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Visualisation
15 November 2022

Visualisation

What exactly is ‘visualisation’? The word is difficult as it is. We ‘see’ something in our mind and we want it to be true. It seems to work when you know how to visualize. I always kind of knew. I had a vague idea and when people much wiser than me tried to explain the process I could sort of understand.

Know what I mean?

Do you feel the same? I’m a day dreamer. I can go on many adventures without ever leaving the coach. Now, this is something different. Apparently when you only (day) dream of something it will never come true. We even have a saying in the Netherlands that dreams are false. And thinking back on what kind of dreams I’ve had I tend to believe this. Or at least hope this is true.

Dreams

Dreams can be totally out of focus. And I learn that by visualization that’s where the key is: Focus. Now does that mean it’s mediation? No, people tell me that’s something else entirely. In short, I always kind of pretended I knew what it was all about but frankly, didn’t have a clue.

Mike Dooley

Until I met Mike Dooley. Not in person, but through his ‘notes from te universe’ and his many wonderful workshops. He lives in Florida with his family and helps people all around the world to understand what we are dealing with in this life. By experience he promises us that visualisation actually and truly works. If you now how.

Four minutes a day

So I signed up for his workshop where he tells us how to use visualization for only 4 minutes a day, to make your goals and dreams come true. By ‘pretending’ they are real already. I use the word ‘pretend’ cautiously, ’cause ‘to pretend’ means it’s make-believe. And you truly, literally, need to believe. Not make-believe, not pretend, no, your goal and your vision need to be real.

Start

Anyway, I haven’t started yet, so I will probably come back to this as I go along. I’m curious and a bit sceptic as well. I’m interested and surely believe we can use our minds and spirits for much more than that we use them for in day-to-day life. Wonders still happen. And I’m ready.

Wonder

And talking about wonders: My good friend from Colorado texted me just yesterday that she’s planning to walk the Camino de Santiago next year. Could she stay with me before going on her walk, as part of her trip. I just couldn’t believe it. Without ever mentioning before we were interested in this same thing, I had planned to go on the same walk with a friend of mine from Holland. At the same time. Telepathy? Visualization? Who knows but it sure is fun. And that’s what life is supposed to be. Right? FUN.

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The wasp
18 October 2022

The wasp

When I was four years old I was in the playground across from our home, having a good time with my friends. All of a sudden a wasp found my bare arm the perfect resting place. I froze. All my friends told me to keep still. Yes, I knew that when I wouldn’t move the wasp would leave me alone.

Sting

I look at the little insect. He looks at me. His eyes are mean. He scares me. I’m afraid to move a muscle and stand frozen. He stings me anyway. Crying my eyes out I run home. My mom takes the stinger and sucks the poison out and gives me a kiss. Nothing helps. My heart is broken. No, the burn from the sting wasn’t as bad. But my expectations and my trust were shattered.

Why?

Why did this wasp sting me anyway? When I did everything I was supposed to do? I never hurt him, why did it want to hurt me? That’s not how the world is supposed to work! Could it be that there are bad and good wasps in this world, like humans? Was I unfortunate enough to encountering of ‘the bad guys’?

Friend

My friend tells me about a nest with wasps next to his shed. ‘I just leave it alone’, he says. I tell him about the good and the bad wasps and how I never trust another wasp in my life, ever again. Then I tell him about my feelings when I experience the unexpected attack when I was a young kid.

Projection

‘You’re not projecting your human expectations onto our little friend, are you?’ He asks kindly. ‘This little fellow did exactly what he was supposed to do in this world: sting. You take this personally. It didn’t fly around thinking, I might just hurt that little girl today, ’cause I don’t like the sight of her.’

Huh?

‘Huh?, but..’ I try.. Though I realize all of a sudden I had this all wrong from the moment it happened. That’s exactly what I thought the wasp had been doing. I gave him my thoughts and my expectations. While my little friend did just what he was made to do and what his task is in this world. He didn’t think about it. He relied on instinct.

Consciousness

Our conscious way of thinking gets in the way sometimes. We forget about instinct. I am very relieved to now know that this little friend wasp wasn’t mad at me. He wasn’t out to hurt me. Instead he wanted to teach me a lesson. One that I finally got. It took a while, but yes, thank you for giving your life in order to let me know eventually.

 

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