The year is 2117; the day January 17.

82-year old  Luther is in his rocking chair on the porch of his self sustaining, solar pannelled house overlooking the organic vegetable garden. A few feet away his grandson Oliver sits at the picknick table . Oliver is preparing a presentation he will be giving at the creative learning institute of his local community on the theme:

The World a Hundred Years Ago Today

The evening is quiet. Other than the chirpin’ of criquets and the occasional cackle from the chicken pen, the setting is still, the first stars visible at the darkening sky, a content Old Luther watching them, his arms folded under his head.

“Grampa?”

“Yes Son?”

“Why were so many people hungry in 2017? There was enough food available to feed everyone 3 times over; the supermarkets were stuffed, they even tossed out loads of foods!”

“I think that was because profits were seen as more important than sustainability in those days Oliver”.

Using his holographic imager Oliver now projects pictures of a man with a funny looking hairdo and a double chin when you look at him from the side. The man is making a speech to a whole lot of people and waving his finger angrily in the air.

“Grampa?”

“Yes Son”

“Why did people build walls and keep others outside of their borders in places where these others perished?”

Old Luther sighs. “We’re not quite sure Son. It seems people thought they could own themselves by owning the land they lived on and use it to their own advantage.”

Oliver frowns. “You mean they didn’t know about the value of legacy?”

“No…unfortunately most of them didn’t,”

“But why did they have to own everything and leave very little or none for others? Could they not just own themselves the way they wanted and grant other people that same right? There seemed to have been enough in the world to give each and every person a comfortable lifetime?”

“Well you know Son, this is a phenomenon we do not understand any more these days, but people back then thought that to have a lot of money invested in matter was what gave them a life. They did not grasp the concept that life is about who you are, Luther emphasized, and not about what you are or what you own.”

Old Luther unfolds his arms from under his head, leans over  to Oliver and continues: “But you do not want to make your project about those people Oliver. You want to commemorate the ones who made the difference; the ones that really mattered. The ones that grasped the concept of sharing. The ones who understood that keeping everything to yourself leaves you with nothing in the end.  The ones you want to commemorate are the ones who saved this world.
Go find yourself those role models.

At that old Luther folds his arms back under his head and returns to gazing at the stars.

Ingrid Schippers, 17 January 2017

To connect, send me a mail at info@energycounseling.nl,

And before you leave….draw your own Nan Yar- Who Am I card of the day on the right of this blog. Click the card and let your subconscious do the thinking…

This blog is featured as spoken end note of the Dutchbuzz edition of January 17 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 17 2017

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I find myself on earth and encounter myself.

The course  ‘Ancient Wisdom and Personal Development’ , published  in 7 modules on the energy counseling blogpage following this introduction,  offers a view on how to apply sources of  knowledge for yourself by yourself as a lead to get more ‘return’ out of your potential in life.   

In essence, everybody has what it takes to walk his or her path.

Each individual is born with exactly those prerequisites needed for survival, prerequisites as unique as ones fingerprint, in turn handing unique opportunity.

In the present state of development, humanity, now more than ever, is influenced as  well as distracted at the cost of unique individuality and its qualities.

Only a few images on television are to paint a situation from somewhere around the world;
while advertisements and movies tell us what is supposedly good for us, mostly based on commercial norms and values. Compared to the infinite diversity of images humanity could álso produce, the newsflashes and web posts are merely drops in the ocean.   Mobile communication (twitter,apps)  increased the effects of half words and messages, limiting the human view point to a smaller spectrum while filling up a bigger part of available time and space.

Fortunately each development has a way of triggering a counter development. Next to the current increasing flow of relatively little information coming from the outside, a growing need arises to find answers from within. Humanity is also on a quest to do things differently. We are becoming more conscious of the choices we make, the things we do and begin to phantom it is our own behavior that influences the outcome.

Ancient techniques such as Yoga, Qi Gong en Tai Chi gain ground, literally and figuratively speaking. Eating habits are being scrutinized and in the medical field energy medicine guides us on an exploration tour of re-discovering the natural healing methods we were born with, enabling the individual to support his or her own energies and stay healthy.

Combined this ‘Body language of Energy’  and the basic question of them all in the field of personal development:  ‘Who Am I';
offer the individual human being guidance on a journey of its own amidst the vast currents of outside information.

The Nil-card of the ancient wisdom-based Tarot,  The Storyteller, (depicted at the right) is such a human being, traveling the world, knapsack on its shoulder, making the journey without preconceived convictions or cultural conditioning.

Imagine what you would do if you could walk your path, without expectations from the outside world, financial obligations or embedded cultural belief systems.

In essence it is the mission of each human being to develop itself in the course of life, by means of ones own insights, gifts and tools, to such an extend that these can be used to meet the similarly unique challenges each person inevitably meets on the path of life.  

In that, one is lonely in the sense nobody else can think,feel or want what you think, feel or want to do with your life. This is what gives you your freedom of choice, regardless the circumstances.
At the same time we are all united and serve as mirror to each other, at times to show how it should not be done, at times to star as an example.

We all come to earth with our own script. The better one knows oneself, the better one can make ones own choices and be ones own director, serving oneself first and ultimately the greater good. In that we are often stronger than we think we are and often have more to offer than we give ourselves credit for. What you think and feel, the way you act is unique for who you are and fits your life like a glove.
The Hermit, number VIIII  of the Trump cards, depicts this Journey of the individual on earth, in search of its true self, hidden behind the soul.

The next  7 modules describe which elements are at play in the Tarot, based as it is on ancient wisdom.  The Nan Yar – Who Am I  method is an interpretation of  it, with the focus on determining ones own path in personal development.

The following subjects are reviewed: 

Module 1: Earth, Breath, Presence,  the  3 prerequisites to get going.

Module 2: The Storyteller in The World  on the inter-dependency of inner world on the outside world and the other way around. We all learn in relation to others.

Module 3: The 3 Realities and their Gatekeepers.   3 layers of 7 trump cards each (numbered from I to XXI)  depict the different perspectives life comes with.  In the Nil-card,  The Storyteller, the ‘I’ of the individual , all realities gather during the course  of a lifetime.

Together the Nil + 21 other trump cards, form the 22 cards of the so called ‘Major Arcana’ which translates to ‘Big Secret’.

Module 4: ‘The 4 suits (colors): Challenges, Insights, Gifts & Tools, describes the other 56 of the total of 78 cards, gathered in the Minor Arcana (Small Secret) divided in 4 groups of 14 cards each, numbered 1 to 10 plus a Page, Knight, Queen and King in each suit;
all carrying specific guidance in combination with the color they are part of.
Also these qualities gather in The Storyteller during the course of life.

Module 5: People and Numbers,  explores the significance of Numbers, which play a big part in the interpretation of  both the 22 Trump cards and 56 Number and Court cards.

Module 6: Communicating with your Inner World.  explains how the subconscious (as opposed to conditioned thinking) mirrors the Archetypes, Colors and Numbers, and thus reveal their insights to its rightful owner.

Module 7: ‘Who Am I in Daily Life’  describes how the Tarot as used in the Nan Yar – Who Am I method serves as an I-consciousness guide in personal development. This module also gives a brief overview of human consciousness through time.

Scrolling down to the end of the page, you will find a form to respond to each module. Reactions are read and answered (if required) on the website.

For personal questions, not be shown publicly, you can sent a mail to Ingrid Schippers at: info@energycounseling.nl.

And keep in mind….The Trick is to EnjoY It.

Next weeks Module 1: Earth,Breath,Presence.

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How many times a day do-you-do-what-you-really-want-to-do?
It seems to me we are being told a lot about who we are supposed to be or what our day should look like.
Teachers telling us what to learn, parents telling us how to behave, fashion designers telling us what to wear; commercials telling us what to buy, mothers telling their children which people to trust and which to ignore; friends telling us how to measure up to be part of the group;bosses telling us how to earn our wages, bills telling us to pay up; doctors telling us to stay out of the sun; significant others telling us to see things their way; I could go on and on.
Even my son told me the other day to please not show it when I was upset about something, because it affected him as well. I am to pout in silence. Sweet but far from what real life is about.

It made me realize how we are often told to behave a certain way basically to fit the bill of someone else, something like:

men who are not supposed to cry.

Why? Because seeing a grown man cry makes others feel out of control.
If even a big guy like him, (read: my role model) breaks down then how am I supposed to stay strong?

As such we spend our lives looking at others on what to expect instead of looking in the mirror and using our very own tools, insights and gifts to meet our challenges in life.

And here is the catch. It’s where reality and what we are being told differ to an extend where it can make or break us.
A commercial can tell me I need to buy slim trim or whatever it is called to loose my extra pounds, in order to spend a pleasant summer in my bikini, but when I’m the 56 year old mother of 4 kids, conceived and delivered in a time period of 7 years, I will never ever wear a bikini again, believe me, with or without slim trim.
This doesn’t mean however I can not have a pleasant summer; lie in the sun on the beach, read a good book and go for a swim.

Over the years I’ve learned to stop listening to what other people expect of me, when I gradually started to see that more often than not, it was in the other persons interest for me to behave a certain way rather than to my own advantage.
Then people started to call me stubborn and some of them; the ones who had the power to do so, official institutions for instance, who treat me like a number rather than a human being, even started to sanction me for not behaving according to their rules and regulations, which in fact motivated me even more to choose my own way and be the storyteller of my own life; for the only one who can live my life is me, nobody else can do that for me.

Now back to the beginning….how many times a day do-you-do-what-you-really-want-to-do.
Think about it every now an again and then take a look in the mirror and do what YOU would want to do.

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