While I am writing this article, the sun is shining and invites me to go outside. The summer was great and I hope for you too. It’s so wonderful, to live in the moment and to have no thoughts about having to do anything.
The question of the day: which beach shall we go to and especially when? What are we going to eat? Enjoying the sun, sea, pool and each other. Actually, I hear the same sounds from everybody around me.
After a great vacation we started to prepare for the departure of our oldest daughter for a five month internship in Nice.
We accompanied her to Nice and installed her in her new home. Luckily there was still time to explore and grab a beach.
Once home our other daughter caught all the attention. She also leaves home to go and study in Utrecht. A day later she began with the "hazing". Clothing had to be sewn, we had to buy attributes and at the end of the afternoon we dropped off number two, this time in Utrecht.
Finally, our youngest daughter went this week to high school.
I thought: ‘wow, this week I have the house all to myself’ and I can create time for my coaching practice, clients, setting up new workshops and writing an article for NU1, create newsletters, etc.
I'm not going to tell you in detail what happened next, but I became that same afternoon a victim of cyber crime. Oh, I felt attacked, stupid, tiny and even anxious.
The week before, my car window was smashed and my radio, GPS and phone were stolen from my car. In broad daylight, in a village. We were only gone for one hour.
It affects you! I felt greatly weakened in my confidence. And suspicious, especially in terms of computer activities.
To me that's a reason for a search within myself. “Why do I feel this way?”
Why can’t I let go? It is the idea that someone literally/figuratively speaking enters your sacred circle.
That you're no longer safe. Many people experience the same or have even worse experiences. But I have a tendency to try to understand why this happens. What can I learn from this? The art of life is to surrender, in faith and in love. Unfortunately, we have (in this changing world we live in) to install a filter.
The challenge is not to be cynical and suspicious, but to stay with both feet firmly on the ground and reclaim your power. Not to be a victim but a victor. It remains an issue and I will continue to write about these topics, because I believe it is important to be conscious.
A dear friend of mine gave me a box of cards ‘Geometry’ by Janosh a couple of weeks ago. The decoding of the ultimate mystery by activating your unlimited possibilities.
I have a lot of cards that I use extensively in my practice. It's very nice to get a message that relates to the topics that surface in that particular session. As you pull the card yourself, the message is abundantly clear.
The Janosh box was examined by me and I did not know immediately whether I could work with these cards.
The theme of the box is ’Learning to listen to your own feelings, your own truth.’ The essence of the ‘game’ is the message from your subconscious.
Without any thoughts, I drew a card from the deck. I saw a lovely spiral picture and on the back it said only ‘The victim and the invitation’.
My first impression was; this is wrong, I am not a victim. I've already come a long way in transforming old limited beliefs to become my own authentic, powerful, loving SELF. I have successfully assisted others in this process, so why this card?
I put the box away and basically the awareness and memory resurfaced after that experience with burglary and the cybercrime affair. With a shock I realized that the message was clear to me!
I had the tendency to crawl back in fear and to victimize myself. Fear makes you small, you can get paralyzed, it can confine you. Gross, what a bad feeling!
Consciously, I started to meditate, to get to the centre of myself. To make contact with the earth, to feel the power and to let it flow through me. I filled up my energy with pure colors and felt myself again.
I want to share this story with everyone. Vulnerability is the most beautiful thing there is, but linked to power. No vulnerable victim, but a wonderful, powerful, vulnerable human being, living from the heart.
The invitation therefore is ….. to be open to a conscious life. Enjoy the beautiful nature and let that beautiful clean, pure energy flow through your body. Take off and allow time for yourself to meditate or take a nice walk. Let your creativity flow. Just slam some paint on a canvas and let the image be created. See if you can feel and experience the energy flowing to your feet. Then you stand firmly and immediately there is more balance. Remain open and learn of the many events in your life!
If it works for me, it works for you!
Finally, I feltl I have to draw another card from the box, what is the next step now you have become aware of the lesson of the victim versus the invitation?
The card I drew: the future versus extension.
How good can it be? I wish you many wonderful life experiences and wisdom.
Nb. Marcella de Klerk is a transformation coach, healer and reader. Mission: To guide you on your journey to your authentic self.
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