Will you be in The Hague during the NATO top and want to have some nice quiet introspective moments?

On the evenings of June 23, 24, 26, 27  I’ll be hosting  small circles to do some light energy exercises, a short peaceful metta meditation  and a playful moment to gain insight in whatever is going on in your life using ordinary playing cards.

Location: Central The Hague at the edge of Grote Markt  (exact location will be shared after registration)
€15 per evening
Language: English with Dutch subtitles when needed
Max. 12  participants

No experience needed — only an open heart.

➡️ Send me message using the contact form or info@energycounseling.nl and let me know which date(s) you would like to  join in and I’ll be in touch.

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 Our  biggest strength is to embrace our biggest weaknesses.

Soulchess, a 3  minute 22 seconds listen to.

Well here it is.I have to admit it. I’m addicted to the chess app on my phone.

Whenever I feel overwhelmed — when the world gets too loud, too close, too much, when there’s too much yet to perfectionate — I reach for the little green icon and disappear.

My chessapp is my hideout.
My digital monastery.
A safe haven from the dreads and threads of daily life.

While I’m playing though, I know deep down inside I’m avoiding..

Something I don’t want to face.
Something I should be doing.
Something inside me still unfinished, unsaid, undone.

I used to scold myself for that:
But then someone — or perhaps I should say something — made me realise:

It’s my Soul who is doing the playing
All my Ego does is move the pieces.

My Ego plays fast.
It defends the familiar, even when it hurts.
It jumps to conclusions. Reacts rather than creates.

It often assumes the worst.
and most of all fears to lose, even when winning means staying stuck.

And my Soul?
My Soul waits.
It plays the long game, without a care about the score or winning

Soul makes its silent  moves without Ego being aware….yet..

Soul watches for openings — not to attack, but to invite.

Soul is not interested in checkmate.
It’s Ego’s Soulmate.
Only there to make Ego aware what on earth it is doing….literally.  It whispers into my subconscious; nudges me into the moves I COULD be making, by making me aware I’m addicted to my chess app.

Sometimes, she lets a piece fall on purpose.
So I’ll notice what I’m clinging to.
What I’m scared to lose.
What I keep guarding, instead of releasing.

And when the board is chaos,
When I don’t know what’s mine or where to go
My soul stays calm.
She stays.
She observes.
and sets the board again.

Soulchess I found is an initiation,
a beginning to insight of who I am.

It isn’t about winning.
It’s about remembering who’s playing.

When you recognize this…
Maybe you’re at a board too.
Or at some other distraction.
Maybe you’re a serial binger.
or workaholic or a diary-filler from dawn to midnight.

If so, know this:

Your Soul is patient.
She bides her time waiting to implement her own purpose.
waiting for you to stop blitzing through your life…
So you start to create and  feel her next move. Until you get bored and delete your chess app to focus on what matters and play your two cents to make this world a better place.

So what’s your vice? What’s your Ego getting at? And what is your Soul secretly making you aware of? What really moves you? What moves did you recently make?  In our Pilgrim gatherings we talk about things like this. In the end we all walk our our path on the same earth. Find out more on the pilgrimpage. energycounseling.nl and the blog Soulchess, the difference between checkmate and soulmate.  Bring your own set of Ego and Soul and let’s play…

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Do you keep a diary on the note worthy moments of insight you gather during your life journey? The intuitions that tell you something is afoot or could be just what you’ve been waiting for? 
The Nan Yar – Who Am I Tarot supports a surprisingly simple method to mirror  the imaginative, intuitive and inspirational inner wisdom that comes natural to you.

What often stays hidden behind the logistics of daily life is known to your personal Storyteller

Let’s look at the 6 of Challenges as an example:

Known in Tarot as the 6 of Swords, the Nan Yar interpretation is titled:  6 of Challenges Vulnerability,

• 6 being the Number of Communication
• Challenges being the suit that asks you to invest in sharpening your mindful senses

In their Nan Yar – Who Am I interpretation – feel free to add whatever the number 6 or theme of mindful development mirrors for you –  the 6 of Challenges refers to the opportunities life brings when you put aside the different masks one tends to wear and reveal your true identity. That might be a daunting prospect at times, but hey …this is the era of transformation and you are the one and only rightful owner of your life journey who can do this for you.

How does vulnerability influence the way I communicate might be a question triggered by this card.

• Do I keep my mouth shut more often than I should to avoid confrontation?
• Do I assert myself peacefully without judgement?
• Where does my way of communicating take me?

As an introduction to the Nan Yar- Who Am I Tarot, I regularly give presentations on how to apply cards as a life journey exploration tool . Click here for more information.

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Audio recording  ‘Who else could have done it?” as broadcasted in the radioprogram for internationals ‘Dutchbuzz’ of May 28  9 pm on Den Haag FM.

Suddenly I see… a 3 minute listen

There are those moments in life where suddenly, while I’m right in the middle of doing something daily-life-like; in between the hustle and bustle of  all the things I feel I need to do and need to get; that the world directly around me seems to fade out and goes into slow-motion just like in the movies. I’m standing in a bubble looking out and see, with harsh clarity, something I had not noticed or realized before.

It happened to me last week as I stood in line at the cash register of a discount drugstore; where loads of things are for sale for less or 3 for the price of 2 or get-one-get-one-free. Everything was beckoning me to buy. It was screaming in my face I had to do it NOW; for it would be for my own good and in my own interest. The products without exception promised me I would profit if I bought them.

At the same time I also noticed how all the products within my range of vision were packed in plastic bottles, tubes or other form of environment unfriendly pollutants.  Without warning my minds eye started to picture the mountain of tossed-away packaging of only this shop alone. Then my mind expanded on the fact that this shop I was standing in, was only one of hundreds of other shops operating under the same franchise; and that in turn this franchise was only one of the hundreds of other franchises selling the same sort of products; of which all the useless packaging would all end up on our societies’ big piles of waste.

I also realized a roughly estimated 90 % of all the products within my eye’s reach were products I do not necessarily need . Perfumes; body glitter, make up,  plastic purple heart- shaped sunglasses, sugared drinks with colorings in them; candy in all sorts and sizes next to weight loss powders; scented candles in green plastic frogs with an open back; plastic flip-flops with plastic daisy ornaments;  all gathered within reach around  a 3 meter radius of the cash register

I had to think of the short time span these products will have; consumed, tossed out or forgotten within days if not hours. How did we let it come this
far? How did we grow to be people who soil their precious habitat and keep on polluting it with the proficiency of ants working their colony, except that ants don’t pollute or ruin the environment their next generations have to live in. And at least ants only use what they need and give back by being scavengers rather than consumers and serve as a nutritious part of the food chain; while most humans have Monsanto to poison them.

Is it just me? Or is it something to notice next time  you stand in line at the discount drug store; and  then maybe just buy what you need and what is good for you?

The card that goes with this is without a doubt Temperance; the card that closes the line reflecting the journey of the soul. Our Souls are not dependent on the matter we buy and consume to identify ourselves with. The Angel on the Temperance card only uses wat It needs and gives back just as much; in perfect balance with the powers that be. It doesn’t abuse and doesn’t sell Itself for no good reason.

To read more, click the card

Wishing you insight and contentment with what comes your way,

Ingrid

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Audio recording  ‘Who else could have done it?” as broadcasted in the radioprogram for international ‘Dutchbuzz’ on Den Haag FM, every Tuesday from 09.00-10.00 pm.

I am blessed to be the proud mother of 4 children, 2 girls, 2 boys, now all in their twenties; traveling the world and doing their own thing.

Throughout their years of growing up, and still I might add, all four of them  have at times stunned me with their insights and life finds; so much so I started gathering some of their remarks and stories and wrote them down.

The one anecdote I had to think of the other day while I was gazing into the night sky looking at the stars, was about a remark made by by my youngest of four, then 6-year-old-son.  He startled me one afternoon by coming into the kitchen where I was preparing a family dinner and ask out of the blue:

Mom do you believe God created the world?

Kids can do this to you. Just ask that sort of  question that launches you into questioning yourself and your beliefs in this life.  Back then, during the first decade of my married life, I never really gave it much thought who or what created the earth I spend every common day of my life on. I took my existence for granted. I was born and raised in an intellectually-minded family, with matter-oriented views on life. Any form of spiritually that might have come natural to me as a child had been reasoned out of me by my peers.

As a result during the first decade of their lives my children had been brought up the same way; aimed at prepping them for suitable economic careers and finding their place in society. They were doing their sports; going to school, having their stay over’s with friends or at our house and we went on our family holidays. Religion or spiritual talk was absent from their daily itineraries. So where did this question ‘ Mom do you believe God created our world’ suddenly come from? I was gobsmacked.

I remember mumbling something incoherent about it being quite possible or more probably probable and then in a flash of insight decided to call my son’s bluff and turn the question:

‘What do you think’, I asked, ‘Who do you think created our world?’

My son looked at me wide eyed, almost indignant;…duhuh… spread out his arms out wide pointing with open hands at the space and matter all around him and said:

God course! Who else could have done it?!

It was from then on I came to believe the natural born wisdom of children is perhaps better left in place than reasoned away by what adults believe is the right way to think.

Wishing you many gobsmacked moments in life …:)

Ingrid

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I watched a program last night on Dutch television that brought me to tears. It was about children who get specialized education because they have what is seen as a learning disorder. They either are dyslectic or have problems calculating numbers or in general find it hard to transfer knowledge from paper to their cognitive senses.

When interviewed however, these children show an innate understanding of life; going way beyond the standard things our generations and those before us have been learning in school or were taught through cultural conditioning. In fact these children are profound deep and original thinkers and often highly sensitive to what happens around them.

They are diagnosed with  ADD, Attention Deficit Disorder which is seen as an inability to process information from the outside world ; or ADHD when it involves hyperactivity as well. But what if these children are in fact over-capable to process information from the outside world?  What if their minds either shut down or scatter themselves all over the place in order to protect themselves from having to deal with this overload of information? What if these children are special in the sense that they are taking on a burden in the development of humanity?

Simply look at what happened over the past 30 years. I happen to be of a generation that grew up without computers; without cellphones. In my days I wasn’t constantly confronted crazy presidents who deliberately deprive their peoples from health care or governments who keep people fleeing from war, torture and murder outside of their borders .

Now imagine yourself being born somewhere between 1990 and say 2010.  Look around you and what do you see? Would anyone over 40 years old agree that it’s a whole different ball game out there these days? Are we then surprised that children growing up in this world are confused? Shut themselves down? Flee into a hyperactive panic out of fear of what is happening to this world?

Mind you; I do see the positive of progress in how cellphones, social media and internet enable opportunities that else would be unattainable.  It is however also an outlet for all sorts of distorted world views. When remember what life was like in the old days; you get two sides of the story. Today’s children and teens only get what they see today and what they see is a world gone bonkers.

In fact I would say the world has developed ADD and ADHD and that these special children are merely adjusting to what is happening outside of them. Something to think about before we label them.

Ingrid Schippers, 13-02-2018

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The spoken version of this blog, features as end note on  ‘Dutchbuzz’, the radio hour for Internationals every Tuesday  from 10 to 11 pm on ‘Den Haag FM and can be found in the Programme Archive of  the Dutchbuzz podcasts, dated February 13, 2018.

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Call me a romantic, but it is my personal belief that ‘in the old days’, when we were living in tribes; sharing the results of the hunt, weaving baskets with each other for the same purpose; gathering berries and roots to make community meals – we were in a way better off than we are now.

In the present day world of Lord Economy, where our true leader is the God of Money, it’s more about how much profit a service or commodity generates, than how it serves a community or the individuals that live in it.

By now, a.d. 2017 :

• there is much more money in the world than all of its population could possibly spend;
• there is enough food for everyone but unevenly divided
• and the most vulnerable people are placed outside of society with an ease that should bring tears to many more eyes than it does now.

Money has become the prime object; a goal rather than a means. Becoming rich, rather than fulfilled, is on top of the list of a relatively small but ruthless group of people who rule the world by dividing it and placing the larger and more vulnerable group outside of society. ‘Material blindness’ it’s called; the inability to look behind the illusion that money secures the succes of a lifetime.

This misconception mirrors itself in society through corruption, ruthlessness and abuse. Child labor in third world countries; but also here in our own so called safe western society.  Amazon earned itself an article last week, written by an undercover journalist who had enlisted with the Amazon work-force and found co-workers sleeping on the work floor exhausted; some even shipped off to hospital with heart problems and other stress induced ailments; all that while being hideously underpaid, overtaxed in work load and with the owner of amazon recently proclaimed one of the richest people in the world.

I’ve written about the subject of work force abuse before because I witness it in my own environment as well. Young people working for small hourly wages wrapped in so-called zero hour contracts; meaning the amount of hours they can count on having a job is flexible; so when they are not needed they do not earn anything and when they are ill it’s tough luck as well. As a consequence these people who should become the cornerstones of next generations fail to get a chance to take root in society.   All this while happy people who can go to sleep at night knowing their basic needs are safe could create and produce so much more to make this world a better place.

Having said all that, I know at the same time, many many peopl are creating change, surfing the waves of the age of aquarius that we are moving into. With the threshold of 2018 in sight I make a wish that their efforts will gain terrain and that people like the owner of amazon will be woken up, much like Scrooge in a Christmas Carol and start to understand that wealth exists in what you have to give rather than what you take.

Ingrid Schippers 05-11-2017

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The spoken version of this blog, features as end note on  ‘Dutchbuzz’, the radio hour for Internationals every Tuesday ( with the exception of summer and Christmas recess) from 10 to 11 pm on ‘Den Haag FM and can be found in the Programme Archive of  the Dutchbuzz podcasts, dated December 5 2017

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With Christmas luring around the corner, pressure is building up again. What are we going to eat? What presents will I buy and get?  What am I going to wear? ‘What will we ‘do’ with the parents?’ the latter sounding a bit like the title of a home-alone-type-of-movie, which by the way, we will probably also get to see again around Christmas.

Don’t get me wrong. I love Christmas. I love going into the attic and get the Christmas decorations out of the mothballs. To be honest…when my daughters helped me clear out the house last weekend… I already smuggled some of my favorite decorations into my living room.

According to the unwritten rules of the Netherlands however, I am not supposed to put up any Christmas decorations until after Sinterklaas has left December 5th.  In fact I’m not even supposed to write about Christmas until after Sinterklaas has left, but with the festivities surrounding the children’s friends being smudged the way they are, I have detected a sad and noticable change in the way the Dutch anticipate the arrival of Sinterklaas. It would not surprise me if this is the beginning of the end of a much treasured tradition that I have fond childhood memories of.

So that brings me to Christmas a bit sooner this year. Also here however, there are a few things I have my doubts about where it concerns the way we celebrate the festive season these days.

Could be it’s because I’m getting older and feel nostalgia creeping in. The good old days, when cellphones and computers were non-existent;when you were still waiting for postcards and letters in the mail; when you could go away for  a few days without people being able to get a hold of you in a split second; when you could in fact go without a cellphone, I-pad of computer for a few days without getting withdrawal symptoms.

Could also be it’s because I’m getting weary being part of a consumer’s world where a multitude of cooking programs on television and a overwhelming load of advertising is telling me what to do to make Christmas perfect.

Could also be I am beginning to resent how people spend millions on luxury goods while so many in this world can’t even afford a proper health insurance, not to mention those who who don’t even have a roof over their heads.

What is left about Christmas for me is coziness, the being together, the being grateful for being together. And I even don’t mind spending Christmas alone. To be honest I love the legality of doing absolutely nothing at Christmas. To just curl up with a big pot of tea, a pile of books and scavenge the t.v, guide for my favorite re-runs,( which isn’t ‘Home Alone’ by the way.)

Christmas in sort of a meditative state, going within, contemplating on the years that’s been, setting an intention for the year to come; thinking of how to improve my world, my life, myself; in a  world that is changing rapidly and where there is still a whole lot to do to make it a better place.

Ingrid Schippers 14-11-2017

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The spoken version of this blog, features as end note on  ‘Dutchbuzz’, the radio hour for Internationals every Tuesday ( with the exception of summer and Christmas recess) from 10 to 11 pm on ‘Den Haag FM and can be found in the Programme Archive of  the Dutchbuzz podcasts, dated November 14 2017

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A dear Dutch Energy Medicine friend inspired me big time today by publishing a post from the NOS.nl national news station about five American ex presidents, Bush Jr, Bush Sr, Carter, Obama and Clinton, participating in a fundraising event for the survivors o hurricanes Harvey. Irma and Maria.

For 5 American ex presidents to come together like this I think is a stroke of genius.They presented themselves as they are at this point in time, vulnerabilities and charisma included.

• Bush Sr, not afraid to show up in stage in spite of the fact he can hardly respond due to Parkison’s disease;
• Bush Jr, whom I never admired for his politics but who had the guts to speak up about a fellow republican president;
• Carter, whom I actually learned to appreciate after his presidency.
• Clinton, from the ambitious Clinton clan who held the world’s attention during one of the most public political catfights ever
• and then ofcourse Obama, whom I can only admire.

The present president of the United States showed up on a big screen. Had it been Obama’s days, America’s first would have been on stage as well, but maybe in a morbid sort of way this worked even better.

Mr. Trump, – I’ll say his name once- , had to make an appearance because of the other 5 ex-presidents stating their case. Had it be up to him he would have left it at what he was criticized for, supplying not enough aid to the people of Puerto Rico. Now however he was forced to praise his predecessors for their effort to stand united and serve as an example on how America should stand united to help those in need.

A brilliant brilliant move against today’s ruling narcissism and self interest politics.

It taught me an important lesson on a personal development level as well. For even tough quite well acquainted with the principle of forgiveness and turning the other cheek towards those who make my life miserable, I find it extremely hard to live up to the challenge of being mild to people I dislike. Instead I turn my back on them and avoid any form of interaction.

What The Bushes, Carter, Clinton and Obama are doing here however is facing the problem heads on. They are doing something about the deadlock by cheerfully stepping right in the middle of it, saying ‘hi, we are here to help’.

We should all be doing that. Defy how world leaders want us to think and act, pack our own suitcase and do what we think needs doing, rather than pointing the fingers at those who are not doing what they should be doing.

Something to chew on perhaps. If you need some inspiration; click the link at the top of this blog, to watch the NOS.NL news story on the ‘Amerikaanse Presidenten’.

I say:  Let’s All Embrace Each Other Now

Ingrid Schippers, for Dutchbuzz 24-10-2017.

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The spoken version of this blog, features as end note on  ‘Dutchbuzz’, the radio hour for Internationals every Tuesday ( with the exception of summer and Christmas recess) from 10 to 11 pm on ‘Den Haag FM and can be found in the Programme Archive of  the Dutchbuzz podcasts, dated October 24 th 2017

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Currently, I am working as a caregiver for a 90-year-old-lady. She is a wonderful character, very advanced within her era of cultural conditioning, bright and clear in her reasoning.  Together, we function very well in our shifts of daily routine.

One of my co-workers seems troubled by the bond my employer and I have developed. From what I gather she fears loosing control.  She likes things to be done her way; while I am an advocate of taking life as it comes, grabbing the moments that matter, evading the drone of logistics; taking responsibility for what can be made to happen.

Of course this difference in approach causes tension between co-workers; and tension between co-workers inevitably rubs off on the job. Investing negative energy into a situation is like using stale flour and yeast to bake a cake. It doesn’t rise to the occasion; it tastes grubby, and  rather than nourishing the body it makes it toxic.

It is highly important to avoid having differences of approach rub off on the chemistry within the caregiver-receiver constellation. Just like with divorces, where the parents priority should be to leave the children out of whatever it is that troubles the parents; care givers should not ‘play out’ their differences out through the person who is dependent on their care.

Funnily enough it was my watching a much praised television series of the moment, that underlined this insight. In general I find it particularly interesting to see how modern day mythology reflects the happenings of daily life in today’s world.  This is also the case of the HBO series I refer to here, Game of Thrones. Initially I refused to watch it, feeling it was far too violent. When my eldest son convinced me however, to watch a couple of episodes with him -( warning me when the gruesome scenes were due) – I got hooked.

In Game of Thrones, several leaders are contesting their power and control over the lives of all others. On the one side there’s the instigators; the people who cause the trouble; but on the other, just as discouraging are the ones who take the bait and start a war because they feel threatened.

In one of the episodes, one of the actors even says: ‘ Let her – referring to the evil Queen,- have her way and simply maintain peace, rather than going off to war and fight her’

And here I feel lies an important piece of information. Taking the situation between me and my co-worker as an example again; I can do two things; I can take the bait and start a power struggle; or….I can decide not to pick up my weapons and just let it be, meanwhile doing what I can do my way with the best possible intention. I can choose to avoid to argue with someone who disagrees with how I function best; let it slide of my skin and my ego like water off a duck.

In an epic tale like Game of Thrones, to which btw I have become totally addicted, it might be a nice narrative to have power struggles and fights for justice. In real life, with people involved who depend on you, I think it’s a lesser idea.

Ingrid Schippers, 26-09-2017

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The spoken version of this blog, features as end note on  ‘Dutchbuzz’, the radio hour for Internationals every Tuesday ( with the exception of summer and Christmas recess) from 10 to 11 pm on ‘Den Haag FM and can be found in the Programme Archive of  the Dutchbuzz podcasts, dated September 26 2017

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On youtube I saw an intriguing piece of storytelling recently about a teacher who one morning in high school gave all
her pupils an unexpected test to make. She placed the exam forms face down in front of the students on their tables, just as she would always do, and once everybody had received their questions, the teacher told them to turn their papers and start the test.

To the students surprise however; there were no questions on the piece of paper they had been given. All they saw was a black dot right in the centre. When they asked their teacher about the meaning of this, the teacher said:

“Just describe what you see.”

So the students wrote down what they saw on the piece of paper; the teacher collected the results and read out loud how each and every student had been writing about the one black dot. After reading out the last one she said:

I’m not going to give marks for this test; I just want you to think about what I am going to say….All of you have described the one black dot; none of you has described the white sheet it was on.

The moral of this story I think is this:

Just as we are conditioned to learn and speak certain languages and are unaware of words and languages we have not been taught to speak; our minds are, through cultural conditioning, upbringing and personal experience taught to see certain things a certain way. In the case of the black dot test; the students dealt the with the task they were given in the way they were conditioned to think; they answered the question on the exam form; they never looked at the carrier of the question.

Is it fair to say that this is what happens in daily life as well? That the first thing we tend to see is the black dot, the imperfection, rather than the good things that also happen in life? Naturally some negative happenings in life are so overwhelming that it is only fair to give them time to process; but is this true for all things that seem to block our happiness? Do we sometimes forget to look at the bigger picture and overlook the many good things that also happen? How come we often give that one black dot a front seat in our thoughts?

It reminds me somewhat of the way the media work by selecting the most devastating pieces of news from among the happenings of over 7 billion people. This, because they know modern society’s human brain is geared to watch for the most dramatic breaking big first. Thus, the media generate lots of money. (making it more about the money than about giving people a fair view of ‘all’ that is happening in the world)  That doesn’t mean however all the good things that happened in the world at the same time are non-existent. While the black dot surely exists; there is also more than meets the eye.

This is applicable too for relationships; businesspartners, lovers, parents, whatever relationship between one human  and the other you can think of. The one black dot has the power to wipe out lots of good things to be grateful for.

A slightly different perspective on the subject of ‘not seeing things’,  is depicted in ‘What the bleep do we know’ , the 2004 documentary on quantum physics and how things only happen when we observe them happening, and how the outcome also depends on how we observe these happenings.

Particularly one scene stayed with me,  picturing a native American shaman who at first was unable to see the ships that brought Columbus to America as the concept of a Clipper Ship was not embedded in his cultural conditioning. (link to this particular extract of ‘What the bleep’ can be found underneath this blog)

So, while ‘black dots’ may divert our views on the bigger picture in life and we might at times be unable to recognize things for what they truly are; I think the message is to keep our eyes open an take in as much as we can; or ….’make the most of it’……

Ingrid Schippers, 31-08-2017

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The abridged spoken version of this blog, features as end note on  ‘Dutchbuzz’, the radio hour for Internationals every Tuesday ( with the exception of summer and Christmas recess) from 10 to 11 pm on ‘Den Haag FM and can be found in the Programme Archive of  the Dutchbuzz podcasts, dated September 5th 2017

Link to ‘What the bleep to we know’ excerpt: native American shaman who at first is unable to see the ships that brought Columbus to America

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Here’s 3 directives I picked up in the course of life that have taught me how to have a relaxed holiday, even when trailing (grand) children

Rule number I

When my kids were growing up, my number one rule in family outings was I’d do anything, provided I’d enjoy it too. That implied I would go to all Disney movies but refused to bide my time watching movies I did not like. I would refuse to take them to MacDonalds but would organize a cookery workshop.

This technique, can also be applied when going on holiday in extended groups.  Just say you’ll do anything they like; provided you’ll enjoy it too.

Rule number II

The second rule also grew out of parenting experience.  As mother of 4,  born closely together,  I was constantly on the watch and counting heads at airports, shopping malls and playgrounds. Even more so on beaches where I would resemble a meerkat continuously surveying the beach.

This slightly changed when  our family was extended with a dog.  (Not so much because the dog was assigned a babysitters task like  ‘Nana’ in Peter Pan; for our dog was a French Basset and couldn’t be bothered.)

What I learned on the puppy training course was that one should never chase a dog when it refuses to respond to your call. The dog should be taught to come to you. You should not be obliged to keep an aye on the dog; the dog should keep an eye on you.

I tested this skill once on a group of 8-year-olds I was to supervise during a school trip. I told them: I am not going to count heads all the time; I’m going to expect you keep an eye on me, so I don’t run off”.
To my astonishment this worked. I was a very relaxed volunteering parent that year.  The morale of this story is not be made a follower. As in rule I; do not be the one who is trailing the needs of others; instead make sure to create space of your own bidding.

Rule number III.

I won’t advise you to stick your head in the sand for what is going on in the rest of the world while you’re ‘away’ , for that is not a solution. What you can do however, is to unplug yourself from the drama of it. Reality check if there is something you can do; say a prayer or send supportive vibes those who are suffering; but don’t let it get to you in the sense that it rules your day where you are. We tend to get drawn away from of ourselves, where we are and what we are doing by outside circumstances, while we have plenty to care for in our own world;  especially during holiday time, when unresolved thoughts and feelings dating back from daily working-life get a chance to catch up on you.  So basically what I’m saying is: make sure you have down time for you @ where you are. The world has become a small place with the internet and international news. Make sure though to remember your own plot of life in the moment

These were my 3 cents. I wish you a wonderful summertime and hope to see you in September, when I’ll start up both the  ‘Body language of Energy’ and ‘Nan Yar- Who Am I’ groups, combining the flow of energy with the flow of transition.

And just because I’m a proud mom; the silhouette of the girl in the picture is my oldest daughter, one of the ones I watched over like a meerkat, standing upright on the beach. She grew into a lovely young woman

Ingrid Schippers, 26 June 2017

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It might take while, but when I look at the accelerated speed with which we have evolved over the past 2 centuries, I hope and pray that the insight over who we really are meant to be, will coming sooner than we think;
and that our children’s children will no longer be living in a world that is ruled by money and leaders who put their own interest first over that of the people.

It is my personal belief, that we are in the crises of things at this very moment; and future history books will speak of the ‘humanitarian crises’ of the first three decades of the 21st century.

A time period, in which a shocking number of governments were killing off their own people; ranging from direct methods through gunfire and civil wars to simply refusing to help those in need.

A time period in which more money than the world population could ever need to survive on, was held by only a few families who were so rich they could not possibly need, let alone use it all.
A time period is which getting money off people, was given priority over helping people evolve themselves.

It is my personal belief, that in 200 years, people will have grasped the understanding, that: 1) what happens to your neighbor also happens to you; 2) that when evolution in one person is suppressed, it is suppressed in all; 3) that people who keep everything to themselves, will in the end have no one left to share it with.

At the moment we live in forest of money, mind-games and manipulation.
When you live in such a forest, it is hard to see the trees.

Through the limited means of our communication channels,-  5 minutes of news, selected from what happens to 7 billion people in the time-space of 24 hours, -so; through the limited means of our communication channels we are being shown only those trees the people in charge and in power want us to see.

(have a click at the wheel of fortune card to read more about it’s meaning)

Without being really aware of the hold they have over us, we gaze at the television news channels and commercials and together compound into a global population that is being ruled by only a few families and institutions who wheel their one important weapon: money, which in the eyes of the ones who rule is more important than personal development for all.

My personal personal strategy in this battle is to detach from television’s reality tv shows and most of the news channels and talkshows, instead communicating with people in person,  visiting them at home, go for a talk walk, rather than through the two-dimensial internet.

Most important of all: I listen to my heart rather than my culturally conditioned head and I listen to the people rather than the leaders.

On the one hand this attitude makes life more difficult, as it turned me into a rebel against the powers in charge; but on the other hand it literally gives me peace of mind and the space to explore who I really am and what I am meant to do with my life here on earth.

Ingrid Schippers, 31 January 2017

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This blog is featured as spoken end note of the Dutchbuzz edition of January 31 2017 and broadcasted  on The Hague FM from 10.00 tot 11.00 pm every Tuesday or can be heard on the Dutchbuzz podcast of  January 31 2017

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In traffic today, I stood waiting at the intersection of Westduinweg and Kranenburger weg, which  is really is a most peculiar intersection with 3, actually 4  roads coming together.
Traffic on the Westduinweg has right of way, so anyone coming from one of the 3 other roads needs to wait.

Still… I saw a Grandfather, in one those cars that are higher than that are wide, who could not care less about all the traffic signs indicating he should wait. With a speed of about 5 kilometers per hour, he gently nudged his car forward; since that was where he needed to go.

A sturdy young man wearing a cap, driving a black Volkswagen Golf, really had to hit the breaks and gestured in a wide variety of body language that Grandfather was crossing more than one border.
Grandfather himself gently inch-wormed himself through traffic in blissful ignorance of the black car and its cap-wearing owner.

I had to smile, in fact the whole scene made me laugh, Grandfather stubborn ignorance; the young man’s heated gestures
I observed it all and thought: One day cap-wearing man, you’ll be the inch-wornming grandfather.

Does that mean I’m turning into a granny myself?

Ingrid Schippers
26-01-2016

The Trick is to EnjoY It.

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Anything imaginable is also possible.

“Use your imagination”. I bet it has been told to every one of us at some point or maybe even several times in our lives.
The remark carries more significance than one might think at first glance.
It is in fact one of these things we tend to say without really listening to ourselves saying it or grasp the true importance of.

Take a moment to consider this:
Every human invention throughout history, is a product of someone’s imagination.

Someone at some point sat on a rock one night feeling cold and wondered what it would be like to be able to use fire to cook food and warm oneself. Thus the making of fire was discovered.

Someone at some point in evolution wondered how life could be made easier by using a blade to turn the soil rather than a spade. Thus the plough was invented.

Someone at some point in time wondered what would happen if water was turned into steam and used to set a machine in motion. Thus the steam engine was invented.
As for art; painters, authors, sculptors and other artist have wondered what would happen if they would use those colors, or that storyline or this tool to shape their work.

We take a lot for granted in daily life and are often distracted by things that go wrong.
What about all that goes right? The things humanity has created simply by using constructive imagination?

It can be a wholesome self-praise exercise to see what solutions you have come up with in trying situations.
Observing, without self-judgment (and without wondering what others would think of the way you’ve handled yourself!) taking a moment to reflect how you came to do something, which ideas were at the base of your actions.

We tend to get drawn into the drone of daily life; going to the shops we’re used to, cooking the meals we know how to make, following the same sort of solutions to our queries, using the same roads to get from A tot B.
What if taking a different route for a change, leads you past a rural lane rather than the highway?
How long ago since you’ve seen a rabbit hop? When did you last read a novel you couldn’t put down? How long ago since you wrote in a dairy? or even wrote down a simple thought?

You’ll find the following concepts have a lot to do with creating a positive experience.

- Creating Diversity, taking a different route in life for a change.
– Positive thinking. Is the glass half full, half empty or as read somewhere a little while ago: refillable?
– Soul honesty. Can I look myself in the eye over this and know I did the best I could?
– Genuine intention. What interest do I have in mind? Is it about the money? or the dogma? or about personal fulfillment?

On this I leave you and wish you an imaginative summer season.
Should you want to jog your imagination a little every now and again, you can draw a card for free on this website www.energycounseling.nl, like the one depicted next to this blog: the 8 of Gifts, titled Imagination, which says:

“Anything imaginable is also possible.”

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