If you’re reading this, you’re probably either looking for effective ways to make some sort of transformation in your life, or you’re trying to make sense of the things that are currently happening.
Either way, as you may have discovered, the process of life transformation doesn’t take place for everyone all the same. I personally get to hear different stories all the time:
- For some people, their lives begin to change radically right after simply changing their mentality, and it’s all smooth sailing right out of the gate.
All they need to do is evaluate the mind frame that their (re)actions come from (which we discussed in a previous article), and make adjustments to it where necessary based on their new awareness… And before long, their entire life ‘magically’ transforms into the experience they had always dreamed about. - For others, the process brings more challenges, and sometimes may even seem to go in the exact opposite way as envisioned and/or expected.Even though the visions that are usually drawn for us almost invariably suggest that riches will magically and rapidly befall us as a result of changing our thinking, mindset, and beliefs… many times when push comes to shove, it doesn’t turn out to happen that way.
Now clearly, if your transformation doesn’t take place in the smooth and easy way that was pictured for you, then that might be somewhat of a difficult issue to accept and deal with.
That’s especially true if you’re not fully aware of the mechanism that’s at work, or if you don’t have the right tools to effectively and permanently deal with such challenges.
So what’s really going on here? Why do people’s experiences vary so much? Why are the results of your efforts often so radically different from what you’d expect? And how can you deal with any challenges most effectively in case they do come up?
That’s what this article will shine some light on.
So pay close attention… Because if you get the gist of the message here, you will literally become an unstoppable force!
A Matter Of Intent (Again…)
As you probably know, we all project an energetic field of sorts that reflects our current mental, emotional and spiritual state. An earlier article explained how this inner state underpins your implicit intent.
In turn, life reflects this energy field through matching and compatible energy fields that appear to us as people, places, jobs, relationships, experiences, etc. (<– to learn more details about this mechanism, sign up for the videos and ebooks on the right hand side of this page if you haven’t already).
Most of us are completely unconscious to this reflection mechanism, and thus fail to see – let alone appreciate – the power we possess to consciously and deliberately shape the nature of our own reality:
- All we really have to do is awaken to the link between our own inner state and (our perception of) the nature of the reality around us.
- Then by taking conscious control over our inner state, we can indirectly make huge transformations in our manifest, ‘outer reality’ by transforming both our perception of it, as well as the vibrational field that we project.
Manifest reality basically acts as a mirror of our inner state. And by changing the source image, the reflection can’t help but follow. It’s inevitable.
Now of course, that sounds simple enough. And it is…
But then how come it hardly ever seems so simple when you try to actually put these insights to use?
Here’s why…
A Matter Of Letting Go…
Based on the insight of manifest reality being a mirror reflection of your inner state, in a way we can say that life actually comes at your aid in bringing about your desire for transformation (just like we stated in the previous article on ‘manifestivities’).
Think about it:
When you consciously state the intention that you want to reclaim your power and deliberately make the change in your life that you desire, you basically begin to embody a twofold (implicit) intent:
- The first one is to break free from your existing reality;
- The second one is to actualize a creative vision for a new reality.
As such, these two intentions become part of your inner state, which in turn ‘life’ will start to reflect back to you:
- In order to reflect your intent to actualize the creative vision that you have for your new reality, it will present you with ideas, inspirations and opportunities that will help you bring it about (<– assuming indeed you take action on them).
- And on the part of reflecting your intent to break free from your existing reality, it will present you with situations, circumstances, and experiences that are tailored to making you aware of the patterns of thought, feeling, and belief that are keeping you in or keep recreating the reality that you no longer want to experience.
Now as you know, we hear a ton of stories about the many ways in which the first type of reflection can happen (unexpected checks from distanced relatives, sudden inexplicable increases in business, synchronistic meetings and encounters, intuitive hunches and insights, and what not)…
However, the second point hardly ever gets the attention it deserves, even though it’s at least of equal importance (if not far more important) in the transformation process. After all:
- You have to let go of the old patterns of thought, emotion, and belief through which you created and kept recreating the life experience you’ve now set out to transcend…
- And you can’t free yourself from your existing, programmed reality – the one you’re somehow not satisfied with in the first place – without changing the very lifestyle and mental/emotional/spiritual atmosphere that created that reality to begin with.
That’s an inevitable part of the process of transformation.
Nevertheless, if you don’t take this into account as a potential part of the process, not only do such experiences take your attention away from the opportunities that do cross your path, but you’re also quick to unjustly explain away the whole concept of ‘creating your own reality’ as nonsense because it doesn’t immediately seem to work the way you wanted.
In fact, you might be inclined to give up at the first sign of the going getting a little tough…
But it’s precisely your willingness and ability to let go of old patterns and structures that determines to a great degree how challenging the process of transformation is going to be for you:
- If you can swiftly notice the old patterns and structures as you’re made aware of them and then manage to let go of them with ease, then the whole process will probably be smooth sailing.
- However, if for some reason you have a harder time noticing them or letting go of them, your experience is going to be more challenging.
And that’s the crux…
“Cracking Your Egg”
If indeed you do let go of these old patterns, what happens is – as I call it – ‘your egg begins to crack.’ And as a result of changing and breaking free from your old patterns and structures, the energy field that you project begins to change as well.
Now since the make-up of your life is a reflection of this energy field, it will inevitably follow these developments:
- As the ‘source image’ energy starts to break down and adjust to your new vision, the reflecting ‘energy matrix’ that you call ‘your life’ inevitably begins to change and adjust in its slipstream.
- In other words: changes in our ‘inner world’ can’t help but reflect themselves in our ‘outer world’ of people, places, jobs, relationships and experiences.
From the perspective of our old state of being, structures, and patterns, we may experience this as the life we knew ‘breaking down.’ And obviously, this can feel challenging.
But what we’re really doing is breaking through to a new reality, and thus to a new life experience. That’s what cracking your egg is. It’s an inevitable part of the process:
Your life changes because of what you’re experienced going through these challenges… NOT in spite of it. Life is actually showing you the very things you need to let go of, in order to bring about your new vision.
And this brings us to an important contemporary problem…
Misrepresented ‘Spirituality’
These days we’re inundated with popular ‘Law of Attraction’ information. By far most of this information presents this ‘Law of Attraction’ as a tool we can use… an instrument to do something with… like some sort of ‘spiritual’ magic wand that instantly transforms our entire life experience into a great, dream-like experience.
It’s mostly the ‘spiritual’ aspect that leads to a lot of misunderstanding and confusion:
- Many of us associate the shift into ‘being spiritual’ with the idea that our lives transform overnight into an experience of ‘birds flying,’ ‘flowers blossoming,’ ‘pink fluffy unicorns dancing on rainbows,’ and having a choir of angels rhapsodizing in the background whenever we decide to speak.
- On the other end of the spectrum we have more than a few (often self-proclaimed) ‘gurus’ on the topic who put a significant material label on the process, suggesting that the ultimate confirmation of personal, spiritual power is the ability to “attract fancy cars” and manifest other types of bling.
- And then there are those who have the ability to embody an interesting combination of these two expressions.
Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not judging any of this… Everyone’s free to decide for themselves how they choose to express their uniqueness in life and what their creative vision looks like.
Regardless of what you choose to create, the problem is that neither of these expressions emphasize the need for taking on full personal responsibility in the process. They place the power anywhere but where it really resides (i.e. in you):
- They either place it in the supposed ‘Law of Attraction’-tool (i.e. the ‘magic wand’), not in your ability to deliberately shape your reality by taking control over your inner state, as captured by the ‘Law of Attraction’-principle as a description of how life works…
- Or they suggest that it’s your future dream reality that will make you feel powerful (i.e. by means of external stuff alleviating your insecurities)… rather than making clear that claiming your power (i.e. by internally letting go of your insecurities) will give you the ability to deliberately create your future dream reality.
In other words, be it probably unintentionally, you’re subtly rendered passive and powerless.
So if we insist on using the term ‘Law of Attraction,’ here’s an example of how to use it appropriately in the context of this article’s topic:
When you consciously intend to break free from your current situation and ‘manifest’ the new vision you have for your life, then “by Law of Attraction” life comes to your aid by exposing you to situations and experiences that are designed to help you make that change.
Until you discover how to interpret and handle any challenges that you may encounter and to let go of the limiting patterns and structures that they lay bare flawlessly, the process of transformation is unlikely to feel like a breeze.
Once I understood what was going on and figured out how to deal with it all, the process sped up significantly, and I managed to flow through it more comfortably.
And that’s why it’s important to…
Stand Your Ground!
I once took note of this passage somewhere:
“True love does not always give the receiver what it would like to receive. But it will always give that which is best for it. So welcome everything you receive, whether you like it or not. Ponder on anything you do not like, and see if you can understand why it was necessary. Acceptance will then be very much easier.”
This is the essence of how life comes at your aid in spotting the patterns that are keeping you stuck.
Of course, that usually isn’t what we initially want to hear… We’d rather “use the Law of Attraction” as the magic wand as which it’s often presented, while we refuse to accept the true meaning of the principle because it requires that we change.
Because no matter how uncomfortable our current situation, our minds will always resist change, because at least the current situation is familiar…
But change we must… there’s no way around it.
Remember, the process of transformation can be a different experience for everyone. And how exactly it will take place for you is impossible to predict in advance, because it depends on a lot of things, such as:
- What vision you have for the life experience you want to create…
- How different and ‘far out’ that vision is compared to your current situation…
- Whether you have such a vision at all…
- To what extent that vision is unattached, independent, and creative rather than a pure reaction to your current undesired circumstances…
- How much you keep holding on to your existing patterns of thought, emotion, and belief…
- What sort of ‘emotional scars’ and issues we may have locked up inside and the extent to which they refuse to heal…
- How much responsibility (i.e. response-ability, freely and independently choosing your response to what happens) you’re really willing to take for your life…
- How sensitive you are to other people’s reactions and opinions to your change…
- Etc.
But in any case, the underlying mechanism is always the same:
You have to change what you do and what you are, in order to change what you get. And what you get is tailored to what you need, in order to experience whatever vision you’ve decided you want to experience.
In this context, if letting go of your old patterns is easy for you, then the whole process may feel like a smooth flow. But if that’s something that’s hard for you, the experiences you go through can feel very challenging.
To be sure to manifest your vision nonetheless, here’s what you do:
- First, make sure your vision is genuine and creative… and not merely a reaction to current discomfort that you just want alleviated. Make it something you can stick to… something that inspires and excites you. If it’s fleeting, life will never have a consistent pattern to reflect.
- Then define and adopt the values, attitudes, and behaviors appropriate to bringing that vision about, thus implicitly focusing on your vision all the time.
- Finally, let go of old values, attitudes, and behaviors that you become aware of and that no longer serve you. As a rule of thumb: any time life manages to evoke discomfort in you, it has hit on a pattern that is limiting you on your path.
So when a challenge does occur, remember this:
- It’s usually only in hindsight that we see that what appears to be a problem can be a wonderful opportunity waiting to be discovered. Life often so brilliantly disguises our greatest gifts as our worst nightmares.
- If you stand your ground and stick to your vision, before you know it you’ll notice your life will have changed because of what you’ve experienced going through these challenges… NOT in spite of it.
Once you truly realize that, you’ll be astonished by the brilliant mechanism of life, and how it synchronistically helps you crack your egg, dissolve the very patterns that are holding you in your old reality, and transform your energy field and life experience…
…all in order to make your vision a reality.
It’s like the Greenday song goes:
“It’s something unpredictable
But in the end it’s right
I hope you had the time of your life.”
P.S. If the transformation process feels challenging to you, and you feel like you could use a little more help on this process – perhaps speed it up and make it a lot smoother, check out the Crack Your Egg Program for an impressive set of insights and techniques that help you do so.
Thank you this is a great read and I have never heard what you say expressed anywhere before. It most certainly makes sense and resonates with me as I have experienced this in my own life. I will be passing your post on to others.
Great post and inspiration we need when we are struggling and trying to overcome the obstacles that try to block our path to success. The timing of your article was spot on for me and I every time I hit doubt a message of inspiration arrives in my email. Is this the law of attraction keeping me motivated and telling me don’t give in.
While I agree to an extent, it puts me in mind of what one of my Psychoanalysts once said to me when I said I wanted to fix/change my life. He used the metaphor of a VW. Life is the small VW car but you are forced to drive it while it is being repaired. You can’t get rid of it entirely during the transformative process, therefore much of the old mechanism must remain intact as the vehicle for the transformation. Unconscious attitudes (fuel for the old car) are stored as information fields that communicate with conscious information fields. Shovelling shit is uncovering these fields (while driving the same old car) but after you are thru with repairs the car is no longer a VW but a Lamborghini albeit still a car. A plane is a much faster vehicle but because you always drove and never learned to pilot a plane, you are stuck poking along at highway speeds instead of subsonic. But everyone can’t fly a plane!
I know from my experience that the secret of universal attraction dose work, but you can see it vanish by anger,hate,doubt,fear,curesing or anything that is negative that you don’t deal with..
Their is a voice tha will guide you,your intuition is that voice .. I’ve found out through many harsh experiences that hides that voice if you continue to refuse it and not trust in it..I’ve lost it a number of times by trying to do my ..own thing..and as long as you refuse giving up your own ways you will not find the path to the power of attraction.. I’ve found and lost that voice a number of years now, and it gets harder to find each time you refuse to trust in it.. As right now I’m working on finding it again and this time I’m truly having a harder time now then ever before.,mostly out if ignorance and at times knowing I did wrong and yet still going and for that the cost is very hard.you must surrender your will up to your bliss ,or whatever you want to call your power of attraction .god or higher power or whatever you call your higher power…..this is not easy to do when you have to trust totally on the invisible part of higher power when you spent your life following your own ..will..doing your own thing which never works out for you..trust your higher power and it may get rough at times that you feel like giving up…if you come to that point which you will , keep going put your head down and now that what you must go against the wind and for some this takes longer and some it dosent take long,it sort of takes longer for those who spent their lives refuseinf to give up your will or surrender it up to follow your intuition ..this I find now for myself..the complete truth comes only a positive out look no matter what your going through and don’t resist what’s going on just no it’s there and don’t let it bother you, for what you resist will pursists..you will come out on top, just believe no matter what anyone says about you or tries to scare you, fear is not real you creat that in your mind and you can uncreated it ,and turn things around…I’m now shoveling shit only because every time I started to see thing turning around I would allow something negative enter me and end up following the wrong voice.. There are more then one voice within and is a negative voice that you have been following for years until you began to search your heart for the real truth which is the real you.love is the key to follow as love is your intuition which is the real voice to find and follow.. Be still and let that voice come to you
With peace and inner joy… Jesus is the god of love in all things..every day that small still voice calls out to everyone continually yet most pass on without cracking their egg and or even hear it……I’m very grateful and thankful for people who know from exsperince that to find the truth and follow it dose set you free but if your not guarding your thoughts you can lose it a lot
Faster then you can think..and to find it again is going to get harder, and harder each time you turn away..by the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread..chapter 3:19 genesis
Meaning you must dig into your heart to find the truth..bread..each time ou find the truth wich is your daily bread..if you don’t guard your thoughts and clean out your inner temple of all negative thoughts..you can endup going down the wrong path and go for a long time before you find out that your not going in the right direction thus you must go back over and find out where you messed up and correct it and get back on track.. The more you mess up it gets longer and harder to find that whispering voice your itutition ..feel..for it and once you find it then hang onto it and it will then full fill your dreams continually…Ed
Wonderful article and comments–truly the answer to my questions. PLEASE help me to understand how you can walk away from a marriage of 24 years with lots of love in your heart but you know in your hear of hearts it’s the right thing to do. My husband hates the “free” way that I think and act because I don’t understand having to “do what you are told” in a marriage. I once read that “living with an un-enlightened person is difficult–not for the enlightened person but for the un-enlightened person because they simply can’t understand. I am in tremendous pain at this moment and am reaching out for help from anyone that can help me to take the leap to shovel the bad stuff and break out of the eggshell! I guess I don’t have the courage or just don’t know how but I know I must! TKS!
Wonderful and clearly written with the intention to have a understanding that transformation is not a journey laced with joy and happiness. Transformation the process at any level means breaking free from the conditioning and beliefs we have been imposed and forced to swallow.
Transformation is also a process that is never ending, as we are all one with each other, and until the transformation of humans living as one , freedom for all, living in harmony and peace……..the transformation process will continue.
We all know deep inside the true miracle of life, the breath that we take is a gift, but the real challenge for us all is our minds. Like the air we breath is essential for us to survive so is our intentional thoughts.
I guess what I am trying to say is that we begin the process of global healing one person at a time. The more empowered a individual becomes with this process the more he/she will empower others to step up or into the transformation process.
I have had to shovel a lot of shit, and like us all freely put my hand up to shovel some more.
Simply because I know that life is not meant to be lived through suffering, and until the healing of all humans happens we will continue to suffer the consequences of our actions on a global scale.
Love and peace to all who read my post……..and continue to be brave in this time of transformation for our planet as we have never seen before.
Deanne
I’m trying to break out of my eggshell this year, I changed things in my life that took a long time, but needed to be changed. Now I’m going through a self evaluation and trying to get on the right course. I love reading your posts and trying to get my self conscious to change it’s programmed beliefs and use my intuition instead. It’s been a tough path to take but I know the outcome will bring me to my correct destiny.
Hi dear, dear friends. It is always a delight to read everything you send. The DVD “What the Bleep…” , the DVD “The Secret” and you helped me from 2004 and 2006 onwards to learn a complete new concept about life and The Truth of it all!
Now at last I am presently “shoveling some shit” and close to crack “my egg”. Isn’t that
marvelous??? Phew!!! It takes time for the human mind to be tamed and start receiving
and accepting new ideas! Much more so because I am no spring chicken! My subconscious
mind was so cluttered with years and years of negative garbage that has taken me great
will power and persistence (I am lucky I was born with those traits thank heaven!) to start eventually take control! You are my angel, so to speak, and wish you all of the very best!
Really, I apologize for not commenting on the majority of yuor articles thorugh the years.
I find them excellant, right to the point . I look forward to reading them and wish to thank
you for the wisdom you share and the clarity in which you write.
It is my hope that people will become more aware of what needs to happen and as the words in the song from childlren of Eden, state we will be one and at peace with our selves and one another.
” Our hands can choose to drop the knife, our heart can choose to stop the hating –For every moment of our life –it’s the beginning. There is no jouney gone so far, so far, e cannot stop and change directin. no doom is written in the stars. . . it’s in our hands. “
Hi Henk,
Again very inspiring thought. Difficult for me is on how others see me if I make the change, as I believe I’m a child of nobody, so recognition and acceptance by others are important to me.
Quoted from Patsy : “how do I know what experience I need for personal growth towards awakening. The answer is: exactly the experience I am having at this moment. Love & hugs”.
Thanks all.
I just want to respond to Joseann’s query as to why we have to shovel shit before we can design our lives. I don’t know about anyone else but my understanding of this is that throughout our lives people around us affect us by their trying to impose their beliefs on how we should be and how to go about it. Admittedly parents have a moral obligation to give guidance to their children to start them off in life and most parents try to do this as best they can. However sometimes in their misguided love for us they think that controlling us with their beliefs and their own need to mold us into what they would have liked for themselves, they are not allowing us to be who we were created to be. Our friends also like to limit us to how they want us to be because it is for their benefit rather than ours. This is where true love for another comes in. Do we encourage those that we love to be themselves, to grow into beautiful wholesome people or do we want them right there where we can manipulate and control them for our own selfish desires? This to me is what I call ‘shit’. It is what others try to put on us because of their misguided thinking and selfish desires. And that is why I agree that we have to shovel all this shit that has been put upon us and wash ourselves clean of that before we can smell the freshness of being true to yourself. I believe that only then will we be able to live the life of our dreams. I am saying this from experience not from some book I’ve read.
Dear Henk,
Of all the self help material that go round yours is the best. I just want to thank you for all that you give us your readers. You have helped to confirm a lot of what I have discovered about myself in my life’s journey and not only that but you give me the courage to allow myself to be the person that I am meant to be. Having being put in a little box for most of my life I now feel liberated and free. Thanks to you I can now give myself permission to be successful without worrying about how it would affect those around me. All my life I have put others first and allow others to shine because it was more important for them than it was for me. Yet in so doing this I myself was not giving as much of myself as I could have for fear of upsetting others. I now learn that what people feel and think is their responsibility not mine. I am what I am and what I do is out of pure love and joy in living and because of this I find that I am always successful in whatever I do. This has caused a lot of problem with some especially those close to me. With all your wonderful writing I now feel encouraged to going back to loving life and that joy in living to bubble once again. Thank you ever so much – I am truly grateful for all that has been in my life both good and bad for it has made me into the person that I am today. I just love your wisdom and couldn’t agree more with everything that you say.
All my love,
Amelia
I have an uneasy feeling with this article. First of all, I would really like to know why some people have to “shovel shit” before they can design their own life, and others don’t. It is certainly not accidently that this happens?
“But what you’re really doing is BREAKING THROUGH to a new reality and thus to a new life experience.”
THIS I feel is only true if you believe it to be that way, after all, our beliefs determine our life experience. So I guess it is good to make people believe that their hardship has some meaning and will amount to something better to avoid complete desperation.
“Parents and friends can be extremely cruel. And they’re often not even doing this consciously. It’s just that apparently the change you’re bringing about in their programmed reality can be quite confronting.”
If it is true that the outside is a mirror of the inside, what does this say then about the person undergoing the change? And why can we not “manifest” the quality of the change as well? I mean, you describe your process and this involved “either all or nothing”, but this process is also a result of your beliefs. I just wanted to say that those who “don’t have to shovel a lot of shit” probably believe that “change is easy” and happens smoothly. Who gave you the beliefs that your article is based on?
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Hi there, thank you very much for your wonderful messages and lessons to help me and other people to change for the better. Your messages are a reminder that support us in our daily lives. God bless you.
I am new to the interpretation you present. I like it. We are spritual beings. We have complete authority over our expression – that is part of being a spritual being. Being spritual beings is the only thing we have no control over. So what we think over and over by choice become our thought and physical world. We are manifestors.
I too am experences dramatic changes –
I thank you for your expressions!
Halelujah!!!!!! I am, and have recently been “reprogramming” myself. I no longer take or do the “status quo!” I speak my mind, I have learned to say no if the situation or conditions don’t suit me. I no longer let others try to say what is best for me; only I know what is best for me and what kind of life I wish to aquire. Keep writing these very truths that allow us to have the life we choose.
Kudos to Henk .
Kudos! Growing up, maturing, becoming self aware, self actualized, does indeed take a lot of shoveling. peeling off the layers, and you can have a truly guided life by following ones intuition, I don’t leave home without it. keep on speaking your truth. Thanks for sharing.
A very beautiful article indeed, Henk. I really liked this one more than any other. I relate to what you talk about in this article. I have recently begun to see changes, some of them *disturbing* my comfort zone, disturbing changes, but very drastic changes in my life since my commitment to the principles of the Law of Attraction. I’d been seriously following the principles for 6 months and now they have begun to show results, albeit in the guise of misfortune at first, but I know herein lies the seeds to my success.
Thank you for the wonderful article. God bless you.
Thank you, this has come at the perfect time for me, when I felt my world was falling apart, a piece of me knows that this is what is meant to be, however the experience can feel challenging, lonely and isolating as many things I have known for all of my life are stripped away from my current existence. With love and blessings. xox
Thank you! Beautiful message. I have had a pretty challenging day, you helped me alot.
It’s about F’n time someone tells me what is actually going on. I took a huge leap of faith and then…nothing. Seriously??? The same men keep coming back into my life. Uh..no I said I wanted a new one. I can’t seem to get the ball rolling in my business even though I have spent A LOT of MONEY and time on it. The same people are in my life. I thought new ones were supposed to show up to help me achieve my desires. I have days(weeks) when I’m not positive or pleasant, but I always seem to get back on track. I call it being stubborn, but I guess it could be intuitve. I have a lot to be grateful for; and today I am grateful for you writing this article because I am having one of those weeks haha.
Thanks! that is just what i needed to hear!!!RIGHT OWN!
Thanks, For me this was helpful and inspirational. Vicky
Thank you, this reminded me it’s always darkest before the dawn. I have started down this enlightened path before and been side tracked each time because I didn’t understand what was going on. Now I have researched more and found people like you who remind me to stay focused. Change is not easy sometimes, thank you for giving me courage and strength when I need it.
One more quick comment: thank you all who posted for sharing your conditions; it gives me joy to know I am not alone in things “going wrong” and we are learning to embrace even that which appears negative…and is the reason we are actually where we are in the time continuum. Blessings All. Laura
VERY FINE… thank you for the Excellent Re-inforcing From Here to Eternity; my egg has cracked a bit filling the gap with healing and supportive miracles; and as “Abraham” points out, the “gap widens again “to keep ‘e-motion’ (‘energy in motion’, Jack Canfield), and “wanting more” to improve love and grow.
Its the contrast they say; and my experiences have validated this to be so. “If it’s not broken dont fix it”. Ironically when I cut my hand severely studying for my anatomy exam in pre-nursing classes; it needed fixing. I often studied anatomy and physiology, sun bathing on the beach, visualizing my anatomy and physiological process. Had a weekend retreat planned after the exam where we practiced distance healing and then focused on ourselves; watched my deep cut close in seconds before my eyes! Many experiences of clairvoyance luck and healings without modern medicine, with resistance in my nursing career. I have reached a point where it seems I have lost it all; or have begun anew wanting my personal power with clarity to heal my tired self and begin again with energy and joy to be who ever I AM:o). With Love Thank You Henk :o)
Excellent – as usual and I thank you. I belong to a holistic, energy healing group of people who I’m certain will be fascinated with the eye-opening need to actually become aware of, then consciously choose to replace the old, limiting snow/shit with fresh, white, great smelling stuff. (Hey – you started with the metaphors :o)
Thanks for always providing such incredibly mind expanding material.
Hugs,
John
Thank you, thank you, thank you
I was SO relieved to read this. I have had the worst time ever since practising LOA. falling out big time with neighbours, family, etc. Everything I touched went wrong, finances,house, health. Now fighting depression, ready to give up every dream I have.
BUT……… as you say, I have noticed a change in me, even through the gloom. I am not the soft touch I once was, I hold my ground better, even though it is painful for me. So I shall keep at it and win the battle of change, and all my dreams will become reality.
Ann
Henk,
I am always looking forward to e-mails coming from you. Everything is worth reading. In fact, I often open your messages first before other e-mails as I know, it will make me a better person if I will absorb all the good stuff that you guys are imparting to us!!!!
Keep up the good work!
Hi Henk!
No need to say, GREAT ARTICLE, AGAIN!
I was thinking though and wanted to share with everybody, isn’t it magical that it takes only a moment during a life time to change, however, this moment may never come for some people during at least this lifetime?
And again, there is no fault to it! It’s their personal choice not to choose to change, to crack their eggs, to shovel their shit and even this choice of no choice serves for them and for us because it’s full of lessons!
Thank God, people like you is here on earth to remind to all of us that we “always have choice” no matter what!
Bless u all,
Lilian
The article is great.it is so much merged into my inner thoughts.
Hi,
This was great! Real spirituality is not a path paved with gold. This is so in line with what Redcloud says. Having ripped a whole in the sump in my car I was left pondering the great mysteries of the Universe yesterday.
One must go with the flow no matter how inconvenient, no matter how precarious our finances. I met some beautiful people in a new area and faced the freedom and fear of hitchhiking home… haven’t done that in 35 years! (I now know why…)
“Go with the flow” Redcloud says. I say: “No matter what!”
Also, we are ‘eternal bengs’ and so there is no rush.
I have read this post at a time when I needed it most. I have been ‘shoveling my shit’ in my quest for change and it is now time to move forward and teach. I know I should be teaching, I know I should be teaching in the way I do and not the way others do. I do teach and this year I am going to take it forward and help people hear a new way to lead their lives. Thank you.
Thank you for everything you are doing. Your knowledge, love and leadership has helped me a great deal. I am in the middle of “shoveling shit” so hopefully my conscious will shift soon.
That was a well written article up there. I now understand your crack the egg phrase.
Manifesting for me was as easy as eating pie in the really simple things…..and sometimes tough when it came to breaking out of “old ways of thinking”. Even when you think you know absolutely everything about the LOA you need to keep reading observations of dfferent people to get different perceptions. They may have nothing in common to my reality but its
learning nevertheless…..and one can ever have enough of that. Keep up the good work.
Do visit my sites too as I have authored a book titled MasterMind based on the LOA.
God Bless
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u ar always a blessing! God bless you!!
Hi Henk
Many thanks for this article of yours ,and you are absolutely right, as I experienced this lately in my life, thought it takes me too long to recognize and understand that or even to notice it,but I am really glad that I finally did.That It was time to do or be so.
Keep on the good work !!
Yours Faithfully,
Marium
HENK! WOW! i love this article! One of the best explanations of how the universe works I’ve ever read!!!!
Thankyou with my heart for these very valuable information and reports.
God bless as always.
Maria
I know exactly what you’re talking about. I have even published a book about my life and how I transformed it from misery to bliss over the course of 30 years. I’d spent most of my life hearing from others, how miserable I was, and I believed it. Once I decided that I was not the person I’d been told I was, my life completely turned around. I stopped being a victim and started living on my own terms. Awesome post, and thank you.
Forever and Always… A True Love Story, is the name of my book, in case you’re interested.
Have an awesome weekend!
Trina
Hey Henk!
You are like my parent, my guide, my Angel… my comfort to me on this journey I live, Thank you. I feel a warm wave in my stomach, a peaceful rhythm in my heart and a knowing that I can make my dreams come true, especially with your loving guidance. I bless you on your on journey, and please keep on doing exactly what you are doing…it´s so good:)
Love from Sweden
I’ve been living through a hell of my own making for soooooo long, and when I decided to look for a different path and change, things have only gotten much worse. You really hit the mark with this article! I’ve been telling aquaintances lately that I’m supposed to be right here, right now, going through exactly what I’m suppose to be going through. While I complain that I don’t feel like I’m part of a larger something or that I don’t get spoken to intuitively, I read an article like yours and I know that I can’t try to feel my intuitive voice yet or maybe ever. But it’s there just the same, speaking to me in a way that I can’t control. Thanks so much for a new look at all of this. Jean
Thankyou and thankyou again. I have recently thought about giving up because it’s not working. Everything got worse even. Now I know why and I will never give up. I will crack that egg and I will be happy. Thankyou. Your article was in perfect timing and a wonderful gift.
Nicole
Great article. I teach this stuff myself and it’s so true about often our greatest gifts coming out of our biggest nightmares. Again what we shy away from often can be a disguised gift if we find the courage to tackle. I used to live in fear of public speaking for example and found when I did speak people would tell me it was a gift and I had inspired them in some way,I guess they saw me being real and authentic in some way and could relate to that.
If you ‘have been good’.and have now realized that ‘being good or extending goodness to all around indiscreiminately’ is draining you because many others around you are only ‘receivers’ and not ‘givers of any kind whatsoever’ …THen – You Have to Change. And it is hard because you feel that you have to change for ‘worse’… or not being as good as you were.
Well tere is no choice.. you have to change and the convincing logic is that your being good
for the ‘bad guys’ is ‘No Good’… Instead if yhou can ‘make them to change for better’… [tht is possible only through your changing to be ‘not as good as before’… then you will have served ‘goodness’ in the right earnest… That keeps you good enough and makes others also to ‘gear up to be good enough’… and the latter I am afraid is a longer journey becase the bad folks have first to’gradually stop being bad’… !!!!
This is no ‘moral high ground’ or may be it is … but That is the onlu Right Way….
And ..This article makes it very clear that ‘Standing Your Ground’ is both necessary and
a Good for All….
THANKS.
Thanks for the article… it cheered me on .. Can relate … experiencing the ‘pain’, the discomfort, the ‘ ____ shoveling’ , the isolation from the very environment/current reality (both outer and inner) that I’m trying to change from , and other such unpleasantness. But I know that I can never go back to what was before …. So I’m going on, no matter what…. It’s taking some time, but I thank God for walking me through the transformation process …. the richer and more precious the experience becomes. Already, I can see teeny-weeny glimpses of success in my innerworks …
“I AM …..where YOU are at all times”. This is the truth of this reality of one. If you are not living
(having your full expression of SELF) in Denver ….how would it be possible to EXPERIENCE living in Denver. The answer to this riddle of life is ……It is not possible to(exist/Vibrate)( resonate full expression thereof)(Manifest) ….ANYTHING….without having all of you in the same place at the same time.
We already have it all, because we are ALL ONE. (we) exist in a hologramtic unverse of mirror, mirror on the wall and we will only experience what (WE) reflect.I AM as I see myself to be…
Can we do away with all this unconsciously created BULL-do (word created for “s” sensitive people) of a false sense of SEPaRATION . Speak your truth, be all you choose to be, fly above mass consciousness, and DEFY all physical laws and beliefs of the common mind!
Hello all of ME …..snap out of it!
Great article Henk. My comments are
Two great things here..Attempting to create or attract Abundance whilst still in a Poverty Consciousness doesn’t work. Too many courses don’t mention this, they just say do what we tell you keep doing it. It will go into the unconscious mind a will work. Law of Reverse effect triggers.
Being pressured to stay in “The Box” or “The Blue system of Control” as I term it.. This is unseen and therefore we are unaware of it because it is in “our downloads” or hardwired in for most people. Therefore we don’t realise how powerful it is.
That Box is designed to control and suppress the people of this world. They believe it will keep them safe. It also is the cause of Unhappiness which is what we are attempting to get out of. When you attempt to “break out” you require the awareness. After all its only a Box..
I feel too many people look at their lives as having shit, and to change their lives they need to shovel it. I feel that when we change the wording to Unpleasant experiences we can take responsibility for it and simply let it go or let it fragment. You don’t require a shovel for that.
Cheers, Love yourselves
Richard
Thank you for your articles and also the platform for commenting. I always enjoy reading the publications which are thought provoking. I became even more fascinated with human interations and the “meaning of life” over 10 years ago, during which time I’ve read several books and articles about this subject. Since “The Secret” became trendy there have been so many publications and internet packages available to choose from now. Similar to globalisation, there is a wide array of products but the drawback is that you have to sift through a lot of these publications ranging from the “crap” to “great down to earth easy to understand” to glean the main important elements from which to work from. I’ve only just started on my journey to finding my higher self and purpose in this life and am feeling really exhilarated but scared at the same time. What I’ve learned so far, is, you can only read and take in so much information and at times you can get confused with opposing opinions/methods, but, you have to DECIDE to take ACTION at some point and that’s where I am now.
Also, I’ve found that among my network of family and friends I quite often feel like I’m an alien BUT only because they aren’t aware or share my love of this topic, or, even the wish to. So, to FREEMAN I understand how you feel and I live in Auckland, New Zealand which has over 1.3 million people. With this in mind, it doesn’t stop me from pursuing my dream and passing on what I’ve learnt to my children and whoever else wants to know. I’ll not be advertising or preaching it but rather LIVING IT. If people see others are living happy and fulfilled lives it will invariably invoke their interest to want the same for themselves.
Yes, I am part of the revolution and want to be revolutionary. United, we will harness our unconditional love for all life on this planet and pass on what we’ve learned to make earth a better place as we are all part of the universe, WE ARE ONE!
In Light & Love
Mia
Hey Henk, great article.
You have mentioned some things that are rarely talked about in law of attraction circles, such as courage and standing up for yourself and what I belief is right. We have been told that you “shouldn’t be selfish” and that “it is more blessed to give, than to receive.”
Because of this so many people feel guilty for wanting the best for themselves, and feel that they have to bend over backwards to try and accommodate others. But I have learned that you can only give to others what you have already given yourself. if you don’t love yourself, you cannot love others.
So forget about others and give yourself the love and appreciate that you deserve first, and when you’re full of it, you can give to others. Now that’s the type of giving where you get blessed in return.
Peace and love,
Jimmy
I thank you for this article! I have been going through some unpleasant unexpected things that happened out of nowhere the moment I decided to change my life and it feels as if this article explained and answered my questions as soon as i asked them
THAT IS WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU, MY FRIEND, YOU DO NOT PULL YOUR PUNCHES & WE GET TO SEE “REALITY”. HOW CAN WE GET THERE IF WE SEE TROUGH ROSE COLOURED GLASSES ONLY. THANK YOU FOR TELLING IT LIKE IT IS AS I AM NOW BETTER PREPARED FOR WHAT COMES. IS’NT IT ALL SO EXITING & ARE WE NOT SO LUCKY TO BE WHERE WE ARE AT !
BLESS YOU ALL.
HI REALLY ENJOYED READING ALL YOURE STUFF I BELIEVE GREATLY IN MOST OF IT AS MY LIFE IS GOING RIGHT ON TRACK THIS LAST YEAR.
THIS IS IS MORE OF A QUESTION WE HAVE A SON WHO WE LOVE VERY MUCH.
, BUT HE IS NOT A VERY NICE PERSON HE CAN CAUSE A ROW IN AN EMPTY HOUSE, HE IS 23YRS OLD AND IS VERY VINDICTIVE AND JEALOUS OF EVERYBODY .
WE HELP HIM ALL THE TIME IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS, HE HAS NEVER BEEN IN TROUBLE WITH THE POLICE OR ANYTHING, HE JUST SEEMS TO SPOIL LIFE FOR PEOPLE AROUND HIM. DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW I CAN HELP HIM, I HAVE TRIED VISUALISING HIM HAPPY AND SMILING HE HAS HAS GOT A NICE GIRLFRIEND BUT CONSTANTLY MAKES HER LIFE A MISERY. HELP!!!!!
Well – what can say. Your words ‘shovelling shit’ cannot more aptly describe what I am working with at the moment! I almost every aspect of my life, there has been complete ‘breakdown’. Over the last few years I have lost :
both my parents
my husband of 38 years who fell in love with someone else
my job working as a teacher with young people with learning difficulties
my health – recently hospitalised with severe asthma due to stress
– and may be about to have to sell my home of 20 years, in a beautiful green english valley, which feeds my soul, my music and my art
I really needed to hear the words about life giving us what we really need in what seems like ‘our worst nightmare’. Just the other day I had a vitriolic letter from my oldest friend about how I had failed her.
I do still have two beautiful children in their twenties, and I do still have my beautiful Celtic Harp and my art and my piano. Though sadly my music has eluded me as I have struggled with clinical depression for the last eighteen months.
So – thank you for your words of encouragement . I will ‘stand up for myself – and all that I believe in and all that I know in my heart I can achieve, through using my creativity in the service of my own Self, and to benefit others too.
Thank you . i look forward to the next stage.
Very good article.
wow, this article has put new meaning to what is going on in my life right now, i have been manifesting a new life, and i lost my job. ha ha.not funny reallt but, i new this job was not right for me and i was very unhappy being there, now i know i created loosing my job to be able to move forward and break free and i guess to shovel some shit of my own in the process thankyou !!! i will stand my ground and listen and trust my intuition
I am shoveling alot of shit at the moment. Sometimes it gets me down. It´s hard to get up again. Your articles always come at the right moment. The thing I know for sure, I will never give up. Never. I am going to realize it. Keep writting, I´m listening.
Hi, Henck
I hv been reading your articles always. I like most of them. I truly resonate with what u want to say. I am a hypnotherapist my self. I know law of attraction , deliberate creation , etc.
Now I have found out that I hv to learn to be contended. Which I was for so many years of my life. Suddenly all the knowledge about manifestation has come to me. Now I am confused what to do ? Can u help me ? And if at all I hv to listen to my intuition, what is the need of law of attraction ?
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I love you man!
Something has just happened to me that is the third time in my life it has happened.
It is not a good or very nice thing to happen. However upon the third time of experiencing this situation, I have decided to not make the same decision I made on the last two experiences, which I believe ruined my life. So this time round I am going to try the other alternative, no matter what it brings. Your article, has come at just the right moment for me and encourages me to stick to my guns, though it is hard. No, I do not wish to share this experience but realise that to have this same experience for the third time in my life, must be trying to tell me something!!
Say a prayer for me.
Hi Henk,
I didn’t read this I don’t think the first time round and this reply will be late but all the same thanks. It doesn’t matter how often this message is repeated. Everything you say has been true for me. I especially resonate with the ‘shoveling the shit’ bit and how your friends don’t recognize you and can even seem cruel in their responses to your changing. I try to remember that if someone else is going through this my responses to their changing could appear equally obtuse. Thanks again.
Hi,
About one year and a half ago,I had a vision as if my higher self was trying to convey a message to me.Since then I get an answer every time I ask who am I and why am I here.
The answer never changes,inspite and despite what has been happening around me.
At the moment,I am going through a similar challenge and your message just struck a chord…I am going to stand my ground because in a way I have no choice but to listen to my inner voice.
And I really liked the message which says true love does not give what one wants but what is best for them at the moment.
Thank you very much,
Rachna
Thanks. I appreciate this article and know i am somewhat stronger from all that has gone on although …. am still wondering how i came to be where and how i am. 😉 i now know so much more about myself and am looking forward to so much coming to fruition in my life as i express myself more fully. Thanks again and i do undertand what you have written here…
Thank you for the most timely affirmation!
Hi.. this is really great… You are very true that if you want to change, do it totally. To achieve success in your chosen field, you need to make dramatic changes.. May the Almighty help me through you to achieve my Goal.. the new programming may take sometime.. However, I am determined to pursue my goals with a total change.. thanks for such a beautiful article… with best regards… Prem..
So that’s why everything is happening the way it is happening to me! Lately I’m running into more and more people I went to high school with and we are having a 22 year reunion next month. I don’t want to go because I’m not where I want to be in life and am kinda embarrassed about that, does this mean I’m supposed to go anyway and confront that demon?
This is directed to Cheryl above who posted about divorcing her husband of 20 years to find “freedom and happiness”. I don’t think the authors of this site are recommending hurting and deserting marriages and family members as a way to “set yourself free and manifest your desires” at the expense of your loved ones”. If they are I wouldn’t recommend this site to anyone. I invite them to post their view on this.
Your sense of being trapped, or not being able to “be all you could be” came from inside YOU…. and was not the fault of your husband. You admitted you got along and it does not sound like a abusive situation. The problem was with YOU. Making a change to yourself and your outlook on things and within your marriage would probably have attracted or induced a change in him also. Just be careful…..remember…. this can work if done with love and thanksgiving, not betrayal and self-centeredness. The laws of sowing and reaping will still apply. If you sow hurt and pain…..you WILL get that back in return. You may be happy for a while, but what comes around, goes around. And the greener grass on the “other side” most of the time turns out to be full of weeds in the end.
This is a beautiful article that is very apropos in my life at this juncture–recently retired @ age 57 and in the process of trying to “detoxify,” re-engineer, and manifest I just started a serious study of intuition in my life and it’s like a whole new dimension opening up to me. What really hit me in the article was that manifesting requires a holistic change which transcends our conscious awareness and is not something which we control in a fragmentary manner. This had hitherto not sunk in. Thank you and God bless!
Awesome, Your thoughts I will share with others. Thanks
Heartening and mind/spirit expanding stuff – thanks!
I find you refreshing and always when my own reading and life has gone around a conrer and stopped you come along with a new article and write about some thing thats been on my mind or is in my life at the same time, You make a difference for so many of us. Thank you
Its funny how a message will come to you and it fits. I have been having similar experiences lately. It doesn’t seem to make the panic attacks subside but I am being courageous and acting on my intuition and trying to stay true to myself. Just wondering what shoveling shit actually meant for you. Is that like owning your poor choices and insecurites and all the negative crap? Or is best to just expect a remarkable ending to a story that just doesn’t make much sense at the moment?
I have been very empowered by the realization that we are the ones who create our experience and we surround ourselves with the environment and lessons we need to accomplish our goal. That means taking responsibility for our lives and the fact that we are the creators, even when we are shoveling caca! For some odd reason, human beings don’t change until they are so uncomfortable with the status quo, they are forced to change. I want to thank you for addressing the fact that manifesting means changing and change is hard. If we were manifesting and living the life of our dreams, the energy we put out would be attracting like energy and life would be grand. Peace beyond understanding comes when we accept that everyone and everything we encounter in our lives “good and bad” brings the opportunity to connect with what we need. When the outer life we are living matches the inner life we are envisioning we will know that our energies are in alignment with our goals. I have found that asking myself “does this decision bring me joy” helps me to live life in alignment with my higher self in each and every moment. That joy doesn’t have to be what society would consider success, it is what my soul considers success.
I wish it felt like a walk through the snow; it feels more like wading through molasses with snowshoes on. I just finished a conversation with my sister last night by saying that I know a great life is just around the corner. The difficulties I have been experiencing for a while now are required so I can emerge on the other side with a change in perspective and a new found wisdom. I feel we are all on a journey of self discovery in a way that wasn’t available to us in the past. There is not a finite destination on this journey. This will be a constant opportunity to align our energies so we are always attracting and creating our desires. Let’s hope with new found wisdom, it will become easier as time goes on. Namaste.
I really enjoyed reading this. I ran acrossed this web site today. I received the free ebooks. I cant wait to read them. I have been working on these self help things for a while. I have bought many books and also have a bunch of diffrent sites that send me insperational information. I feel good inside about reading all of this information. I wanted to join this site as a mamber, but I do not have the funds at this point to buy the membership. For now I will come back and read all of the archived material. I want to thank you for being an insperation. take care.
Only one thing: I guess it’s not exactly that “You have to change what you do, what you are, to change what you get. ”
I mean it’s rather that you have to change the way you look at what you are doing, what you are…
How about that?
I love to read everything you send me. I follow the law Of Attraction and have been a student of it for many years and you are correct in that the change has to happen witin and the out will take place accordingly. I lost my beautiful mothera nd i have written my story about her on my blog and i talk alot about what you talk about. It is not easy to follow the path of a priest or ever want to but sometimes you will come to the end of the road and then and only then will you realize the changes that need too be made within yourself.
I am so very excited to be here. I consider myself to be very lucky to be here on this planet at this particular time. How delicious this life is! It wasn’t always like that though. I’ve always felt, even as a child, there was somethig more. But not until December 2007 did my life completely change. I asked my husband of 20 years for a divorce (we got along fine, I just realized I was going to turn 42 and my life was never going to change if I stayed with him) and every aspect f my entire life has changed. I have gone through a transformation, or shall I say, a deprogramming. There have been times where, literally, I have felt like I really am living the Matrix. I have had some of those experiences that have been less than desirable, but I am proud of myself for acknowledging them for what they were, and mostly they were illusions…things I could have completely reacted to with fear, worry or doubt, but I chose to look at these experiences with a knowing that all is well and the experience is just to see how I would relate to it more than anything else.
Again, I am so happy to be here…a part of this Revolution as a geliberate creator…Let’s break free!!!
I’m new here, I’ve just downloaded the two free books and cannot wait to read them. Still, I can say that the articles on this blog have been inspiring and I look forward to perfecting what I already know about the Law of Attraction and learn about its relation to the other universal Laws. All I’ve read so far (a lot!) has not been enough for me, I’ve come to realize that to undo the “programming” I need new tools, shovels, etc.! Thank you very much,Henk , for sharing your knowledge and heart and HELLO to everyone here!
PS: It is said that you find the “right stuff” to read when you most need it: well, the “stuff” found me!
Wow. Just… wow. And strangely – or not so strangely – this is exactly what I needed to read (as a reminder), when I needed to read it. Man, if I really started commenting on this post I’d write an epistle. A little too busy for that, haha, so I’ll just say this one is Fantastic, and every article here is always well worth the wait. Keep ’em coming you guys.
Peace & Victory
“Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.” – Kahlil Gibran (1883 – 1931) Lebanese-American Poet Philosopher & Artist, author of The Prophet
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Many thanks for a very thought-provoking and inspiring newsletter. I have just read Tolle’s “A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose” (a book I would recommend to all your readers)again and find what you have to say complements Tolle’s views. It also answers the question: how do I know what experience I need for personal growth towards awakening. The answer is: exactly the experience I am having at this moment. Love & hugs P
Hey Guys (and Gals),
Is there a Billboard somewhere that we can post this on?
This is so true to what our “core” (or ‘gut’) says to do – I’m so amazed at the “approving” energy that overwhelmed me as I read this and (shared from experience) what is said…
I accept that I AM here and Now; I accept that others in my life are but mirrors of some facet of my Self; I accept that my tomorrows are but the result of the beliefs I accept Today…
May Peace finally find it’s way once we know that – The only Truth is in the Present…!
To All…
Thank You!!!
I enjoy reading this article.I think you make it clear what chage means !
Thanks.
Its all very well for the newly-hatched chick…. but what about the poor old egg?? Its a bit like telling the caterpillar that it must shovel shit for a time then dissolve, so that the butterfly can be born. It may just think ‘sod the bloody butterfly’.
Over the last year, I’ve subscribed to a lot of e-newsletters. This year I am thinning down (since I’ve been spending more time Reading than Doing). This article shows me this site is a Keeper! It speaks to the heart, and helps me better understand what’s going on around me.
This last year has been somewhat turbulent. I went from loving my job to being ready to leave it. I realized the events that led to that difference are necessary if I’m ever to let it go and move on to another phase.
The dream my heart has held since last April seems impossible – there are so many reasons why it shoudn’t work. However, I’ve been taking the steps I can take now, and I leave it to the Universe to keep opening those steps. I also know that it is up to me whether to take each of those steps or not – the same choice each of us makes, each day. Do we have faith in what our heart tells us is true, no matter what anyone else says? Even if (or especially if) those voices come from those we care about most? Even when we’re called selfish for pursuing what we believe we should do?
Change is a daily choice. We have a lot more days to choose this year. Thanks for the encouragement to stand strong!
Hi,
A very good article. Thanks!
I’ve been paying more and more attention to the Scripts
that are playing in my head. This is part of the “programming”
that you mention in the article. We have programmed scripts
into our consciousness, and we use those scripts to respond
to events and circumstances in our lives.
The scripts keep playing over and over, almost as if they are
part of our DNA, so deeply have they become ingrained in us.
As we change the programming, the scripts, our intent, our
focus, things change for us. It isn’t always pretty, so we must
“hang tough” as you say.
Keep up the good work, because what you are doing is
very good for the care of Mother Earth.
Good medicine always!
Laurie
Although this is the core of what I teach, it is interesting to hear the message through the use of different metaphors, and to personally feel the impact!
I was glad to be reminded of two specifics:
1. What appears to be a problem can be a wonderful opportunity waiting to be discovered. Life often so brilliantly disguises our greatest gifts as our worst nightmare.
2. If you stand your ground, before you know it you’ll notice your life has changed BECAUSE OF what you’ve experienced going through these challenges… NOT DESPITE OF.
As I continue to Coach aspiring Authors, I will be able to keep these thoughts in my heart to continue to motivate them!
Thank you.
A
THANK YOU this was exactly the push I´ve been waiting for to turn into the direction my intuition keep on telling me to go. But I´ve been in a relationship that is far from what I belive to be true about the unseen and unheard that makes our reality and our lives.
Thank you once again
Ursula, Stockholm, Sweden
How timely.
Over this journey of self discovery, I’ve often said ‘life is unraveling, like an old itchy sweater’. True, yes, but once undone, the yarn sits there, in a heap, and the choice then is to reconfigure it, toss it and start anew, or leave it as a shrine of what was, or could have been- this track has replayed repeatedly until I realised there was an underlying truth: I don’t wear sweaters.
The metaphor of plowing snow is brilliant- this is precisely what I needed to hear. If I aim to get going, get out, proceed- I can’t shovel part way and stop, or let someone else dictate the direction, the process or the timing- it’s my road!
Thank you- I’ll be ‘shoveling along’ (lol)-
Wyn.
Watching the movie “The Secret” was a bolt of lightening for myself as I realized that it was an introductory to the great power we have but it wasn’t anything more than that just a brief introduction. Many people took it to be the everything about the Law of Attraction and that’s where so many misconceptions have been based.
You provide logical and honest answers to situations that we face. One of the most important parts of all this as some things take time to manifest and give ourselves time to grow and become more understanding of how things come into our lives.
Thank you
Hi Henk,
Great and timely article for me. I have been experiencing all the changes, the highs where everything seemed to be headed in the right direction and presently I am going through the shoveling part. Your article put things in perspective and gave clarity and strength to me.
Blessings to all.
Rajiv
THANKYOU for a great artical….i am inspired by it….. best wishes lee
hey,
good article. i don’t usually respond to this kind of stuff but i thought what you had to say was very well done. i think a lot of people could relate and will hopefully grow and learn from it. i am personally at a place in my life where i to have a shovel in hand, and am getting rid of the shit! Your wording was perfect , and not offensive at all.
mahalo,
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Hi Henk,
Thank you so very much for your profound article. I’ve been “struggling” with these issues for the last year or so, but not really struggling, rather learning to really accept and give thanks for everything that happens, because ultimately it for my highest good. On this road, I sometimes needed to let go of some friends, but other friendships became more profound. I’m still on the journey, but I think the journey itself might be more important than the end goal itself. This is how we grow as human beings, and God and the Universe give us ample opportunities to do just that. It has been said that only humans suffer growing pains, physically, emotionally and mentally. Then so be it. It’s better than being stuck.
What a great article for me to read as the new year begins. I agree with what you say, and I think your metaphors are right on. As I work with people each day to help them bring about the changes they seek in their lives, I recognize more and more the changes that I must embrace and face for myself. The challenges that I face in my own life have brought me face to face with questions about what faith really is; what do we cling to in times of crisis, change, challenge and opportunity. The most significant questions I ask people (and myself included) everyday is “What is your desired outcome” (this has to be something over which you have control) and what are you willing to do to achieve it? It keeps me focused, and helps me to stand my ground. As the new year began, I felt myself slipping… Thank you for your message which got me back on track. All the best to you for a most wonderful and empowering year, and I look forward to continuing to read your messages. Loren
Henk,
I’m standing my ground!!! I am so grateful for you and proud of me. My reactions to everything seem to be based more on love and compassion than fear and resentment. i am winning the battle. No car or money could replace the inner peace and knowing that is filling my once empty cup. It’s happening….the tide is changing. I am truly grateful to be here.
Thanks again,
w/love,
henry
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You’ve hit the mark with me. As I have been tring to manifest now for TWO years now with very limited succes. The concrete walls of my limited self believe have been stopping me from receiving my desires. Just receintly those same walls have started to crack and changes and insights are coming through to me at an ever increasing rate. The main self defieting belief is that “I am not enough”. But now that I can see it, I am also aware of when it is in opetation. So I now I speak into being a different belief mantra of “I am more than enough”. Form here I am becoming more that enough to receive my desires.
You performing an invaluable service with this web sight. keep up the good work.
Lots of Love Peter.
Great read Henk, I always enjoy your articles. you always inspire me to want to do more, this year i have decided to tell the world more about who i am,and my particular contributions here….and you will know the truth,and the truth will make you free…My truth is that my parents named me freeman, i’ve never been a freeman most people think i made it up myself…My first daughter was born in sept and i turned 16 dec that same year…now 3 daughters and 2 grandchildren later,i’m wishing i’d spent more time learning how to write properly,so i could better express myself .The irony of my free life is that i live in a town called peace river,where i have very little peace and zero understanding because i’m considered a displaced newfie…so here i’ve been living on Misery mountain,peace river for the last 4 years trying to fit into some group,but no way,I even tried the freem*&on’s who’s only 2 rules require that you,#1 believe in god,and #2 want to help fellow man..I’ve been turned down by all so far. I’m looking to bring attention to a possible writer out there who can see the potential story here.Peace.