A vision of your future
Sometimes the wheel of life stands still for a brief moment. We pause - not always voluntarily - and get the time - not always wanted - to be able to look inside. To question ourselves and the life we have created.
Sometimes we feel these times as times of crisis. We may already feel internally that our life cannot simply go on as before, but find no thread, no leash that we can grab to transform and change it.
Often we then have too many thoughts, ideas or plans and sometimes the head and the creative power appear empty and drained.
Yes, and sometimes it helps to bring a little structure into your own creation process so that you can see more clearly where you actually want to go, what you would like to do with your own life and, above all, what next steps you could take now.
As always, there are many paths that lead to fulfillment. Here I introduce you to the "Nathanael Trial". May he be your inspiration and a valuable companion on your path of creation.
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- The beginning
The beginning is often actually the moment when we stop romping around wildly in our lives, living down everyday life and fulfilling our obligations. Figuratively speaking, we stand still. Stop to see where you are in your life right now and to feel if it's what you always wanted. Are you standing where you want to be?
The invitation of the first step is to feel within yourself to see where you may be living beneath your dreams and desires. Where you just come to terms with life, but don't really love. Where you have switched on the "low flame mode".
It's important to be really, really honest with yourself here. Only an honest inventory can ultimately bring us the change to a more fulfilling life. And don't worry, just because we take stock of things internally, we don't immediately lose everything that is dear to us in our lives. The relationship doesn't have to break up right away, the job doesn't have to go down the drain, etc. There is always the possibility of creating something even more beautiful from what already exists, and yes, sometimes paths and relationships come to an end, but only if they match your inner striving no longer match after fulfillment.
Impulse question for the first step, the beginning:
What do you NOT want to experience, feel, do etc. more in your life?
- Self-consciousness
The discussion we undertook in the first step leads us further to the second step. We begin to become more aware of ourselves, our needs and desires. We basically start to stand by ourselves. We are beginning to understand who we really are. What we long for, what we want to experience, who we want to be in this incarnation. And yes, that can be scary. Because we are starting to break out of a corset that was sometimes put on a long time ago or we put it on voluntarily, for various reasons: so that we are loved, so that people like us, so that we can belong, so that we can get good grades, so that we can gets recognition. There are many reasons for the corset.
In the self-awareness process, it's a bit like waking up. For the first time we are beginning to see our "golden cage" in which we lived as a matter of course, settled in and sometimes took the air to breathe.
Impulse questions for the second step:
What have you always wanted to do with your life? who did you want to be What did you want to experience, feel, live?
- self worth
We all have strengths and potential within us, perfectly tuned for this life, for our journey through this incarnation. But so often, really far too often, we hide our own light under a bushel or sometimes we don't recognize our own strengths anymore, for many reasons. We compare ourselves to others. We fit ourselves into the system and very often think of ourselves as not being good enough. Others are so much better, great, further, more talented, etc. Or we adopt the values of society, which is often very "successful and money-seeking" oriented.
In the Nathanael Process we are invited to be very honest with ourselves so that we can recognize our potential and gifts so that we can value ourselves.
Impulse questions for self-esteem:
What do you really like to do? what do you love to do
And as a preview: start developing ideas on how you can use this love for your vision for your future path? And also ask yourself: what else can you perhaps learn, expand, acquire so that you become masters of what you love to do?
- self-awareness
The art on our way of life is, among other things, to recognize who or what I like to be influenced by, distracted, also stopped and sometimes belittled. Working with self-awareness is also about recognizing our thought patterns, seeing through our programming, which we often carry within us from an early age. Yes, and also beliefs that can have a powerful effect on our actions and our way of life.
All aspects that I mention here are very complex. In this blog article we can “only” scratch the surface. Going in depth, the complexity of each individual step and their connections to each other can gradually show and develop more and more.
In the Nathanael Process we are invited to be mindful of ourselves and our precious lifetime. Mindfully untangling the threads of our past, mindfully looking at them and mindfully recognizing ourselves and our actions. This is how we learn to understand: understand who we were, who we are and who we want to be in the future. Without hate, without blame, without condemnation, without anger - but simply because we learn to understand ourselves better and better through mindfulness.
Prompt questions for self-awareness:
Which beliefs have an effect on you – with negative effects? What patterns do you live that restrict you? What programming do you follow even though it's not yours?
And all the steps that we have already looked at and all the steps that are yet to come are all nothing if we don't finally start to really be the next step
- self-love
I know a lot of people can't hear it anymore. But "All you need is love". It is so. So simple, so clear, so beautiful and yet so often so difficult to implement in life, right? Far too seldom do we express love for ourselves and our lives. Were it so, we would not destroy the habitat that nourishes us, that houses us, that gives us the existential basis for this incarnation. If that were the case, we would ban toxic energies and forces from our lives more and more. The trick that we don't do it is called in most cases "speak nice" - "there is no climate change" - "there is no animal abuse" - "there is no corona" - "there is no this and not that" – “Actually, he/she loves me, just can’t show it right now” – “Actually, my parents are nice” – “Actually, the job is okay” etc. We could probably continue the list like this forever. We cheat ourselves and thus take away the chance for real self-love.
By the way, self-love has nothing to do with ruthless selfishness. Self-love is subtle, delicate, gentle, high-vibrating. Self-love permeates every process and supports you in really arriving at yourself
Impulse questions for self-love
what feels good to you And what doesn't feel good to you? Why do you still let things/people into your life that don't feel good?
Ultimately, it's about us starting to take power over our own creation and that's where we come to the next step
- self-mastery
In the process of self-mastery, we begin to see that our life and what happens in it and what we make of the big game of life is in our hands. Of course we can rail against the government when they demand that we stay at home for the good of all. But we can also take it and make something beautiful out of it. Embellishing my relationship with myself, looking at my relationship with my partner or my children and working to make it even more beautiful. Sometimes we just get a "collective game" and I also have the responsibility to fill it with beauty and good energy. And so also in my "individual" kingdom. It's about recognizing that we control ourselves. (And by that I don't mean the common notion of "get it together") It is actually about mastery over yourself. The invitation here is to stop looking outside for the mistakes, the solution, the hope etc., but in to you.
To realize that only you have the power over your own life in your hands. It's always up to you to make something out of your life.
Impulse questions:
What kind of life do you want to be the ruler of? Where do you find it difficult to take responsibility for yourself and your life? Where can you finally “grow up” (or “awake”)?
- self-awareness
Like all fields, self-awareness has many layers. This time I want to talk about my favorite soul value, humility. As we develop a vision of our future, as we delve into the process of creation, it is essential that we learn to discern what belongs to me and what belongs to the other. Yes, especially for empathic people it is not always so easy to tell them apart.
Humility comes into play when we are allowed to learn to accept what is in our power to transform and change, and what is not in our sphere of influence (such as it is not in our power or dominion to re-educate our partners, our Transforming parents, etc. - and no, that doesn't mean that we have to put up with everything they do or say - it means that the fulfillment of your lifetime with things you want to experience is in your hands, not theirs ).
But also humility, and this is what we as a world population can experience, that there are collective processes of change of which we are a part. We do not have the power to change the great process of change, but we do have the power to change ourselves. We have the power to change ourselves and our lives in such a way that we and everyone who comes into contact with us is fine. Self-realizations are process. Sometimes it's easy, and sometimes it takes a long time or a very long time. It is only possible with honesty and truthfulness towards yourself.
Impulse question:
What footprint do you want to leave behind? What should your "soul heritage" be for this life? Which being do you want to give into the world from now on?
- self-decision
Let's get to the next point, which is incredibly difficult to accomplish at times: it's about making decisions for you and your life. The fear of making wrong decisions is often a sign that one has not really arrived in one's true creative power. Why? If you know that you hold your life in your hands, you take responsibility for it, then you also know that 1.) you can learn a lot from wrong decisions (process of elimination) and that 2.) you always have the power to make new decisions to fell, to choose new creation process.
But it certainly makes sense to think about the process of cause and effect, i.e. about the consequences, in advance in order to make wise decisions. If we decide to throw a precious china mug on the floor, chances are it will be broken forever. So, of course, I want to think carefully beforehand whether I'm going to throw or not. Why I need to throw. What am I trying to do with it? And which way I want to go with it.
The process of self-decision is always an invitation to act thoughtfully and mindfully, to take responsibility and to let more and more wisdom flow through your own being.
Impulse questions:
What decisions are you facing in your life now? What choices do you have?
And don't forget: if you can't decide between two or more options, there's a high chance that we've overlooked something, haven't recognized something correctly and that there's another option we shouldn't be looking for
- self-development
At the end of the day, life is about constantly evolving ourselves. I would like to give you a picture for this. Imagine you are everything. The soul is perfect and carries all possibilities of being within itself. All possibilities are wrapped up like a big pile of birthday presents. When we go into the creation process, we choose to develop a part of that being, i.e. we choose a 'gift' from the vast pile of soul-being possibilities and start unwrapping it to take its place in our lives . This is development.
We leave an old being behind because it no longer suits us, just as we may have stopped playing with dolls at some point and our wish list has changed. This is how soul development works. Something old goes so that something new can take its place in our lives. Yes, and letting go is part of it. And yes, that's not always easy.
It's a bit like telling my daughter (who's growing like a weed) to sort out any clothes that are too small for her. It's incredibly difficult for her. There are memories attached to it. Who gave her the part. When she wore it for the first time, etc. You know what really helps: we appreciate each piece, look at it, talk about it, think about what else we can do with it (e.g. give it to someone else, or if it's broken , create something new from it, etc.).
You can also handle it in times of self-development, of change. Developments and changes can be more and more beautiful processes in our lives. We can look back on our old age with love. Letting go of what no longer suits us and integrating what may remain, perhaps in a different form
Impulse questions:
What can change in your life now? What can be let go? What can be changed?
And don't forget: memories stay.
- self-fulfilment
A huge problem on our path of creation is that we are easily distracted. The first few meters we are still full of enthusiasm, but after a short time we run out of breath. Changing your life, installing a vision of the future is usually a marathon and not a sprint. To really get to the "goal" you need focus.
The comparison to a marathon runner fits here really well. A marathon runner doesn't just go to the race, start running and get there. First you make the decision that you want to run a marathon, then you figure out how to prepare for it, then you prepare, get the right shoes, clothes, water bottle and so on. You train, train and train and then comes the big moment: the run itself.
And that's the real feat: starting at the start, running the route (where you can overcome a hell of a lot of bastards. Above all, the one big thought: why exactly am I doing this to myself again? Why am I not sitting with you now a bag of chips on the couch watching Netflix? - and that's where you need your focus: the big why? That's what keeps you going? That's what will get you through the finish line. Your why)
The why is essential so you don't give up. So that you also master the hurdles. You can put the bastard back to sleep in times when it gets exhausting.
Impulse question:
Find your why for the vision of your future. why are you doing it Why do you want to fulfill this? Why?
Don't forget this why... it has to be viable for a great, great process of fulfillment. For your vision of your future.
- self-success
We want to experience success. Yes, we can also master the fear of failure. And we can fail. Maybe you don't finish your first marathon. You go limp beforehand. And it's okay. We may. We learn. Self-actualization is a process of constantly exploring what works and what doesn't.
What we can still learn, improve, change, until we finally reach the finish line victorious. This is life. This is the fulfillment of the saying: "The way is the goal". The whole way is a success, with all the failing, failing, making mistakes, to then shift, change, re-choose until you're a great runner in your creation process - and even then there's always something to improve on, too refine, make it even brighter. It's fun - drawing from joy.
Impulse questions:
What are you most afraid of? where are you impatient Where do you lack the staying power and why?
- self-liberation
It's about starting to liberate ourselves more and more - primarily from ourselves and our self-imposed limitations of "I can't do this" - "I can't do this" - "why should I be something better" etc. Self-liberation is about letting go of fears (and not people), letting go of opinions (and not people)... Often, damn often we think: if I have a new partner, then it will be better. If I had had other parents, it would have been better. If I had this and that, it would be better.
No, it wouldn't. Unless you rid yourself of your unconscious, unenlightened, selfish ego, things only get partially better. Self-liberation starts with you, inside, not outside. The outside will change with each step of inner self-liberation. There is no other way. But it starts with you inside.
We free ourselves from social ideas of how we have to be. We free ourselves from our own “weird” ideas of what can work and when (“I’m only loveable if I’m a size 36” – “I can only be successful if I have a high school diploma or a doctorate” – "I'm only a good mother if I'm only there for my children 24 hours a day", etc.) - if you read that, you think relatively quickly, "how stupid is that", but I'll tell you, if you deeply digging at you enough, you'll also get those "weird if, then" entanglements.
Impulse question:
What "if, then" entanglements do you carry within you that are allowed to go now?
- self-confidence
Let's come to the last step in our creation process, in the fulfillment of our vision for the future, for our future being. It's self-confidence. The belief that you are the creator of your reality. The confidence that you really have the power over your life in your hands.
The trust that you are already perfect and that you choose from this perfection which expression of being you want to experience and live from. The confidence that you no longer cheat yourself and if you do, that you know it and recognize yourself.
Impulse question:
Where, with whom, when do you have the feeling of being a puppet or a puppet in your life? Where do you not go into your own creative power and develop and realize your visions for a fulfilling life?
So dear, I hope I was able to give you some nice impulses for your visions for the future.
May your creation be blessed.
Love, your Jennifer