The limit had been reached.
You may have noticed that you heard very little from me this autumn. It could just as well be that you didn't notice at all that no news landed in your inbox. Whatever your reality, I took some time for myself. Not that I don't usually do that, but this time it was different. During the government measures in the spring, I drank in, in long, deep draughts, the peace and the silence and the overwhelming nature that was so readily available to recharge us.
In the autumn it felt heavier, with less humour, less zest for life and less vitality. Grey thoughts at times. Brooding worries. At the same time, I received phone calls, video calls, Zoom consultations, e-mails and visits from people who told me they couldn't see a way forward any more, that they had no fight left in them to carry on. They were weighed down by a burden, a load to bear. The limit of what they could carry had been reached. They were questioning the point of being here and were on the verge of giving up and/or looking for a new angle.
The insight comes into sharper focus.
As I listened to their concerns, an insight I have been carrying with me for a long time came into sharper focus. All their stories were so recognisable, and yet they thought it was their own personal struggle. And it is, a little, but not entirely. The Covid-19 virus — to drag that in once again — and all the measures the government is taking in connection with it are bringing to our attention something that used to be heard more in a spiritual context.
Themes are being completed and set in motion.
Each of us is part of the collective. The collective floats on certain layers of consciousness, and we are carried along with them. None of the people who don't feel comfortable in their own skin are alone. We are surrounded by many fellow human beings who are riding the same wave of collective unrest. We are all connected to one another. Events are connected to one another. It has always been this way, but now it is becoming clear. Collective measures make us aware that we are part of a whole and that we are swaying along with the themes that are — individually and collectively — being completed and set in motion at that moment.
The earth is heavily pregnant.
It is a necessary process. Old paradigms are crumbling and the earth is heavily pregnant, ready to give birth to a new view of humanity and of the world. That doesn't happen without a struggle, and we feel it. Individually and collectively. Your body, which is a highly specialised antenna, is crying out to restore its balance. Emotions force themselves upon you as if you were on a rollercoaster every day, only it doesn't feel like a theme park. Everything in you is longing for a thorough clean-out. A clear-up. Time to resolve and release those old events, conflicts, injustices and unlived dreams. Your need to make peace with your past and with who you are is growing ever stronger.
The old paradigm is floundering.
The government's measures contribute to this. I prefer not to call them corona or Covid-19 measures. The virus doesn't take those measures. It is people who make the decisions, in this case the government and the virologists. In doing so, they use methods that still belong to the old paradigm: the use of power, obligations and prohibitions, threats, repression, control and punishment, sowing fear and panic, the use of arguments from authority such as 'scientifically proven', the safety and health of the population, criminalisation, juggling with figures, narrowing the focus to one single theme, ignoring the essence of the human being, fending off other insights and not allowing them to be heard, the all-important privacy that suddenly turns out not to be so important after all, … Perhaps you can think of others. No wonder we carry the physical and emotional effects of all this with us. Our body antenna picks it all up. An unconscious battle between the old and the new paradigm is being fought out within us.
The skin is starving.
Before you jump on the collective bandwagon of indignation, which is your perfect right, by the way, I would like to point out that this list fits into the framework of what so many people are experiencing at the moment. Physical, mental and emotional well-being are declining. People are stretched to breaking point. Perspective is evaporating. The skin is starving. Everything that seemed so self-evident no longer seems quite so self-evident. At the same time, it is raining insights about what is truly essential and how much we need the essential in order to feel good. As if we suddenly realise what it means to be human. And then we talk about connection. It may not be the most googled word of the year, but its use has risen considerably. The measures put connection under pressure, and not just for a moment, but for a long time. That is not without reason. Without connection, we lose our balance. That is true in other times as well. Without connection and inner balance, we lose our power. We are not even allowed to connect any more with the people who are about to take the most important step in their lives, the journey into death. One last touch. Even that is taken away. In many cases they have to make the transition alone.
The alarm of my biology was flashing red.
So I, too, felt the collective exerting pressure on my individual body and emotions. I have been feeling the collective for years. That's nothing new for me. The magnitude of the current pressure is, though. When you experience pressure, you are invited, just like an old kettle on the boil, to let the pressure escape.
At the beginning of 2020 I had three big plans, in this order: renovating my ground floor, getting my health back on track and taking active steps towards meeting a new life partner. Unless a miracle happens, that last one will need a little more patience. The first one I can tick off. The second has demanded all my attention in recent months. At last I have found two people who interpreted my cry for help about my health correctly. In some areas I have knowledge, in others less so, and they fill that gap perfectly. After years, I was finally heard regarding the physical/chemical origin of what I see as the problem. It was high time, because the alarm of my biology was flashing red.
The perspective opens new windows.
I had lost my power, my precious vitality. My clients and participants come to me for, among other things, that life force, for always getting back up again, for always seeing a perspective again, and there I sat, more or less burnt out. My ego might see that as a matter of honour and losing face, but fortunately I left that phase behind years ago. The consciousness in me knows that it is a necessary phase, a completion, the final chapter of a life theme. The outstretched hand, the right diagnosis, the right advice towards recovery and being heard are almost like the outstretched hand of God to me. I am grateful for this. Just as my father used to blow up the plastic paddling pool with a little hand pump until it was full, my life energy is being pumped back up. The recovery will take some time yet, but the movement has been set in motion. The perspective is opening new windows again.
Kindled by a loving heart.
At the same time, I was receiving all those alarm signals from people looking for something to hold on to. When I listen to their stories and their requests for help, something happens in me. Every time. A certain power rises up in me, with both feet on the ground and legs apart, firm, unshakeable. Without doubt, connected with the earth and the universe, kindled by a loving heart that sees, hears and feels and connects with the soul essence of the person I am listening to. Then I re-'member' it once more. The wave motion of life in which separation and connection take turns. The necessity of living through my own processes deeply, so that the insights and wisdom I gain can afterwards be of service to the growth process of others.
I have done it so often already: stumbling, falling and getting back up. Time and again. Why would I keep the ways in which that is possible to myself? Sharing is my greatest joy.
The game of power.
Many of the measures now being imposed on us make us lose our connection with ourselves on the one hand, and on another level make us search for heightened contact. Separation from yourself and your surroundings is encouraged every day through the media. At the same time, it serves to connect you, at the highest level, with the field of consciousness and truth. On the one hand we drift along on the waves of collective fear that foster separation; on the other, we can choose to play a different game. The game of consciousness, energetic consciousness, the connection with your soul and with life. It is a choice. Admittedly, one that requires effort. 'I am losing my power.' That is a choice. 'I am taking my power back.' That is also a choice. It can be done at any moment. The driving force to sustain the connection is ushered in by the call for help.
From outside to within.
Taking back your power is just about the most powerful thing you can do right now. It is the most enjoyable game you can play and it will awaken the new you within you. That new you isn't actually so new. It's more that you remove the veils that cover your true self. You dis-cover yourself. It is the path to, and the connection with, the soul that lies open before you. In these times you can no longer ignore it if you want to feel better again. By turning your attention inwards instead of towards external factors, which is what we are now collectively being trained to do, you experience changes on a different level. You gain access to your universal intelligence, which lets you see with healed eyes what your themes are really about, including in relation to the virus. It is up to you whether or not to discover the wondrous world of the life of the soul.
The law of the essence: love
Approaching my health from a more accurate angle gives me refreshing and inspiring energy. It takes me deeper again into the essence of the most important law, and that is the law of love. It invites me to study again, or should I say to read actively from a place of consciousness. It guides me in answering the requests for help I receive. It makes me glow with happiness when I facilitate my three year-long trainings online and notice that afterwards the participants are more in touch with the universal field of love and see perspective again. It prompts me to do distance healings in a renewed form. It encourages my granddaughter to share her life's dream (yes, yes, at the age of 7!), after which we immediately took the first steps to make it happen. Then I saw love and gratitude in her whole being. No, no, not ordinary happiness, but love from the soul. That is priceless.
We do it together.
Taking back our power is not something we have to do alone. The time has come for us to do much more together. On a practical level we are obliged to keep our distance, but on a soul level, connecting transcends all laws without breaking them. The energy of the group supports you and you are a support for the group, even when you practise alone. That is what we can do right now. Actively and consciously.
The light always prevails.
They want us to believe that these are dark times. There has certainly been a great deal of suffering, and more is still to come. What we must never forget, however, is that there is always light somewhere. Because our focus has narrowed, we forget the little points of light, and so we also forget to follow them. I often explain this in my trainings. The light is your guide, your signpost, your gateway to new opportunities, a new self-image and a new view of the world. Together we can turn towards the radiant light that makes us feel powerful again and carries us in the direction of self-confidence, creativity, self-worth, potential, possibilities, power and steadiness and so much more. What's more, together we form a gigantic network of light that in turn invites others to stand in their power. All the Christmas lights put together are nothing compared to it.
Christmas presents for you and your loved ones.
Dear reader,
Perhaps you, too, have got stranded somewhere along the way, have lost (part of) your power and wish to turn this around. That is possible, with real results, if you follow the movements from within, if you learn to listen to the whispers of your soul. I can help you with this from various angles. I can support you in taking up your power again in an elevated version. Because taking up your power again requires consistent effort, this blog is packed with Christmas presents. As extra motivation. For you, but also for someone dear to you. If you are someone who doesn't let opportunities pass by, then do read on and make use of the presents you will find in the links below. They are all special, but one of them is truly exceptional. However, I can only do this for a limited number of people. Will you be one of them?
Thank you for reading this far. I hope my story of power has spoken to you. I wish you a Christmas full of gentle power for your ever-expanding heart.
With greetings full of life force
Hilde Van Bulck
