13 Rauhnight tips
Hello dear Rauhnacht friends,
the rough nights are just around the corner and before we devote ourselves entirely to this wonderful time, I would like to give you 13 little tips so that the time is as relaxed and beautiful as possible for you.
- take the pressure off
Surely you know that when something happens very rarely or only once a year, then it should be really special and extraordinary. The wedding day, the birthday, the Christmas party and yes, also the rough nights. And here the danger quickly arises that we build up too much pressure internally, which prevents us from facing the event openly and impartially.
So: take the pressure off. Yes, it's a special time and it can be perfect, but it doesn't have to be. Everything should be right, but especially with the rough nights there is no "right" or "wrong". And yes, I offer a course and many others offer one. And there are books (like mine) and that's great. But ultimately there is only one thing you need for the rough nights: yourself and your willingness to immerse yourself in your own being. Finished.
And if you can't do a Yule ritual, you can't. Finished. If you only write something down 5 times out of 13 nights, then so be it. That's why you didn't do anything wrong. You did what was appropriate for this time. Take the pressure off and the rough nights will be much nicer, funnier, more exciting and above all easier.
- Rauhights are more than dreams at night
Yes, although the name "Rauhnächte" emphasizes the night, it doesn't mean that it's "only" about the nights and your dreams. The rough nights are a period of time whose culmination is, so to speak, the 13 nights from the winter solstice. But their effect often begins well before December 21st and fades away again in January and does not end abruptly.
This period of time is an invitation for quiet contemplation during the day and at night. The days are just as important as the nights. In both are knowledge and inspiration ready for us as gifts. It is an invitation to pause for a little moment during the course of a year, take a deep breath, become quiet and listen to yourself.
You may still be there everywhere and yet completely with yourself. That is what is extraordinary about this period of time. Sometimes during the day you feel a little sleepwalking, tired, the mind is perhaps not quite as awake as usual. Because the soul, the intuitive, the flowing, the dreaming comes to the fore and takes over for a little while, so that we can know ourselves.
- Go into the conversation with yourself
This tip also results from this dreamy existence. Entering into a conversation with yourself is an invitation to focus on you, at least during the 13 Rauhnacht days and nights. To observe yourself, to perceive yourself. How you feel, how you think, how you speak, how you act, what you long for, what you dream of day and night, what you hope for.
Therefore, the Rauhnacht time does not mean that we necessarily have to distance ourselves from other people and activities. No, it means watching yourself from the inside out and vice versa, how you interact with others, how you react, what triggers you, what triggers you and what relaxes you.
Especially in the encounter with the outside we can gain many valuable insights about ourselves and our being. But the rough nights invite you not to lose yourself in the outside world, but to always keep in touch with yourself. Quiet contemplation and knowledge even in the hustle and bustle of the outside world.
- Value your inspiration
Sometimes there is a lot, sometimes little, sometimes it feels like nothing at all during the rough nights. Is that correct? Yes, sometimes the realizations just tumble down on you, like on Domini Day, where you flake off a rock and everything starts falling down until it ends up being a great picture.
Sometimes only a few stones fall, but the big picture is not yet visible and yes, sometimes nothing happens at all. There is also. No matter how, trust your intuitions, your feelings, your thoughts. Sometimes it's confused, sometimes clear or chaotic, understandable or strange. Everything is possible. The important thing is: don't just try to push them aside or even dismiss them as nonsense.
Even if it's freaky, wacky or totally weird. Just take it like that. Maybe you feel the presence of angels, maybe you are dreaming of your star home, maybe you are talking to your soul mate who is waiting for you in orbit, maybe you have the feeling that elves are in your home. Why not? Instead of pushing it away, dive in even more. Talk to the energies that are contacting you.
Ask questions and stay open to answers. Rough nights can be freaky, they aren't always, but they can. Depending on what is important for you to experience now. Depending on what knowledge now wants to come to the surface. Appreciate yourself and your perceptions.
- Write down what happens in the rough nights
Really, I invite you to take this point to heart. So often we think: "Wow, what a realization, I can't forget that!" and suddenly the hustle and bustle of everyday life has swallowed it up. Especially in the rough nights we like to get names, mantras, affirmations, etc. sent in our dreams and by writing them down we can prevent these valuable inspirations from getting lost.
We can also treat the gifts from the other side with respect and respect, for example by writing them down. Some things, intuitions, dreams and events we only understand some time later. Then it is good if we have a little book in which we can leaf through to read it up.
And writing it down has another bonus point: it sometimes helps us to bring clarity and order to somewhat confused, chaotic dreams so that understanding can take place more easily
- Have the courage to give meaning to your dreams
In our dreams we very often encounter the language of symbols. Some symbols have an archetypal meaning, by which I mean that the dream symbol shown has the same meaning for us as a soul collective. Let's take an example to make it clearer.
If you are dreaming of a snake that wants to bite or is biting you, then here the archetypal meaning would be that the time of transformation has come for you or will come in a timely manner. Say that you have completed a phase of your being and a new phase of being is preparing to come to you. (By the way, this is a very, very beautiful symbol, even if the dream itself can sometimes frighten you, since we are encountering death here as a transforming force).
But not all symbols in our dreams are archetypal, some have a special meaning only for you. The art is to learn to distinguish. Let's take the snake that bites us in the dream again.
Maybe you feel that the transformation is somehow not right for you. Then you are invited to search inwardly for the meaning of your dream. An answer that no internet dream symbol book can give you or a FB friend can interpret for you.
In working with our dreams, we become a bit like a dream-soul detective in search of the meaning that feels right for us. Important: always be honest with yourself as much as possible.
- find your truth
As already written, the rough nights are an invitation to the inner, quiet contemplation to recognize ourselves. Ultimately, it's about finding our own truth about who we are and how we want to experience life. We go on a journey during the rough nights and face the process of "Who was I - who am I - and who do I want to be in the future".
And the answers to these questions cannot be given to you from the outside. You can only find them yourself. But again, don't put yourself under pressure. Nothing has to be perfect right away. We are actually allowed to adapt our truth to the level of our knowledge and our own inner enlightenment.
What felt completely right to us yesterday can already be complete nonsense today. Then we can let go of that and redefine ourselves, again and again. This is the soul's journey in the self-realization process.
- There is no one true way to face the rough nights
If you look around you will come across many ways to celebrate the rough nights. Some start on December 21st, others on December 24th. Some write down a wish every night, others make oracles for the next 12 months. Rough nights are tradition, are lore and yes, channeling and remembering and reawakening are also.
And you can try, try, change until you develop your very own tradition from it, which can also change again and again. You are free. The others are free. If you book my online course or work with my Rauhnacht book, you will get to know another way.
For me, the rough nights are much, much more than 13 wishes or a preview of the coming 12 months. For me they are a precious time that gives me soul insights and knowledge on the path of initiation. On the way of self-development.
With each passing year, the rough nights become more intense and go one layer deeper. So let yourself be inspired, learn, try it out and then develop your unique path through the Rauhnacht period
- Be gentle with your environment
It is rare that the whole family consciously wanders through the Rauhnacht period. As a rule, you will find that you go alone. But that also means that you sometimes feel alone during the Rauhnacht period. The others just keep ticking while you step out of the daily routine for a short time.
Therefore it may well be that your environment cannot really do anything with your soul process. (especially if you are talking about angels, fairies, elves, soul etc.). Your relationship with other people may seem shifted and no longer feel right.
However, this often only applies to the "short" time of the rough nights. Therefore, be considerate of your environment. The Rauhnäcthe are an inner process, a path of self-knowledge and yes, it is often rather lonely, alone and for oneself. There is nothing reprehensible about that.
- Trust yourself
But it is precisely when you set off on the path of knowledge "alone", regardless of whether it is during the Rauhnacht period or in general, that it can happen that you quickly become unsettled by the people around you. Soul, soul work, angels, etc. are then devalued as "silly stuff".
It is not always easy to get out of the prevailing routine and take a different path. It is important to keep reflecting on yourself and to trust yourself and your own feelings, longings and wishes as to how you would like to experience life.
It doesn't have to be right for the others, but for you. The great art here is no longer to be unsettled by the opinions, ideas and beliefs of others, but to find your own way and to go boldly. Here in particular, the rough nights can bring you wonderful insights and spiritual gifts.
- Find and flow in your soul rhythm
This point follows on from the previous one. Society often tries to sell us “this is how you do it and no other way”, “this is proper and that isn’t”. The corset of how to function can be very, very tight. The rough nights invite you to loosen this corset, maybe one day to throw it off completely.
The invitation is to immerse yourself in your very own soul rhythm. That doesn't mean that we're now throwing all good parenting and community work overboard. But that we begin to question. We don't have to function to please others.
It is important that you like yourself. That you are alright. That you feel comfortable in your own life and no longer twist yourself to please others or "man". Many things in our social coexistence make sense and are good. But I want to make and live them because I have personally decided that it is good for our collective being and not because "one" does it that way.
The rough nights here are a real gift to find out who you actually are and who you want to be. How to fulfill your precious lifetime and how not. In this way we slowly swing into our very own soul rhythm - which makes us free and lets us feel alive.
- Be open to everything
Especially the rough nights are an invitation to step out of a planned, structured life, orderly, logical, explainable life concept for a little moment and to look at the beauty of the all-encompassing soul. Sometimes things can turn out differently than planned. It can sometimes be illogical and still right. Thoughts and feelings are allowed to be chaotic and find their own order.
Every Rauhnacht time is unique because it changes, because we change ourselves. It is important to have as few expectations as possible about what the rough nights should be like. But give yourself up, receive and welcome yourself and the precious inner soul world with open arms.
Everything is possible - be open to the messages that want to come to you now, that are important to you now.
- Have fun
And last but not least: have fun at the rough nights. Yes, they are special, yes, also sacred, if you like. Yes, they are quiet contemplation and self-knowledge. But soul work, the messages from the angels, from the home of the stars, from the soul collective, from the fairy world or from wherever else may delight us, may make us easy, may be really fun for us.
Why not? Soul work, soul development is great. Sometimes it's difficult, sometimes it's easy, sometimes it's really rocky and then it's really easy. But walking through the rough nights is not a compulsory act that you have to master now.
It's actually like 13 days of Christmas. Every day, every night carries its own gifts for you. Yes, they are gifts for the soul, but that is why they are so particularly valuable and beautiful.
So have fun with your soul world, your dream world, the craziness of the normal world, the weird conversations that you sometimes have with the family - enlightenment can be fun, we can laugh at ourselves and honor ourselves for our own soul path, which we walk boldly here every day of our lives.
I wish you a wonderful Rauhnacht time
See you soon, your Jennifer
