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Nan Yar

Remco — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 15:59:38 +0000

‘Nan Yar’ envelopes a more than 5000 year old theme as practiced by the ancient Yogis, even before their knowledge was recorded in writing. It stands for ‘Who Am I’ or ’He Who Is’. Using this question as a base, I have developed a method to facilitate and follow your own personal development, using the ancient knowledge of Archetypes, Numbers and Colors, as implemented by the Rosicrucians, in what would later appear as the Marseille Tarot. To interpret the cards I have used the views of Rudolf Steiner, guided by Dutch psychiatrist Cees van der Kroef. As change is inevitable while developing and gaining new insights; the descriptions of the cards as published on this website are regularly updated and revised. The Nan Yar method is used to mobilize the subconscious, exploring Challenges, Insights, Gifts and Tools, using the Storyteller as a guide in the Individual Counseling as well as Group gatherings. Book a Nan Yar card reading » Archetypes, Challenges, Insights, Gifts and Tools The Nan Yar method consists of 78 cards. Each card offers a unique combination of a number with an archetype or one of the four ‘colors’: Challenges, Insights, Gifts and Tools. The magic of the cards is that they are ‘read’ with the subconscious. Deep down inside you know what you need to feel inspired. It are often the expectations and happenings from outside that distract you. The meaning of each card resonates with our ancient inner knowing, which surfaces when invited to do so. An overview of all 78 Nan Yar cards, offers more explanation on the several layers of the game, the meanings of the cards and their numbers, colors and archetypes. Ready for some Self-study? Buy the Nan Yar method and its explanatory booklet To get going with the Nan Yar method, buy your personal copy and its explanatory booklet below. The booklet is also separately available as hard copy or as download of your choice: pdf or Kindle e-book (.mobi). Please note: all products mentioned below are in English. The Dutch versions can be viewed and ordered on the Dutch version of this page.

Nan Yar method The card game consists of 78 full-color cards and comes in a cardboard box sized approximately 12x7x3 cm. The price of a separate card game is € 20,95. Shipping within the Netherlands is € 6,95 and € 13,- to Belgium. For international shipping, please contact me. If you would like to order the card game and/or booklet, or if you have any questions, please contact info@energycounseling.nl. Buy card game »

Card game + booklet The card game consists of 78 full-color cards and comes in a cardboard box sized approximately 12x7x3 cm. The size of the booklet is approximately 15×11 cm. It contains 44 full-color pages with a brief explanation of the cards. The price of the card game plus booklet is € 27,95. Shipping within the Netherlands is € 6,95 and € 13,- to Belgium. If you would like to order the card game and/or booklet, or if you have any questions, please contact info@energycounseling.nl. Buy card game + booklet »

Explanatory booklet The size of the booklet is approximately 15×11 cm. It contains 44 full-color pages with a brief explanation of the cards. The price of a single booklet is € 7,95. Shipping within the Netherlands is € 1,92 and € 3,15 to Belgium. For international shipping, please contact me. If you would like to order the card game and/or booklet, or if you have any questions, please contact info@energycounseling.nl. Buy booklet »

Booklet as e-book (pdf or mobi) The booklet contains 44 full-color pages with a brief explanation of the cards. The price of the e-book is € 6,95. Formats are pdf and mobi (.mobi can be used on the Kindle e-reader). If you would like to order the e-book version of the booklet, or if you have any questions, please contact info@energycounseling.nl. Buy booklet as PDF/MOBI »

Life Make Over Journey book The Life Make Over Journey book is to be released in the course of 2015. Next to elaborating further on the characteristics of the game, it offers the opportunity to keep a diary based on the interpretation of the cards.

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3 Steps to Boost Intuitive Skills

Ingrid Schippers — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 12:14:58 +0000

Would you agree we all have intuitive skills which we at times fail to use because the outside world tells us to do something differently? Defining what you really want, really feel and really think can be quite a roller coaster ride in today’s world. Here’s 3 steps, represented by the 3 Gatekeepers of the 3 levels of personal development (Body, Soul & Spirit) to motivate your intuitive skills to help guide you through the world of do’s and don’ts. Step 1: Do the Reality Check. It might be an inconvenient truth, but keep in mind a majority of actions taken in the outside world are aimed at making us believe a certain something; ranging from commercials promising success in love and life as long as the right deodorant, shampoo or even washing detergent is being used, to people who tell things they want others to believe, while in reality the telltales are far removed from what is really going on. Remember modern day society is thriving on commerce. People constantly want to sell you something; ideas, products, illusions, hot air. In that sense humanity is still a child that needs to grow up and learn how to speak the truth; to give real help and really care about the welfare of others, which brings me to Step 2: Let The Heart Speak Step 2. Let The Heart Speak We live in era of evolution where humanity is constantly testing its ability to think. Quoting Descartes,: ‘I think, therefore I am’, emphasizes how highly we value this human ability. At the same time the one big observation often made, is how people in the western world ‘live too much in their heads”. Perhaps the two are related and it is this constant test driving of our ability to think that wears us out and puts our intuitive skills on the back burner of life. So my motto is: think less, feel more, bring the concept of thinking, feeling and willing (wanting) into a more balanced perspective. ‘Risk’ listening to the heart over obeying the brain; for as we’ve seen in Step 1, the information the brain is processing, is not always as truthful as we would want it to be, while the heart simply cannot lie. It cannot think, it can only feel. Unless we are ‘heartless'; the truth always lives within and while we can be ‘brainwashed’, to be ‘heart-washed’ only indicates a cleansing. Step 3: Befriend The Dragon ‘Denial is not just a river in Egypt ‘ someone once said on how most of us would love to believe there are no dragons in this world. We live life while trying to ignore the bad things as much as possible, both in the world around us as well as within ourselves. Again it’s a bit of a nut to crack, yet the beauty of it is, that recognizing the dark side of life, of all our lives, in the outside world and within, puts reality into perspective and allows the gut feeling to emerge from the depth of true knowing. Conclusion: In general the 3 steps invite you to discard shallow food for thought and temptation and involve the heart,live life with a conscience, something the subconscious knows everything about. The personal development method Nan Yar – Who Am I , of which the cards featured in this blog are derived from, is entirely based on exploring the intuitive side of life. The meaning of each card, represented by an archetype, number and/or suit, reflects something that lives in its own personalized way within each and everyone of us. Draw your own card here, and explore how the explanation mirrors itself in your daily life. The Nan Yar page of this website, features an overview of all 78 cards. Each card you click on, including the cards of this blog, give an explanation. Ingrid Schippers Tuesday 14 June, 2016 This blog is featured as spoken end note of the Dutchbuzz edition of June 14 2016 and can be listened to on The Hague FM from 10.00 tot 11.00 pm or on the Dutchbuzz podcast of June 14 2016

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Ancient Wisdom and Personal Development.

Ingrid Schippers — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 09:09:51 +0000

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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‘Who Am I’ in daily life.

Ingrid Schippers — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 08:28:15 +0000

The cards summon up and support, what you already know deep down inside. Even though the cards of the Nan Yar – Who Am I method are read by the brain, they stand in direct communication with the subconscious. This is how things work with everything in daily life. Should we only be guided by what is perceived by the brain; we would be computers without any form of empathy. It can even be stated our subconscious plays the major part in the way we ultimately perceive and experience life. This can be compared to an iceberg, of which 2/9 is above surface while the remaining 7/9 is out of our immediate view and perception, even though it can confront you big time, which in turn is what determines the way you ultimately feel. Needless to say we, in the West, live in our heads a lot; in other words spend a relatively big amount of time living in only 2/9 above water. The discomfort of that, is that our feelings of well being, happiness, curiosity or drive, do not reside in this ‘ 2/9 direct recipient of information’ , but…as the word indicates…in our feelings, the ‘invisible’, ‘non-proven’ 7/9 of who we are. Without this subconscious, we would be robots without feelings. This is exactly the reason why government institutions and courts of law, often feel totally cold, harsh and unjust, as they totally only work with 2/9 of the perceivable humane truth, while the other 7/9 of the truth resides in the unknown. We may not always be aware, but the biggest part of our life is shaped after and initiated by that which we cannot directly perceive. The Nan Yar – Who Am I cards, serve as a mirror to accelerate what otherwise would be kept hidden a while longer. Everything within our perception, the top of the iceberg, has the function to summon up what lies underneath the water, in the subconscious. We associate that which we see,hear, touch, (sensory perception) with something that also lives within our inner world, and where the brain at some point knows limitations, the possibilities in the subconscious may well be as infinite as the Universe; with the experiences we thus gather in the subconscious reflecting back to the sensory system in the ‘top’ conscious. Basically, everything operates in cycles. Just as insects and fruits serve as food for birds, who in turn serve to spread seeds, who in turn sprout and serve as food, literally everything that takes place in life stands connected, one way or the other, with all the other occurrences in life. Everything in the world exists for a reason. Everything has its own life cycle and as such is connected to everything else in life. This connectivity in all its diversity of the 3 layers, the physical, psychological and spiritual realities, (see also module 3: the 3 Realities and their Gatekeepers) is mirrored in the last card XXI The World as depicted at the top of this module The World has good reason to be the last all-encompassing card. Similar to how everything in life is connected , all 78 cards of the Nan Yar-Who Am I method are also inter-connected. The presence of one card in the pack creates the prerequisites for all other cards to exist, in numerous different combinations, interpretable in an infinite number of ways. As such, the Nan Yar – Who Am I cards, mirror as many situations as are present in the real world and are connected to all other sources of wisdom at the disposal of humanity. Tools such as the Tarot, on which the Nan Yar Who Am I method is based, are also part of life for a reason and also part of a life cycle. It are media that end up in the world to serve as steppin’ stones to a next phase in the development of the human collective, starting with a few people, to gradually be adopted into a culture. In the past 5000 years, from about 3000 BC to the end of the 19th century,- the so called Kaliyuga era-, much as changed in the fields of human thought, feelings and spiritual awareness. Money was introduced, originally as a means to a goal, but soon became the goal. Humanity materialized placing a priority on appearances rather than a connection to the natural world, an image more real today than ever before. And where before Kaliyuga there was an individual connection with spirituality from within; this was now taken over by external institutions, churches, ruling their followers ‘from above’ . Because of this, the capacity to source from ones own inner knowing, was overruled by cultural rules and regulations generated by the outside world (not to be confused with card XXI The World , which consists of an outer ánd an inner world.) thus moving esoteric knowledge to secret societies that only few were privileged to know about. On the one hand this turned the individual person more into a member of the community, while on the other hand it in fact isolated the ‘ordinary’ individual from The World with the natural connection to the inner world and the insights that belong to it being severed and out of reach of that community. These changes however are certainly not just negative; they are also part of a development. Learning curves for (wo)mankind, inspiring awareness, enabling people to learn and distinguish night from day, darkness from enlightenment. (as depicted in the Nan Yar – Who Am I card 2 of Challenges: Dilemma.) When Greek philosophers appear on the world stage, a new growing awareness is introduced in the way people think, with the individual becoming aware of having an I-consciousness; initiating a quest to (re) discover the relationship between humanity and The World , the inner world and the outer world. This as opposed to earlier peoples who were guided by their Faraos and other leaders and regarded their leader as their god. It is in the narratives of Homer that the first individual life stories, biographies and character descriptions are being displayed and it is a Greek diary in which someone refers to himself as ‘I’ for the first time in written history. This historic phase in human development can be compared on the individual scale of a life time with a child around the age of 3, when it refers to itself as ‘I’ for the first time and recognizes its own individuality. It is basically then, it starts to create its own life story and becomes its own Storyteller The esoteric sources from which the Marseille Tarot originates and from which Wisdom is handed down to humanity so it can further develop itself, were still kept hidden in Greek-Roman times. They were only accessible for initiates, priests and mystics. At the sacrifice of ones life, it was forbidden to divulge any secret knowledge, as the awakening I-consciousness of ordinary people was still at the age of a toddler. In the Middle Ages, the church ruled, – and moreover controlled- , the I-consciousness. While the Church was very much aware of this inner knowledge available to humanity it tried everything to keep these sources away from their flocks. The last thing religious institutions especially in those days wanted, was to have an independent parishioner with a mind of its own. (also see module 1: Earth,Breath, Presence) To have ones personal spiritual connection was strictly forbidden. In the 7 prerequisites to live on earth (also see module 3: The 3 Realities and their Gatekeepers) inner spiritual life is therefore shown in disguise as V: The Pope, number 5, the number of the human being and the quintessence of life, the core. (also see: module 5: People and Numbers) Only as predecessor of the period of Enlightenment that would follow the Middle Ages did the Tarot appear in the world. As with other esoteric knowledge it took some time to be recognized as a Tool to explore ones inner world with. To begin with it was used as a regular card game. Only later was it used to predict the future with, mostly with a (clairvoyant) third person interpreting the cards, rather than in dialogue with oneself. Until this very day, the Tarot is used in a wide variety of interpretations, mostly by third parties interpreting the dialogue created through the cards. The structure and composition of the Tarot however, with her archetypes, suits and number characteristics (also see module 4: The 4 colors: Challenges,Insights, Gifts & Tools) define the cards as a perfect medium to distill your own insights in dialogue with yourself, while staying close to who you really are, with the Nil-card, The Storyteller from the Nan Yar – Who Am I method, serving as your personal guide. In daily life you can apply the Nan Yar Who Am I personal Development method to draw a card every now and again and interpret it with your own associative thinking, a natural gift rendered to every developing human being, safe-guarded in your subconscious); combined with what you know about the meaning of Numbers,Colors en Archetypes as discussed in the 7 modules of this course. More extensive card readings, such as the drawing of 3 cards: recent past- present-near future, or the so called ‘Celtic Cross’ displaying 10 cards enconpassing the present situation and its possible outcomes (for you to interpret!), are further explained in the Nan Yar Who Am I group training and individual sessions and in the Life Make Over Journey Book. Since ‘walking’ and ‘thinking’ draw from the same source of lifeforce”, the group training, individual sessions and Life Make Over Journey Book, also offers breath- and bodywork exercises from ‘The Body language of Energy’ to support the energies of personal development. The ‘Nan Yar all cards’ page is one of the pages on the energy counseling website which offers the opportunity to draw your cards on line and source information on the meaning and background of all 78 cards. Scrolling down on the same page you’ll find a small shop to buy the Nan Yar – Who Am I personal development cards with an explanatory booklet, or one of these products separately, or the download of the booklet that comes with the cards. You are invited to respond to this 7 module course with questions and comments through the comment form at the bottom of the blog page. Your reaction will be read and shared underneath the blog you responded to. Should you prefer a one-to-one exchange, send me an e-mail through the contactform or mail me at: info@energycounseling.nl I regularly give lectures discussing the content of the 7 modules, either on locations chosen by me or at invitation of companies and events. 30-08-2015, Ingrid Schippers

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The Commemoration of May 4th

Ingrid Schippers — Tue, 01 May 2018 09:11:26 +0000

Just like we write our own lives; we also write our own histories. Years ago someone in the USA advised me to start reading the books of historian Howard Zinn. Already after the first chapter my world started to change dramatically. Zinn was the first to make me aware that everything we read is an interpretation of the truth the way the powers that be choose to see it. It is easily forgotten that we all individually have freedom of choice in what we care to identify with and care to believe. Of course we can blame cultural conditioning for the way we think, but it’s important to remember it is mostly the conquerers who write the history books; and that what we are taught to believe often serves their interest best. What better way to keep control, than to divide the people amongst themselves and unite the separate groups in belief systems ? In the sixties and seventies, I grew up thinking all Germans had been bad. The only thing I always questioned was what the Dutch did to the girls who had been so-called “sleeping with the enemy”. To this day many people feel these girls got what they deserved with their heads shaved and driven through the streets in an open cart covered in tar and feathers. How medieval can you get? What if some of these girls had done what they did out of love? Their communities might have disagreed, but the love might have been genuine. Maybe they did it out of fear. Maybe they were forced. Who are ‘the others’ to judge that? Lately I began to notice that ‘the truth about history’ regarding the Germans in the second world war is slowly being re-written. Where in the past the German people were mostly accused of being in denial about what their leaders were causing in the world and blamed for doing nothing about it; I now see it mentioned in the documentaries that are flooding our television screens again this time of year; how many Germans were in fact disagreeing with what went on. Only recently did I learn for the first time that 18 known attempts were made in a timespan of 3 years, by high ranking officers to kill their leader. In another news item recently I saw one brave descendent of a tarred and feathered woman stand up against the injustice of it. She had herself transported through an open cart to commemorate her ancestor. Very courageous. Maybe this May 4th, when we commemorate the people who died during the second world war at the memorial statues near palace the Dam in Amsterdam and the Waalsdorpervlakte of The Hague; we should remember all the 60 million people that died during the second world war. Re-writing the way we choose to view these dark pages of our history, could well help to make the world a better place. Ingrid Schippers May 1st 2018 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 May 1st , 2018.

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Posture, Prana, Presence

Ingrid Schippers — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 08:13:45 +0000

Ever find yourself pulling into your driveway and wondering how you got there? Not in an existential way—just literally no memory of the last 15 minutes of driving. Congratulations: you’ve successfully completed autopilot mode. No points deducted. Posture, Prana, Presence, a 3 minute , 6 seconds listen to…
https://www.energycounseling.nl/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/posture-prana-presence-the-art-of-staying-of-staying-where-you-already-are..mp3 Or how about that party, where someone is enthusiastically talking at you, you see their lips moving, probably about their new job or a juice cleanse—and you’re nodding, smiling, utterly unaware of the actual topic. A true masterclass in social camouflage. And then there’s the Talk. You know the one. The Important Conversation with a friend or partner where you’re meant to really connect… But instead, your brain is busy filing taxes, or wondering if you left the stove on, or daydreaming about a slightly better version of this exact conversation. Being present—it’s hard. Having your mind and body occupy the same zip code? Practically a superpower. But here’s the twist: this isn’t your fault. This beautifully scattered state of being? You came equipped with it. It’s called Ego—your internal project manager. Its job? Select, protect, overthink, and occasionally ruin a perfectly good moment with a memory from 2009. Useful? Absolutely. Overzealous? Constantly. And in our era of infinite inputs and existential TikToks, Ego is pulling double shifts. The cost? Sometimes your soul—spelled S-O-U-L, in case you forgot you had one—gets shoved backstage. You end up: Driving without noticing the trees. Partying without seeing the person behind the personality. Talking without actually listening. Posture. Prana. Presence. It sounds like a yoga poster, but it’s actually the secret handshake for being human. Stay grounded where you are. Keep on breathing—not just because it keeps you alive, but because it reminds you that you are alive. Feel your presence. Seriously. You’re right here. Try not to ghost your own moment. So here’s the pitch: Keep your Ego. It’s sharp. It’s efficient. It would make a killing on Wall Street. Just… don’t let it drive all the time. Check in. Breathe. Look around. Be in the actual now. Wishing you a grounded and deep breathing presence in where you are nd what you’re doing right now Ingrid To the Body Language of Energy Pilgrim Circle Page

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Oude Wijsheid en Persoonlijke Groei

Ingrid Schippers — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 08:06:10 +0000

Ik kom op aarde en ontmoet mijzelf. De cursus, ‘Oude Wijsheid en Persoonlijke Groei’ , die in 7 modules volgend op deze inleiding op de energycounseling.nl blogpagina te lezen is, laat zien hoe oude bronnen van wijsheid voor jezelf door jezelf toegepast kunnen worden als leidraad om meer ‘rendement’ uit jezelf en je leven te halen. In wezen heeft iedereen al lang in huis wat nodig is voor het levenspad. Elk mens komt op aarde met requisieten die zo uniek zijn als de eigen vingerafdruk en unieke mogelijkheden met zich meebrengen. In haar huidige fase van ontwikkeling, wordt de mensheid meer dan ooit beïnvloed en afgeleid door materialisatie, verslavingen, technieken en systemen, die ten koste gaan van die unieke kwaliteiten van de individuele mens. Met een paar televisie beelden weerspiegelen de nieuwsberichten een complexe situatie in de wereld, slechts gezien door de lens van één verslaggevers-team; en via korte reclames en Hollywood films krijgen we beelden aangeboden die veelal gebaseerd zijn op commerciële normen en waarden. Vergeleken met de oneindige diversiteit aan beelden (imaginaties) die de mens zou kúnnen ontvangen, vertegenwoordigt de informatie die we dagelijks op grote schaal zien, slechts een fractie van de werkelijkheid. De mobiele (twitter, app) communicatie heeft het effect van deze verarming nog eens vergroot en de oriëntatie van de mens beperkt tot een benauwd spectrum, waar evenwel een groot deel van de beschikbare ruimte en tijd mee wordt gevuld. Gelukkig creëert een ontwikkeling ook altijd een tegen-ontwikkeling en bestaat naast de stroom van informatie van buitenaf, ook een groeiende behoefte naar antwoorden op innerlijke vraagstukken. De individuele mens is op zoek naar manieren om het anders te doen. We worden ons meer bewust van onze vrijheid van keus, de dingen die belangrijk voor ons zijn en het feit dat we met ons gedrag zelf invloed hebben op de uitkomst van vraagstukken. Oude technieken zoals Yoga, Qi Gong en Tai Chi krijgen, letterlijke en figuurlijk, weer meer voet aan de grond. Voedingsgewoonten worden onder de loep genomen en op medisch gebied zijn we met energetische geneeskunde op her-ontdekkingsreis naar aangeboren technieken die iedereen in staat stelt zelf aan zijn of haar gezondheid te werken. Gecombineerd, geven deze Lichaamstaal van Levenskracht , (de gebarentaal van de menselijke energiesytemen), en de basisvraag ‘Wie Ben Ik’, de mens de gelegenheid met zichzelf op reis te gaan door het leven, een eigen pad te bewandelen en richting te geven aan zichzelf. De Nul-kaart uit de op oude wijsheid van de Tarot gebaseerde methode Nan Yar- Wie Ben Ik, De Verteller, (links afgebeeld) is zo’n mens die zonder vooringenomen conditionering of overtuigingen door de wereld stapt, knapzak op de schouder. Stel je eens voor wat jij zou doen, wanneer je ongebonden, zonder verwachtingen van buitenaf en met uitschakeling van financiële of andere maatschappelijke verplichtingen door de wereld kon lopen. In wezen is het de missie van elk mens dat ter wereld komt, zich zelf in de loop van het leven dusdanig te ontwikkelen door middel van eigen Inzichten, Gaven en Hulpbronnen, dat deze zelfstandig ingezet kunnen worden om de eveneens unieke Uitdagingen, die onvermijdelijk op ieders pad komen, zo goed mogelijk te pareren. Daarin ben je alleen, in de zin dat geen mens kan denken, voelen of willen wat jij denkt of voelt of wil in het leven. Tegelijkertijd, ben je deel van een groep waarin elk mens als De Verteller van het eigen leven, met eenzelfde reis bezig is. Dat geeft ieder voor zich Vrijheid van Keus, ongeacht de omstandigheden van buitenaf. Tegelijkertijd zijn we ook allemaal met elkaar verbonden en dienen als spiegel voor elkaar, voor hoe het niet moet of hoe het juist wél moet. We komen allemaal op aarde met een eigen draaiboek en hoe beter je jezelf kent, des te beter je de keuzes kan maken die zowel jezelf als het grotere geheel dienen. Daarbij ben je vaak sterker dan je denkt en heb je veel meer in te brengen dan je vaak verwacht. Wat jij denkt en voelt, en hoe jij handelt is uniek, voor wie jij bent en past als een handschoen om jouw leven. De talenten die je hebt, passen volledig bij jou. De kunst is ze naar juiste waarde in te schatten en de kans te geven om te groeien. De Kluizenaar, (rechts afgebeeld)kaart nummer VIIII van de troefkaarten, uit de laag van de Ziels ontwikkeling*, (* Module 3: De 3 realiteiten en hun Poortwachters) is de kaart die tijdens de reis van de mens op aarde het Archetype verbeeld van het Ik. die op zoek gaat naar het Ik-bewustzijn. In de komende 7 modules wordt uiteengezet welke elementen meespelen in de Nan Yar – Wie Ben Ik zoektocht en hoe deze is toegespitst op wat de mens zelf met zijn of haar eigen levenloop kan bereiken in persoonlijke groei. De volgende onderwerpen komen aan bod: Module 1: Aarde, Adem, Aanwezigheid, de drie start- ‘benodigdheden’ van elk pad. Module 2: De Verteller in De Wereld. Hier wordt de inter – afhankelijke relatie beschreven, tussen de De Verteller en diens aanwezigheid in De Wereld. De mens leert in relatie tot de ander. Module 3: ‘De 3 Realiteiten en hun Poortwachters’ 3 lagen van 7 Troefkaarten (de kaarten genummerd I tot XXI) geven de verschillende hoedanigheden van het bestaan weer. In de Nul-kaart, De Verteller, het Ik van de mens, verenigen deze 3 realiteiten zich tijdens de reis op aarde; Lichaam, Ziel en Geest. Tesamen worden deze realiteiten weerspiegeld in de 22 Troefkaarten. Module 4: ‘De 4 kleuren: Uitdagingen, Inzichten,Gaven en Hulpbronnen’, behandelt de overige 56 van de 78 kaarten, die in 4 groepen van 14 kaarten met een nummer van 1 tot 10 en als Page, Ridder, Koningin of Koning, elk een specifieke betekenis hebben in combinatie met de groep of ‘kleur’ waar ze deel van uitmaken. Ook deze facetten komt De Verteller tegen tijdens de reis door het leven. Module 5: Het Getal en De Mens, gaat nader in op de betekenis van getallen, die zowel in de interpretatie van de 22 troefkaarten als in de 56 nummer en hofkaarten een belangrijke rol spelen. Module 6: Communiceren met je Binnenwereld laat zien hoe het onderbewustzijn (en dus niet het geconditioneerde denken) zich aan de archetypen, kleuren, nummers en hofkaarten spiegelt, om zich vervolgens via het denken en gevoelsleven aan de rechtmatige eigenaar te openbaren. Module 7: ‘Wie Ben Ik in het Dagelijks leven’ laat zien hoe de Tarot in de methode Nan Yar – Wie Ben Ik, werkzaam is als middel tot persoonlijke groei, met het eigen Ik als gids, en geeft een beknopt overzicht hoe de ontwikkeling van de mens zich door de eeuwen heen heeft gemanifesteerd. Volgende module: 1: Aarde,Adem,Aanwezigheid.

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My Precious

Ingrid Schippers — Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:55:49 +0000

Friday December 13th, 2019, will probably go down as one of the worst days of modern history, except perhaps for November 8, 2016. When you’re oblivious to what I am referring to, consider yourself blessed. It means you still believe in a better world; and I simply have to agree. For survival’s sake, I have to believe that what is happening in the world right now is only the darkest hour before dawn; appropriately staged during the darkest days of the year 2019. I have to believe the tide will turn after the winter solstice around December 21st and that humanity will witness the beginnings of change in 2020. I have to believe that what is happening now, are merely the last convulsions of an old system dying. The problem humanity has right now, is the grip of greed, ignorance and material blindness. Apparently that’s what it takes to wake up ‘civilization'; lessons to teach the importance of seeing the good in one and other rather than the bad; the comprehension we need to dare to care for one and other rather than live off each other; the understanding that what happens to others happens to us all. The mindset of the world today seems strangely estranged from reality. I read somewhere the other day how media headlines are designed to be negative so people are attracted to them. People seem very attracted to other people’s misery. Good news is mostly ignored. It says a lot about the state of the human collective. It also reminds me of what the American New Age teacher Wayne Dyer said about how people should use the last minutes before sleep to think about the good things they witnessed; the happenings they are grateful, rather than what many habitually do, which is mope about what lacks in their life. I often wonder what my grandmother; who was born in 1906 and passed away in 1985, would think when she could return for one single day to December 2019. She lived through two world wars; one as a child; one as a single mother. I think she’d be absolutely shocked about today’s world; unable to comprehend what she is seeing; like so many of us in this day and age. We seem to constantly oppose each other on a global, national but also personal level; blinded by manipulative media and politics serving the needs of the already privileged (material-wealth-wise that is). I refuse however to give in to the doom and gloom. The year to come might provide plenty of Challenges; yet my plea is to use the Gift every single human being has been given at birth; which is to see and trust the good in one and other, using the power of a mindful heart as a Tool. It’s high time for the Frodo’s of this world to toss the ring into Mount Doom….or was it the creature Gollum who destroyed itself through its own greed? Interesting food for thought. The card I’ve chosen to go with today’s text, is ‘The World'; the last card of all Archetypal cards, enveloping the 3 worlds that play a part in our lives Cards 1-7: The Physical World; our ways of life on earth, represented by 7 Archetypes and all tools and accessories that come with it Cards 8-14: The Journey of The Soul during life on Earth: our subconscious knowing; the inner guide that taps on our shoulder every now and again and whispers in our mind’s ear on which way to go next; again with the 7 Archetypes that represent this path. Cards 15-21: The Spiritual World: reflecting “All of Everything” all worlds combined, also represented in 7 Archetypes . We’re often unaware of the World of the Journey of the Soul and the Spiritual World taking part in our lives. Perhaps they do so even more than the often illusionary Physical World. Yet the simple gesture of thoughtful attendance already has the potential to bring you closer; becoming aware there is more to world than the one we operate in. With all that being said I wish you a content and insightful December solstice and equally inspiring Christmas and New Year to come. Ingrid Schippers, December 17 2019 To read more click the card or draw your own card at the righthand side of this page to see what it has to mirror for you.

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Ready for a Lifestyle Vision Quest?

Ingrid Schippers — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 13:09:34 +0000

You are cordially invited to a presentation on the Lifestyle Vision Quest, Tuesday May 20th at the Natural Health Center in Scheveningen. R.S.V.P through the NHC events page, section: Life Style Vision Quest What are you looking for in life? What is your inner voice telling you? Are you living the logistics or embracing the journey in full? Each and every one of us has the birthright to a unique life mission, a potential with boundless possibilities. This promise starts in how you connect with yourself and the world around you. When you tend to look away, give away or follow suggestions made by commerce, politics or what you think others think of you, it might be time take a look inside and do a reality check, using the love and wisdom of the inner sanctuary we all have within. 10 ways in which a Lifestyle Vision Quest will help you to: 1. Enhance your Potential The reasons for doing a lifestyle vision quest are as personal as one’s fingerprint. It will however at least do one thing: it will lead you to your Potential as it is ready and waiting for you right now. 2. Become aware of your Freedom of Choice Do you find your life journey is often conditioned by what happens in the world? Or do you resonate with your personal mission and embrace your inner voice? A vision quest helps disclose the great many options to choose from between those two. 3. Co-create your Life- Journey Is life something that happens to you or are you the co-creator? In a vision quest imagination, intuition and inspiration, the three layers of your being in body, mind and spirit, are especially vivid and as always ready to give you a peek in what is possible. 4. Keep Balance A vision quest in its true form is a reality check and mindful way to maintain balance; to reflect on the question if your patterns are in sync with your mission. 5. Find your true self A Vision Quest opens portals to the core being of who you truly are. 6. Communicate better with yourself and the world around you. A lifestyle vision quest helps you distinguish fact from fiction, reality from illusion, make-believe from genuinity and agenda’s from unintentional misunderstandings. It was William James, (1842-1910) founding father of psychotherapy in the U.S who said: “Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.” 7. Be content with what is. Rather than estimating you need something else first before you can do what you think you need to do, a vision quest shows you how all you need is already there and how life is already complete as it is under the given circumstances. 8. Find Fulfillment. While it is often seen as a way of correcting a wrong, Karma in its essence is a destination. It’s up to up to the challenges, insights, gifts and tools of every unique individual how to position themselves in what happens in life. The secret is to have the inner voice have its say, while using the brain as a compass 9. Be Connected to yourself and the world around you in a wholesome way. The way you connect to the world begins with the way you connect with yourself. A life style vision quest helps you explore what resonates for you. 10. Explore your own truth. What comes to your mind when thinking of a Life Vision Quest…? .

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The World at My Feet

Ingrid Schippers — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 09:57:51 +0000

Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time left to confront the real issues. This saying, by Sogyal Rinpoche, is one of my favorites. I discovered it years ago when I turned a page of a daily calendar. ‘Active laziness’ Rinpoche also calls it. The Deliberately Making Sure We’re Busy sort of life, ensuring we can pay our bills; yet leaving little room for the true challenges we evolve on. I frequently repeat Rinpoche’s wisdom since I discovered the quote; but did I learn and live by it? Did I change my ways where it concerns full agenda’s, pressing meetings and the ‘so many things still to do’ ? Well to be honest… I live my life very much like a modern day Westerner. There is always an agenda, always an itinerary, always something to work towards, always an organization behind the ventures I undertake, leaving little time for creative spontaneity or flashes of insight. Even a so-called adventurous 3-day camel tour into the desert I once made, was all guided by local Bedouins holding the reigns of our camels, while others drove ahead by jeep, to set up our tent at the predestined place where we were to camp for the night. Even our dinner was ferried up and down from base camp in the evening. It was a very Western way to do a desert trip. We were entertained. An ‘all inclusive’ holiday. Yet the most profound experience I had during that trip was when I woke up in the Bedouin tent after our first night in the desert and ventured out for an early morning walk while everyone else was still asleep. I couldn’t have been more than 10 minutes away from the tent when the hills and rocks took the civilized world out of my view. Soon I was completely disoriented and slightly panicked. Then I saw a snake and broke out into a sweat, quickly followed by relief when I determined it was only a snake’s skin that had been shed, to then have it occur to me that since there was a skin; there would also be a snake. I froze on the spot. I don’t know how long stood there, box-ticking the consequences of my actions, wondering what it would be like to die of snake-poisoning to feeling this utter sensation of having to totally depend on myself. Whenever I think back of that holiday; I think of my moment with the snake skin, the moment that wasn’t scheduled; where I found myself on my own, with a wide range of possibilities to decide from. In retrospect, it was a moment, where I had the world at my feet, an expression we often use without grasping its true meaning. In the Nan Yar – Who Am I personal development cards, the number XXI card ‘The World’ signifies the total of everything: The Physical Path, the life we live on Earth The Soul Journey. the lessons we live on Earth The Spiritual Journey, that makes us part of Earth, the Universe. The world is ours when we take the time to explore it, next to using it as a playground for our daily logistics. Click the The World Card to read more or go to the blog: The Storyteller in The World. Ingrid Schippers, Easter 2016 This blog is recorded as weekly end-note of Dutchbuzz.nl, the radio program for internationals on Den Haag FM, broadcasted on Tuesdays from 10 to 11 pm. All programs are archived at Dutchbuzz.nl. ‘The World at my Feet’ is filed in the podcast of April 5 2016

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De Verteller in De Wereld

Ingrid Schippers — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 06:19:05 +0000

De hele wereld is een schouwtoneel En alle mannen en vrouwen slechts spelers Ze komen op, ze gaan weer weg Eén en dezelfde mens speelt vele rollen Doorheen de zeven fasen van zijn leven William Shakespeare Voor een mensenleven zijn 2 dingen nodig: Een Wereld om op te leven Een Verteller om het verhaal te doen. Voor het ervaren van het leven zijn van alles ook 2 dingen nodig, 2 uitersten waarbinnen het leven zich kan ontwikkelen; waarbinnen De Verteller de vrijheid van keus heeft om datgene te doen wat het beste past bij zijn of haar unieke zelf. Alle kaarten van de Tarot, en daarmee ook van de methode Nan Yar – Wie Ben Ik, zijn net zo uniek als de mens, die weer net zo uniek is als zijn of haar vingerafdruk. De Nummerkaarten; de 1 tot 10 van Uitdagingen, Inzichten, Gaven en Hulpbronnen, hebben elk in combinatie met kenmerken van de groep waartoe ze behoren, een geheel eigen natuur, die ook nog eens door elke kaartlezer anders geinterpreteerd wordt. De combinatie van numerologie met de elementen en karakteristieken die in de 4 kleuren verbeeld worden, in samenhang met de insteek vanuit elk uniek mens, geeft een oneindig aantal combinatie mogelijkheden. Het gaat er daarbij meer om welk verhaal jij , als verteller van je eigen leven, in de kaarten ziet, dan om wat ze je te vertellen hebben. De Hofkaarten, Page, Ridder, Koningin en Koning van elke kleur, gaan nog een stapje verder. Niet alleen houden zij een spiegel voor aan de reiziger en wat deze tegen komt op aarde; ook de reis van de ziel wordt hierin geschouwd. Op de Energycounseling website wordt dit als volgt omschreven: De Hofkaarten (Page, Ridder, Koningin en Koning) van elke kleur hebben geen getal maar een invloedssfeer die werkzaam is in het zielenleven. Elk mens draagt alle hofkaarten in zich. Zoals de mensheid zich in loop der evolutie ontwikkelt, nieuwe uitdagingen overwint, inzichten verwerft en uiteindelijk de kans krijgt om de kwaliteit van het menszijn te verbeteren met aanwezige hulpbronnen, zo ‘verbetert’ ook elk individu zich in de loop van een mensenleven. In de loop van ons leven vergaren we inzichten die dieper gaan dan het aanleren van basisvaardigheden. Deze inzichten ontwikkelen zich op zielsniveau en voegen daarmee iets toe aan het ‘gewone’ menszijn. Deze tekst vindt je terug onder het kopje ‘hofkaarten’ van de Nan Yar ‘alle kaarten’ pagina. Je kunt daar ook op elke kaart afzonderlijk klikken om de individuele karakteristieken ervan te lezen. Tesamen vormen de Nummer- en Hofkaarten van de Uitdagingen, Inzichten, Gaven en Hulpbronnen, de zogenoemde ‘Minor Arcana’, wat vertaald kan worden als ‘klein geheim.’ De Troefkaarten, de Major Arcana, ‘het grote geheim’ omvat de kaarten, genummerd van I (De Illusionist) tot XXI (De Wereld) In de volgende module, ‘De 3 Realiteiten en hun Poortwachters’ zal nader worden ingegaan op het wezen van deze kaarten. Hier maken we allereerst kennis met de Troefkaart met nummer 0, de kaart die aan alle andere Troef kaarten vooraf gaat. In de Nan Yar – Wie Ben Ik Tarot gaat het hier om De Verteller, In de Marseille Tarot is de nulkaart bekend als ‘De Dwaas’. De Nulkaart is volkomen transparant en kan net als de Joker in het gewone kaartspel, de kleur, het nummer en Archetype van elke kaart aannemen. Toch blijft de Nul ook te allen tijde zichzelf. Met welk getal de Nul ook vermenigvuldigt, je komt altijd weer uit op nul. Om dat te kunnen bereiken, onttrekt De Verteller zich van alle oordeel en laat alle getallen, kleuren, hof- en troefkaarten in hun eigen waarde. Het enige wat De Verteller doet is observeren en spiegelen. Daarin herkent men zichzelf in wat er via de kaarten onthuld wordt. De Verteller is daarin een vrij mens, met vrijheid van keus, niet gebonden aan geslacht, cultuur, leeftijd, vooroordeel of (belemmerende) overtuigingen. Alle andere 77 kaarten van de Tarot, kunnen zich spiegelen aan De Verteller zonder dat deze iets aan hun essentie veranderd. De Verteller wordt tijdelijk de Nummer, Hof- of Troefkaart om vervolgens weer terug te keren naar zichzelf, verrijkt met nieuwe inzichten. De Verteller en de laatste Troefkaart, nummer XXI, De (allesomvattende) Wereld, zijn in dit proces onlosmakelijk met elkaar verbonden. De Verteller heeft De Wereld nodig om het leven in af te laten spelen en De Wereld zonder De Verteller heeft geen verhaal. Al voelt De Verteller (lees: De Mens) zich soms alleen op de wereld; het is op die plek waarin men alles van zichzelf kan terugzien in de spiegel van het bestaan, gespiegeld door de medemens en de culturen waar De Verteller in geboren wordt en mee te maken krijgt. De Verteller heeft De Wereld nodig, om zoals Shakespeare het al zei, te dienen als toneel waarop vanuit de Tarot bezien, een drievoudige reis de tijd en ruimte krijgt om zichtbaar te worden. Deze drievoudige reis bestaat uit: De Reis in het Lichaam. De Reis van de Ziel De Reis van de Geest. Als zodanig kan kaart nummer XXI, De Wereld, ook gezien worden als het Universum, Het Al, waarin het bestaan van de mens op aarde, én diens zielereis én diens spirituele leven tesamen komen. Volgende week: De 3 Realiteiten en hun Poortwachters

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De 4 kleuren: Uitdagingen, Inzichten, Gaven en Hulpbronnen.

Ingrid Schippers — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 10:46:52 +0000

Het fenomeen ‘kleur’ is een dusdanig onderdeel van het bestaan dat we ons geen wereld zonder kleur zouden kunnen voorstellen en de aanwezigheid ervan eigenlijk zó normaal vinden – zoals we het ook normaal vinden dat we automatisch ademhalen- dat we niet zo vaak stilstaan bij de diepere betekenis ervan. Kleur echter is veel meer dan een modeverschijnsel of een techniek om het één van het ander te kunnen onderscheiden. Kleur is ook een weergave van bepaalde karakteristieken. Zo hebben we het bijvoorbeeld over ‘groene energie’ omdat het milieu vriendelijk(er) is en benoemen daarmee de essentie, en niet de eigenlijke kleur van van het product. We weten ook precies wat er bedoeld wordt wanneer we zeggen dat iets werkt ‘als een rode lap’ of wanneer iemand zich ‘een grijze muis’ voelt. Iets in ‘geuren en kleuren’ vertellen of juist ‘een gekleurd verslag’ van een gebeurtenis geven waardoor je er een ander ‘gevoel’ aan geeft. Ook de kunstenaar gebruikt kleur om ‘het karakter’ van het onderwerp weer te geven. Wanneer Dracula geschilderd zou worden in een baby-gele cape, zou hij veel minder bedreigend zijn. Zijn zwarte cape daarentegen geeft precies weer wat hij teweeg brengt. In de buitenwereld is verschil van kleur nodig om onderscheid te kunnen maken tussen het één en het ander. Wanneer alles eenzelfde kleur zou hebben zou niets visueel reliëf hebben en in elkaar overlopen, net als lucht. Zodra iets materialiseert krijgt het een bepaalde hoedanigheid en daarmee ook een bepaalde kleur. Zij die aura’s kunnen zien, beschrijven een voortdurend veranderend kleurenspel waarin het levensverhaal zich op unieke wijze openbaart. Kleur wordt ook gebruikt in meditaties en visualisaties, helend, reinigend; kleur zit in alles, binnen ons, buiten ons en zoals we onder een bepaald gesternte worden geboren, komen we ook met een bepaalde kleur ter wereld die uniek is voor wie we zijn. Kleur is ook terug te vinden in taalgebruik. Uitdrukkingen als ‘kleur bekennen’, ‘kleur aan het leven geven’ of ‘kleur kiezen’ zijn allen uitdrukkingen waarin aan iets een essentiële waarde toegekent wordt, voortkomend uit een overdenking, een gevoelswaarde of bepaalde ontwikkeling, een wilsbesluit. In de Nan Yar -Wie ben ik Tarot voor persoonlijke ontwikkeling wordt het fenomeen kleur ook gebruikt om de essentie weer te geven van de 4 verschillende ‘kleuren’ ofwel groepen die naast de 22 Troefkaarten, (de Major Arcana), deel uitmaken van de Minor Arcana, de 56 kaarten bestaande uit 4 groepen van 14 kaarten elk met de nummers 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 en de hofkaarten page,ridder,koningin & koning. Deze 4 groepen zijn rechtstreeks afgeleid van het gewone kaartspel: Schoppen Klaver Harten Ruiten In de Marseille Tarot werden dat de: Zwaarden Staven Kelken Munten In het Nan Yar Wie Ben Ik kaartspel, wat uitgaat van het persoonlijk ontwikkelings perspectief van de groepen zijn deze begrippen vertaald naar: Uitdagingen Inzichten Gaven Hulpbronnen Achter de gekozen kleuren voor deze kaarten zitten de volgende motivaties: Uitdagingen. Kleur: Oranje. De Uitdagingen staan in de Nan Yar – Wie Ben Ik Tarot voor de ontwikkeling van het Ik-bewustzijn, het geestelijk deel van elk mens wat in alle fasen van zijn of haar bestaan meereist en mee ontwikkeld. In essentie hebben we het hier over het Karma wat de mens met zijn of haar manier van denken, voelen en handelen zelf creeërt, het Karma wat wordt meegenomen van het éne leven naar het andere. Ik heb bij de ontwikkeling van het spel gekozen voor de kleur oranje omdat dit ook als hoofdkleur gezien wordt die de essentie van het tweede chakra weergeeft, waarin het menselijk vermogen schuilt om een eigen leven te creëren, en zich de manier ontvouwt ,waarop de mens zich verbindt met de buitenwereld. Daarnaast hebben de Uitdagingen van het Nan Yar Wie Ben ik spel het vuur als element*, omdat het hier de Ik-ontwikkeling betreft in het Michaël tijdperk waar we de mensheid nu doorheen gaat. Het zwaard is hier ook een symbool van. (* Hierin verschilt de Nan Yar Wie Ben Ik interpretatie van de Marseille Tarot, waar aan de Zwaarden het element lucht wordt toegekend.) Inzichten Kleur: Blauw Het blauw van Inzichten is afgeleid van het element lucht wat aan deze groep kaarten verbonden is en aan het 5e chakra, de keelchakra die volgens de oude yoga overleveringen de essentie heeft van de kleur blauw. De Inzichten omschrijven de persoonlijke groei in een leven – dat is wat anders dan de Ik-ontwikkeling wat de geestelijke ontwikkeling omschrijft. Persoonlijke groei ontstaat uit wat lichaam en ziel op aarde ervaren en komt tot stand in communicatie met de omstandigheden waarin De Verteller zichzelf in de buitenwereld tegenkomt. De Archetypen, nummers en hofkaarten die hierin een rol spelen geven wederom de essentie weer van een groep mogelijkheden. Hun waarde is niet absoluut en hangt af van de hoe de mens de wereld ziet. Het blauw van de één hoeft niet het blauw van de ander te zijn. Gaven. Kleur: Groen De Gaven zijn verbonden aan de kelken uit de Tarot en daarmee aan het element Water en daardoor aan de emotie. Vanuit de yoga filosofie wordt groen gezien als de kleur van het hartchakra. Ervanuitgaande dat liefde de ware ‘brandstof’ is waarop we als mens leven en evolueren, mag het ook als zeer toepasselijk gezien worden dat groen ook de kleur is waar etherische krachten het beste tot in uitdrukking komen. De kelken verbeelden de essentie van de heilige graal, hetgeen voor elk mens een doel is waar ieder met zijn of haar eigen talenten naar op zoek is ofwel voor het bereik waarvan men zijn of haar gaven kan gebruiken. Deze gaven worden niet ‘bedacht’ als een plannetje maar zijn iets wat we van nature kunnen en vanuit ons hart, vanuit ons gevoel doen. Hulpbronnen. Kleur: rood Ook bij de hulpbronnen ben ik uitgegaan van de kleur,-rood, die volgens de yoga interpretatie verbonden is aan de muladhara chakra, ook wel de stuit chakra genoemd; die vanuit een directe verbinding met de aarde, de basis vormt waarop de overige 6 belangrijkste chakra’s van de wervelkolom zijn opgebouwd. De munten uit de Marseille Tarot, die corresponderen met de hulpbronnen, dragen eveneens het element aarde met zich mee. Vanuit het persoonlijk ontwikkelings perspectief zijn de Hulpbronnen aardse vaardigheden en toepassingen die we in de fysieke werkelijk gebruiken. In bovenstaande voorbeelden lopen de nummer- en hofkaarten door elkaar. Ze zijn slechts geselecteerd als representant van hun kleur. In aflevering 2, ‘De Verteller als Gids in Verbeeldingskracht’ wordt iets verteld over de essentie van de hofkaarten in het algemeen. In de volgende aflevering wordt dieper ingegaan op de interpretatie van de getallen in de Nan Yar Wie Ben Ik Tarot. Volgende week: Aflevering 5: ‘Het Getal en De Mens’

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