastic, I thought, we're just gonna stay in New York City. That's even better!
Again I had cheered a little bit to soon, as just as we had decided this, one of the monorails got blocked by the snow, so the only direction we could go was the terminal we came from.
Bart wanted to do this (he is faster in accepting situations than I am :-), but I staid focused on getting to New York. And luckily I did that, because after a while, they decided tot use one monorail to go in both directions.
So we finally got on the train to New York. Which was wonderfull, but I have to be honest with you. Although it was working out pretty well, I was tired and feeling pretty low. My ego started whining, I was cold and I wanted my headphones.
Arriving in NYC, we immediatly found a nice hotel and went to bed.
The morning after, my spirits were quite ok, but that -again- was not for long. A few weeks earlier I had bought myself an Ipad. So I went online to rebook our flight. After a few annoying messages, basically saying that it was not possible to rebook online, my ego started whining again. But there was another option: we could call Continental. And so we did. And believe it or not, but after having been held on hold for almost half an hour, the lady on the other side said to me when I was finally connected: I am sorry sir, this seems to be a bad line and I cannot properly hear you, so please call back.
I shouted NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! I CAN HEAR YOU PERFECTLY!!!!
But she had already gone.
Furiously I wanted to get back online to try and fix it there. You'll never believe this but, my new bought Ipad, which was my new favorite toy, went dead on me. No more life in it. And NO REASON WHY (hèhè :-)
I was dumbstruck. How could so many things go wrong?
My neck and shoulders were hurting. I had been getting so stressed, it was high time to let go!
Bart said: let's have breakfast first. Which we did. And you can image in which foul mood I was.
Coming back to our room, Bart rang back to Continental and after another half an hour, learned that we had been automatically booked for the 6.30pm flight that same day.
FINALLY SOME GOOD NEWS!
But it was not over yet.
We boarded on time that evening and the captain announced our departure in a few minutes.
If this does not shock you, it absolutely shocked me as ...
on that very moment, a day after the airport had been closed and hundreds (maybe thousands) of people had stranded there, Customs decided that it was a good idea to unload that whole aircraft again and check the luggage.
Three hours later, we finally flew back to Belgium.
Why am I telling you this story?
Well, obviously because you can see that I, and every other life coach, teachter or whatever nametag you can use, am just a human being, with human emotions and still makes the same stupid mistakes as everybody else does.
But more importantly because of the lessons in this story. The fact that:
* without all my mental rambling and resisting, the story could have been:
Luckily they held down the plain and shut down the airport so that nobody got hurt. Thanks to that we had an extra day of shopping in New York. The sun was shining brightly, the pavements were snowfree and it was the most beautifull day. We bought some clothes (as we were standing there in our Fort Lauderdale T-shirts and slippers) and had a fantastic time. We went back to the airport and counting our blessing we flew back home.
* we did have a fantastic time, even with my mental rambling
* due to my persistant focus, we did end up in a beautifull hotel, while a lot of people stayed overnight in the airport and had little or no sleep, let alone a beautifull day in New York.
* there is always room for expanding your ideas. Why did I resist so much? Certainly not because it really was that bad, because it wasn't! And I even saw that in the middle of my rambling. But you know what the thing is?
Expectation.
By learning to live more and more according to Law of Attraction and de 'knowledge' that you create your life the way you want it to, you expect that you decide the way it is gonna work out. And you do not expect things 'going wrong' anymore. And my internal fight was way more about the fact that 'this should not happen to me anymore', than the fact that is really was that bad.
It was not bad at all.
It was fantastic.
And I feel so blessed again to have received this beautifull lesson.
Contrast, I call it now, my new best friend, who teaches me the most profound lessons.
And of course, next time, on another occasion, I will again fall out of my Vortex. And ramble again.
But my conscious voice has grown stronger again, which will make the insights come quicker and with more ease. And that's what it's all about.
I wish you all big contrast,
with bigger visions of yourself,
and a quick and smooth ligning up with that new best vision of yourself.
Have a great day everybody!
x
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Poverello ... What's in a name ...
After having concluded my last blog with a quote on abundance, I came across something quite the opposite. Bart and me had had lunch somewhere in Fort Lauderdale and when we left, we saw this building next to us where it said in big, tall, green letters: POVERELLO.
I was shocked. Although I had heard this name years before and new what it stood for, standing where I now stand in life, I could not believe that an organisation with such a positive goal, had chosen such a negative name. They chose a word that is the opposite of what 'poor' people want to be in life. It affirms the very think that you would want to escape from in life.
To me it was again a sign of how much work we have to do in showing people that they can be, do or have anything they want, but that they have to stop beating the drum of where they are now and start looking where they want to be.
Bart had a great thought: wouldn't it be wonderfull if they changed the name from 'poverello' to 'jump up!'!?
Well, probably they will not do that, but I thought it was a beautifull image change of how we could look at the 'poverello's'. I will train myself in seeing the great abundance that lies in front of them if they would only look there.
Here's to abundance ... again ... For everybody!
Have a great day wonderfull people!
X
I was shocked. Although I had heard this name years before and new what it stood for, standing where I now stand in life, I could not believe that an organisation with such a positive goal, had chosen such a negative name. They chose a word that is the opposite of what 'poor' people want to be in life. It affirms the very think that you would want to escape from in life.
To me it was again a sign of how much work we have to do in showing people that they can be, do or have anything they want, but that they have to stop beating the drum of where they are now and start looking where they want to be.
Bart had a great thought: wouldn't it be wonderfull if they changed the name from 'poverello' to 'jump up!'!?
Well, probably they will not do that, but I thought it was a beautifull image change of how we could look at the 'poverello's'. I will train myself in seeing the great abundance that lies in front of them if they would only look there.
Here's to abundance ... again ... For everybody!
Have a great day wonderfull people!
X
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
How much abundance can I stand today?
Dear friends,
As it is my passion in life to live a dreamlife myself and help others to achieve theirs, I thought it was a good idea to start my blog with a message on what after a search that started 5 years ago, appeares to be the most profound thing in living the life of my dreams and that is: allowing it.
For all my Law of Attraction and Abraham friends, this of course sounds very logic, but for me it still is the most essential thing you have to 'get'. Our mind is so trained in the 'action-I-have-to-take-in-order-to-get-away-from-my-current-situation' way of thinking, that this simple thing, just allow, just know that it is there, remains the most difficult thing to do in the beginning.
I am writing this message from a beautifull guesthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The sun is shining and looking at the palms and wonderfull tropical flowers makes my soul sing. I have been away from home for a month now as we crossed this planet starting with a magical Abraham cruise round New Zealand and Australia.
How incredably wonderfull my life has become. I had never even imagined it myself. Well, that is probably not true, or I would not be here! :-)
For almost five years now, I have been studying and experimenting. I have read book after book and followed seminar after seminar. And all of them were necessary and had their impact, sometimes big, sometimes small.
I steadily grew into being a life coach and helping people on their way. But you can read as many books as you wish or follow the most expensive seminars, what it all boils down to is that you believe, that you know, that whatever it is you want, it is already there. And that the only thing you have to do, is stop doing everything that prevents it from coming your way. Being resistance free in your thoughts, concsious and subconscious, your words and your actions.
For years I grew into this material and got better and better at understanding and explaining it, but the moment it all manifested in my own experience, was the moment I gave up trying and just decided that I knew it was there, everything.
So for my first blogmessage, this is what I whish you all: a clear sight on yourself, so that you can see when you are saying, doing or thinking something that opposes the most beautifull vision you have of yourself and your life-experience. Your vision will manifest if you do not block it. If you allow it.
This weekend I was at a seminar in West Palm Beach and I will conclude here with a question one of the speakers (Randy Gage: www.randygage.com) asked the audience.
I wish that you ask yourself this question every day of your life:
'How much Abundance can i stand today?'
Love,
Dietrich
As it is my passion in life to live a dreamlife myself and help others to achieve theirs, I thought it was a good idea to start my blog with a message on what after a search that started 5 years ago, appeares to be the most profound thing in living the life of my dreams and that is: allowing it.
For all my Law of Attraction and Abraham friends, this of course sounds very logic, but for me it still is the most essential thing you have to 'get'. Our mind is so trained in the 'action-I-have-to-take-in-order-to-get-away-from-my-current-situation' way of thinking, that this simple thing, just allow, just know that it is there, remains the most difficult thing to do in the beginning.
I am writing this message from a beautifull guesthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The sun is shining and looking at the palms and wonderfull tropical flowers makes my soul sing. I have been away from home for a month now as we crossed this planet starting with a magical Abraham cruise round New Zealand and Australia.
How incredably wonderfull my life has become. I had never even imagined it myself. Well, that is probably not true, or I would not be here! :-)
For almost five years now, I have been studying and experimenting. I have read book after book and followed seminar after seminar. And all of them were necessary and had their impact, sometimes big, sometimes small.
I steadily grew into being a life coach and helping people on their way. But you can read as many books as you wish or follow the most expensive seminars, what it all boils down to is that you believe, that you know, that whatever it is you want, it is already there. And that the only thing you have to do, is stop doing everything that prevents it from coming your way. Being resistance free in your thoughts, concsious and subconscious, your words and your actions.
For years I grew into this material and got better and better at understanding and explaining it, but the moment it all manifested in my own experience, was the moment I gave up trying and just decided that I knew it was there, everything.
So for my first blogmessage, this is what I whish you all: a clear sight on yourself, so that you can see when you are saying, doing or thinking something that opposes the most beautifull vision you have of yourself and your life-experience. Your vision will manifest if you do not block it. If you allow it.
This weekend I was at a seminar in West Palm Beach and I will conclude here with a question one of the speakers (Randy Gage: www.randygage.com) asked the audience.
I wish that you ask yourself this question every day of your life:
'How much Abundance can i stand today?'
Love,
Dietrich
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