Especially with our world today offering such a diversity of challenges, daily life can distract us from what really matters to such an extend that we forget to take good care of ourselves. Breaking news flashes, famous people dying, terrorist attacks, presidential elections fought over in the media; commercials attracting us into thinking we need …
Since the beginnings of the evolutionary path of humanity, Kings and Queens have been symbols of paternal and maternal power, with the quality of their rulings determining how their peoples thrive. In the Tarot-based Nan Yar – Who Am I personal development cards, the Kings and Queens are also used as Archetypes of supreme power; …
At the very root of personal development lies the very first card of the first 7 Major Arcana (big secret) Tarot cards, representing the physical world. This card is called the Illusionist and reflects the Archetype of someone who tries to make us believe something other than what is really going on in the world. …
Even in the days when I could afford it ( please note I don’t say ‘when I was better off’ ); I was not one for buying expensive creams or beauty products, and if I would buy any, I would buy animal test free products. The thought of cuddly rabbits hurting for my sake while …
“I never really watch football, but I’m shocked nevertheless”. With those words an elderly lady commenting on the death of Johan Cruijff yesterday, framed my exact same thoughts. I was 5 years old when Cruijff started playing professionally, and in my teens when he was at the height of his Dutch football career. I never really …
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 …
One of the big enigmas in the way we perceive things when it concerns personal development, may well be the difference between the way we think we perceive ourselves in our own inner world as opposed to the way we think the outside world perceives us. When we are happy we literally beam happiness, with …
Have you seen them around? The little puppets of moving people.nu? They are small replica’s, like the ones you see in the miniature city of Madurodam. Images of people like you and me, internationals who, for entirely personal reasons, have moved from one country to another. People, who have travelled; in some cases a long …
Dear Readers Last week I participated in a workshop of energy medicine nederland of which the founder and spokeswoman, Patricia Koster, was also present. Patricia is dedicated to her causes. Driven, she invests her energies in goals she believes in. Last Friday she took the opportunity of using our EMN gathering to spotlight the street art …
While it can seem nice, to mutter and moan openly about things one doesn’t like, there’s a catch to living in a free country and being able to say what you think. That catch being that merely complaining about something, without doing anything constructive about it, makes you a conspirator in what you are complaining …
