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Awakening

July 16, 2009 By Nathalie Himmelrich Leave a Comment

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Awakening is a shift in consciousness in which thinking and awareness separate. For most people, it is not an event but a process they undergo. Even those rare being who experience a sudden, dramatic and seemingly irreversible awakening will still go through a process in which the new state of consciousness gradually flows into and transforms everything they do and so becomes integrated into their lives.

Instead of being lost in your thinking, when you are awake you recognize yourself as the awareness behind it. Thinking then ceases to be a self-serving autonomous activity that takes possession of you and runs your life. Awareness takes over from thinking. Instead of being in charge of your life, thinking becomes the servant of awareness. Awareness is conscious connection with universal intelligence. Another word for it is Presence: consciousness without thought.

The initiation of the awakening process is an act of grace. You cannot make it happen nor can you prepare yourself for it or accumulate credits toward it. There isn’t a tidy sequence of logical steps that leads toward it, although the mind would love that. You don’t have to become worthy first. I may come to the sinner before it comes to the saint.

There is nothing you can DO about awakening. Whatever you do will be the ego trying to add awakening or enlightenment to itself as a prized possession and thereby making itself more important and bigger.

(Inspired by Eckhart Tolle’s book ‘A New Earth’)

Filed Under: self development/motivation, spirituality Tagged With: a new earth, awakening, book suggestion, eckhart tolle, spiritual awakening

Remembrance – Resurfacing of past feelings and emotions

June 5, 2009 By Nathalie Himmelrich Leave a Comment

Past - Present - Future -- where are you?
Past – Present – Future — where are you?

It is said that all we have is the present. While that is true, it is also true that in essence, past, present, and future are one. We are connected energetically to both past and future. Life is an evolving story and where we are now is a result of where we have been.

If feelings and emotions are resurfacing from deep within you and you may find yourself on an emotional roller coaster do not fight them, this is all fine. It is important to occasionally remember and honour your past, for it is part of you, part of your soul’s journey. Yet remember to honour every part of it, regardless of wheter you perceive parts to be good or bad, for in some way every experience has helped to expand your understanding and appreciation of life.

Occasionally reflecting on the past is healthy, just as giving some thought to your future is wise. However excessive preoccupation with either only serves to rob you of the present moment and that serves no real purpose.

Source: Toni Carmine Salerno

Filed Under: emotions/feelings, self development/motivation Tagged With: emotions, feelings, future, past, present, remembrance

Meditation – Basic Practice

May 22, 2009 By Nathalie Himmelrich Leave a Comment

There is a joke in Buddhist circles: “Don’t just do something, sit there.”

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What is Meditation?

Meditation is how we train in continuous awareness. It is also how we train in letting go. Meditating might not appear to be very exciting or productive, but try it and give inner peace a chance.

Meditation is a truly transformative spiritual exercise. Beginning meditators do not always connect the simplicity of what they are doing to the essence of the spiritual search, but it is all there to be discovered by those who try it. The Dzogchen teachings of Tibet say one moment of total awareness is one moment of perfect freedom and enlightenment. You do not need to seek elsewhere; it is all within.

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Filed Under: health, inspiration/humour, self development/motivation Tagged With: awareness, breathing, meditate, meditation, mind, stillness

Pain Versus Suffering

May 14, 2009 By Nathalie Himmelrich 4 Comments

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Pain exists to promote evolution. Its cumulative effect finally forces us in a new direction, although the mechanism may be very slow. So how many times is it necessary to hit the bottom before a lesson is learnt?

Pain and suffering are very distinctive experiences in everyone’s development. However there is a very significant difference between pain and suffering which, once understood, will transform your life.

Pain

Let me explain: Pain is the sensation or signal in the body that some event or experience is not in alignment with one’s value system. If, for example, your partner shouts at you and you immediately feel pain in form of hurt, disappointment, sadness or even anger it is a sign of a breach of your unconscious values and criteria around how you want to be treated in a relationship.

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Filed Under: communication, grief/loss, self development/motivation Tagged With: attachment, choice, pain, suffering

What is the Meaning of Your Problem?

May 8, 2009 By Nathalie Himmelrich Leave a Comment

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Your friend just told you that she does not like your new shoes or your boss refused to publish your article? So what is the real problem?

The meanings we give to situations are the significant variables that make up the quality of our experiences.

The situation that is presenting, in the example above the fact that your friend did not like the shoes, is never the problem itself. We create problems by the meanings we attach to the situation.

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Filed Under: communication, inspiration/humour, self development/motivation Tagged With: change your meaning, meaning, problem, thinking

How to Manage the ‘Wanting-to-fix-my-Partner’ Pattern

April 21, 2009 By Nathalie Himmelrich Leave a Comment

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After the glow of the honeymoon period in a relationship wears off and we regain the full awareness of our reality by taking off the rose colored glasses, we slowly become aware of the small and not-so-small imperfections in our partner.

Depending on our need for perfection we slowly but surely start to work on repairing our partner.

Usually it is one partner that more feels the urge to suggest improvements and these might range from an updated wardrobe, removing excess hair, squeezing pimples to picking on the shirt that is tucked in too tightly. Besides the personal improvements there might also be suggestions on books to read, encouragement on courses to join, engaging with a specific set of friends, or softly controlling your partner’s choice on the amount of time spent alone or with other friends.

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Filed Under: communication, love/relationship/marriage, self development/motivation Tagged With: commitment, communication, relationship, self-actualization

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    I accompany people therapeutically as a holistic counsellor and coach.

    I walk alongside people dealing with the challenges presented by life and death.

    I’m also a writer and published author of multiple grief resource books and the founder of the Grieving Parents Support Network.

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