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		<title>Steve Jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Brinksma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today Steve Jobs parted the physical life. He was a great man, great industry leader and really inspiring. Immediately I remembered Steve Jobs&#8217; 2005 Stanford Commencement Address during which he shares 3 inspirational life stories. I will remember Steve by these stories. Thank you Steve, Namasté! Related posts:What about 2012!? Perception controls, so control your perception Abraham-Hicks


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today Steve Jobs parted the physical life. He was a great man, great industry leader and really inspiring. Immediately I remembered Steve Jobs&#8217; 2005 Stanford Commencement Address during which he shares 3 inspirational life stories. I will remember Steve by these stories.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><p><a href="http://www.patrickbrinksma.nl/2011/10/steve-jobs/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p></p>
<p>Thank you Steve,</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Namasté!</p>


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		<title>The Holstee Manifesto</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Brinksma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I was pleasantly surprised by this tweet by Holly DeWolf and was immediately in love with The Holstee Manifesto. I remember I&#8217;ve this before, but I cannot remember when and where. By sharing it with you I am now certain I will not ever forget. Enjoy The Holstee Manifesto written by Dave, Mike &#38; Fabian. And [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday I was pleasantly surprised by this <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/HollyDeWolf/status/82907988507115520" target="_blank">tweet</a> by <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/HollyDeWolf" target="_blank">Holly DeWolf</a> and was immediately in love with The Holstee Manifesto. I remember I&#8217;ve this before, but I cannot remember when and where. By sharing it with you I am now certain I will not ever forget.</p>
<p>Enjoy <a href="http://shop.holstee.com/pages/about" target="_blank">The Holstee Manifesto</a> written by Dave, Mike &amp; Fabian.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.patrickbrinksma.nl/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/The-Holstee-Manifesto.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-614 aligncenter" title="The-Holstee-Manifesto" src="http://www.patrickbrinksma.nl/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/The-Holstee-Manifesto.jpg" alt="" width="497" height="665" /></a></p>
<p>And just for the purpose of joy, I also typed in the manifesto myself:</p>
<blockquote>
<p style="text-align: left;">This is your life.<br />
Do what you love, and do it often.<br />
If you don&#8217;t like something, change it.<br />
If you don&#8217;t like your job, quit.<br />
If you don&#8217;t have enough time, stop watching TV.<br />
If you are looking for the live of you life, stop;<br />
they will be waiting for you when you start doing things you love.<br />
Stop over analyzing, all emotions are beautiful.<br />
Life is simple.<br />
When you eat, appreciate every last bite.<br />
Open your mind, arms and your heart to new things and people, we are united in our differences.<br />
Ask the next person you see what their passion is, and share your inspiring dream with them.<br />
Travel often; getting lost will help you find yourself.<br />
Some opportunities only come once, seize them.<br />
Life is about the people you meet, and the things you create with them so go out and start creating.<br />
Life is short.<br />
Live your dream and share your passion.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>With Love,</p>
<p>Patrick.</p>


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		<title>Dance, Love, Sing, Work, Live</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Brinksma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Dance, as though no one is watching, Love, as though you&#8217;ve never been hurt before, Sing, as though no one can hear you, Work, as though you don&#8217;t need the money, Live, as though heaven is on earth. ~ Rumi Related posts:I Want to See You The bird and I Every Action is a [...]


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<p style="text-align: center;">Dance, as though no one is watching,<br />
Love, as though you&#8217;ve never been hurt before,<br />
Sing, as though no one can hear you,<br />
Work, as though you don&#8217;t need the money,<br />
Live, as though heaven is on earth.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">~ Rumi</p>


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		<title>Quantum Jumpstart Your Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Brinksma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I was introduced by a dear friend to Quantum Jumping, a concept developed by Burt Goldman also known as The American Monk. Quantum Jumping is based on the theory that there are an infinite number of universes that exist in parallel to ours and in each universe there is a version of you, a [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Recently I was introduced by a dear friend to <a href="http://www.quantumjumping.com/lpa/index-cs-r" target="_blank">Quantum Jumping</a>, a concept developed by Burt Goldman also known as <a href="http://www.theamericanmonk.com/" target="_blank">The American Monk</a>. Quantum Jumping is based on the theory that there are an infinite number of universes that exist in parallel to ours and in each universe there is a version of you, a Doppelganger. As there are infinite universes, there are infinite versions of you. When you Quantum Jump you visit that specific &#8216;twin&#8217; version of you that is already successful at what you want. In that process you will receive advice on how to achieve what you want. This can be in the form of words, inspiration, energy, etc. This might sound all a bit crazy, but let me share my first jumps, so you can decide for yourself if it resonates with you.</p>
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<h2>First a bit of theory</h2>
<p>The theory behind Quantum Jumping can be mind-boggling. It defies our common view of life, reality and time. In the world of Quantum Jumping there is only Now. This is not uncommon for people who know about or study the Law of Attraction. In every moment you create a Now, and if you think about an event in the past or future, you (re-)create that event Now. From that point of view everything &#8211; past, present and future &#8211; exists simultaneously and linear time is just a perception from our viewpoint in our dimension. But what about the infinite number of versions of you? Where do they come from? Well, every time you have a choice, you have a number of (infinite) possibilities from which you choose one. But what about all the other possibilities? They are still valid, and exist in the quantum energy field. In other words, at every point you choose, an infinite number of versions of you follow a different path, some very different, some very similar and everything in between. As a result all the imaginable possibe versions of you exist simultaneously. And we have the ability to tap into the energy of the specific version we choose to connect with.</p>
<p>Now don&#8217;t get me wrong. My head is spinning from this theory probably as much as yours. I do not try to understand the theory in much detail, but it does resonate with me. And for me personally, I do not need to understand every theory in detail for me to believe something works. For example, I don&#8217;t understand in detail how the images on a television are created, but I believe it works, and I love how the images create a perception of movement and entertain me (except when I watch channels like CNN).</p>
<h2>The Bagha</h2>
<p>During the exercises Burt Goldman uses the Bagha. This ancient technique whereby you program yourself while touching the tip of your tongue to the roof of your mouth. During the day at any time you can use this technique with a clear intent in your mind to focus yourself for a brief moment. <a href="http://hubpages.com/hub/Secret-Tibetan-Monk-Technique-Finally-Revealled-The-Power-of-the-Bagha" target="_blank">This article</a> describes the technique briefly and some examples. I never heard of it before discovering Quantum Jumping, so I only know it in this context, and the way Burt Goldman teaches it. But I already had some fun results using it. When I notice I have trouble focusing I use it in very different situations, and it does help. And if it works, why not use it?</p>
<h2>Quantum Jumping</h2>
<p>During a Quantum Jump, and there are many variations, you go into the alpha state which is a state of meditation. Burt Goldman guides you into the alpha state, and being a bit skeptic at first (until now, I have not meditated often) I must admit with Burt&#8217;s guidance it&#8217;s easy. For me the trick is not to try too hard, and just experience it. It doesn&#8217;t matter if at first you don&#8217;t experience what you might expect. It takes practice and there is nothing wrong with that. In the alpha state (often there is some programming using the Bagha) you imagine being in a small hallway in front of a transient door. You focus on your intent specifically for that jump. This is something you want to achieve, do or have. The intention will bring you to the specific version of you, your Doppelganger, who already is successful at what you want. The more specific the intention, the more specific feedback you will get. Next, you imagine the door will open, and when the door is open, you jump (or walk, slide or whatever you prefer) through the door into the parallel dimension where your Doppelganger is. Here you will meet the twin version of you already being successful. You imagine you speak clearly your intention to your Doppelganger and listen to the feedback you get. This can be in the form of words, energy, inspiration from the images you see, etc. At that point you just relaxed and allowed it to happen. For the final step, Burt Goldman will guide you back into this dimension, back in the small hallway, and out of the alpha state. Eyes open, wide awake!</p>
<h2>My first jumps</h2>
<p>Personally it was a bit awkward for me to actually sit down alone and relax to do the exercise. I meditated before, but always with some great guidance. But I was able to feel inspired and just do it, experience it and allow it to happen. It was a great experience. I could feel the energy of my twin version who was already successful at what I wanted. After each jump I felt more at ease, confident, and full of energy. With each jump I was able to imagine a more clear picture of my Doppelganger and the view of his experience became broader and more detailed, resulting in more specific feedback. I also experienced jumps whereby I did not get much feedback, but that&#8217;s just fine. Nothing works every time.</p>
<p>My last jump was the Master Jump, where you go into a deeper state of alpha. My intention was to meet my twin version that was already successful in being an independent, loving and open person. When I jumped through the door I met exactly that version. The energy I felt was overwhelming. He lovingly looked at me and said the words: &#8220;Everything will be just fine&#8230;&#8221;. The way he (or should I say <em>I</em>?) said those words and the energy I felt was amazing. I still often daydream about that experience, and feel the energy again&#8230;</p>
<h2>Quantum Jumpstart your day</h2>
<p>My intention is to integrate Quantum Jumping into my life, and jump on a regular basis. When possible start my day with a jump with the intention to meet the version of me that has already successfully experienced the day I am about to experience. This will give me insight in how my day can be, and feel inspired to take the right action. Especially when I have to take some decisions or have a really busy day in front of me. It will take only 10 to 15 minutes and after the jump I will feel wide awake. Will you join me in Quantum Jumpstart your day?</p>


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		<title>I Want to See You</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Brinksma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to share this beautiful poem written by Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi with you: &#8220;I want to see you. Know your voice. Recognize you when you first come &#8217;round the corner. Sense your scent when I come into a room you&#8217;ve just left. Know the lift of your heel, the glide of your foot. Become [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I want to share this beautiful poem written by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalal_ad-Din_Rumi" target="_blank">Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi</a> with you:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;I want to see you.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Know your voice.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Recognize you when you<br />
first come &#8217;round the corner.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Sense your scent when I come<br />
into a room you&#8217;ve just left.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Know the lift of your heel,<br />
the glide of your foot.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Become familiar with the way<br />
you purse your lips<br />
then let them part,<br />
just the slightest bit,<br />
when I lean in to your space<br />
and kiss you.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I want to know the joy<br />
of how you whisper<br />
&#8220;more&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">— Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi</p>
<p>With endless love,</p>
<p>Patrick</p>


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		<title>That Image of You</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Brinksma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We live in a time where we more and more connect with people without actually meeting them in person. At least at first. When we &#8216;meet&#8217; people online we create an image of them inside of us. If we resonate with that person online, we even create a more perfect image of them by focusing on positive [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We live in a time where we more and more connect with people without actually meeting them in person. At least at first. When we &#8216;meet&#8217; people online we create an image of them inside of us. If we resonate with that person online, we even create a more perfect image of them by focusing on positive aspects of that person complemented by positive aspects we like to see in others. But what happens then is interesting. We give the responsibility to live up to that image to that person, without any form of notification. And that is were it goes wrong.<span id="more-522"></span></p>
<p>It&#8217;s <em>NOT</em> their responsibility to live up to that image, it&#8217;s your own responsibility to stay focused on that positive image you created to attract the positive aspects you see and want to see. And that takes alignment with who you really are, not with who you think that person is. What we tend to do after a while is to focus on something which we perceive as negative, and blame the person (internally) for not living up to the image we created. Especially when we meet them in person. We run a sort of comparison check on that person to see if he or she is still living up to the image we created. As if we are looking for something to criticize, as if we can not believe that person can really live up to the image we created. Why do we do that? What&#8217;s the benefit? Is it driven by a lack of trust? Whatever it is, it is our choice to look at that person that way.</p>
<p>Next time, choose to look at the person as he or she really is. Don&#8217;t be confused by the identity put forward, but see through that and focus on who that person really is, a unique Source creation.</p>
<p>Namasté.</p>


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		<title>How do You Embrace Fear?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 23:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Brinksma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received a great link from a good friend. I just read it and it resonated with me on a very deep level. Before reading it I did not know who wrote it. And even when reading it I did not know. It&#8217;s not that important. What is important is that it touched me in [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I received a great link from a good friend. I just read it and it resonated with me on a very deep level. Before reading it I did not know who wrote it. And even when reading it I did not know. It&#8217;s not that important. What is important is that it touched me in such a very strong way that I wanted to share it with you. Enjoy:</p>
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<blockquote><p>We are often asked, so how do you embrace fear? Well, we can say, &#8220;Step into it.&#8221; We can say, &#8220;Make it all right.&#8221;</p>
<p>That is true but it does not help you when you are in the throes of the e-motion, hmm? For all of you who are very enlightened, we ask you to think of the last time that you got absolutely enraged. Do you remember what it was like? All of the logic, all of the thoughts of enlightenment, go straight out the window and what you are really experiencing is that surge of e-motion because you were terrified of being powerless.</p>
<p>All right, so how do you really do it? What is a little trick that you can utilize? And for those of you who have heard all of this before, do not be bored. Listen again!</p>
<p>Imagine this little scenario. When you were birthed, you birthed yourselves in the knowing of your greatest truth, which is that you are, in every Now, a Perfect and Eternal Expression of Creation.</p>
<p>You birth yourself in the absolute knowing that love is just another name for Goddess/God, All That Is. That love is the building block of existence, and that love is the light of creation. Without this light of creation, there is no thing, even your physical embodiment which is indeed the embodiment of Gaia, Mother Earth. That light of creation is no different whether it is your embodiment or whether it is called man-made, called furniture, no different. There is nothing in existence which does not owe its existence to the Source.</p>
<p>You knew this. You knew this even after that trauma of birthing. You knew this even in those early days where the greater energy of you is really not truly present, but coming and going. And then it anchors in. And as it anchors into the embodiment, and as you are becoming more present in your beingness as a babe, then you experience for the first time love withheld. Love withheld!</p>
<p>Now, whatever that situation might have been, when you look at this with your adult eyes, it is of no significance really. However, for the little one, this first experience is a trauma. It is very much a shock. Then this withholding of love continues and so the little one, the little you, believes that this withholding is because you are not worthy of love or loving. You are not enough. Then comes the terror of abandonment. Then you start to look outside and you see what is going on in your external little world, and you see that you are absolutely powerless, and you come to realize that love equals pain.</p>
<p>By the time you are four years, those ideas create an e-motion. And those ideas, by the time you are six, are set in concrete, in stone. Then your life is involved in repeating and repeating those situations that reflect to you that knowing, that belief, and that fear, that you are not enough. That you are powerless, that love equals pain, and that you live in a hostile world.</p>
<p>All right, so then you grow in your embodiment. You grow in your intellect. You become grown beings, and there imprisoned within you is this baby person who runs your life. Now, this baby one&#8217;s name is Fear.</p>
<p>How many of you think of fear as some huge obstacle that you must overcome to become enlightened? Well, you know it is not a great mountain. It is not something that you must leap over with a single bound. It is only a baby you requiring lots of attention.</p>
<p>So the little tool is this. The very next time that you come into that place of fear, beloved ones, we say to you, even if you are not used to paying attention to your feelings, pay attention to your belly and pay attention to your neck, your back, your body tightening up. You know what that feels like, hmm? That is your body saying to you, &#8220;Please stop and please deal with this Now.&#8221;</p>
<p>And you know what happens when you do not, you do not, you do not. Then you die of it. So you are feeling this fear, your signal to stop. If you are with other people, then take yourself off to the bathroom or somewhere where you can be alone and undisturbed even for a few moments &#8212; this does not take you all day &#8212; then breathe.</p>
<p>Have you ever noticed when you get into that fear place, you stop breathing? And as it is within, so it is without. When you stop breathing, you are cutting yourself off from the Beloved, your Source, your Greater Beingness.</p>
<p>Breathe, and as you breathe, you feel your body opening that you may be receptive, that you may allow the energy to begin to move. Then simply close your eyes and visualize that baby you, aged about four years. See this little one in your mind&#8217;s eye standing before you, heartbroken, terrified, and lonely. Now what would you do when you see this baby one? Indeed you would reach out and you would enfold that little one to your breast and you would say to this baby one:</p>
<p>&#8220;Beloved of my heart, do not be afraid any more. I am with you and I love you absolutely. Never again will I abandon you or betray you. I will never leave you. We are together forever, you and I, in this safe and wondrous place and together we are home.&#8221;</p>
<p>You will sit with this baby one and rock this little being until you feel the warmth spread from your belly to your heart, until your body softens. There you are, centered in your sovereignty, ready to make your next outrageous choice in your life, not out of fear and out of re-action, but out of a joyous and sovereign desire to create more and more wondrousness.</p>
<p>Now, we will tell you something else about this little tool. It is a grand trick, indeed, because whilst you are doing it, whilst you are being in that place of embracement, you are being the God/Goddess alchemist and transforming that energy of fear. You are changing the frequency that you are experiencing and being that frequency of love. You see, it does not matter what you do in your life, my beloved ones, it only matters how you are being whilst you are doing. This is your journey in this timing to experience the transformation.</p>
<p>What is the transformation? The transformation is simply to be in love. To know, &#8220;I and the Beloved are One.&#8221; What is the beloved? The beloved is the Source, the Goddess/God, All That Is. The beloved is the greater Beingness of you. The beloved is Gaia, your Mother Earth. The beloved is that baby facet of you that has so long been hidden away. The beloved is every being upon your plane. The beloved is every creature, every flower, every blade of grass, the mountains, the rivers, and your oceans.</p>
<p>All, all of this is the beloved and you are not separate. How could you be because you are each the Perfect and Eternal Expression of Source. Your truth is love and this transformation is simply for you to be open to that love that you are.</p>
<p>Goddess/God has never abandoned you. Your teachers and masters have never been separate from you. Not even for one instant has your greater Beingness, your soul energy, been separate from you. You cut yourself off from the knowing by the fear, that is all. And the fear is just that baby facet that has forgotten, that nobody has taught how to be love.</p>
<p>Well, now is the time and you have chosen, else you would not be here. And we say this to you, my beloved ones. It is you, each one of you, each one of you people gathering all over your planet, that are likened unto the tiny lights of creation creating a web which becomes a spiral. It is attaching itself to that energy absolutely which is supporting you in every Now moment to create the change that you all yearn for, that you so fervently desire.</p>
<p>We say again to you, you cannot get life wrong. You can never make the wrong choice or the wrong decision. Each choice, each idea, each thought, each feeling is simply there as an experience.</p>
<p>Well, you know, you have created enough chaos. You are bored with all of this fear, all of this old patterning. And, indeed, in this wondrous timing of it, you have created yourselves in this time and space to have this journey called transformation.</p>
<p>You know none of it really is about the transformation. None of it is about becoming enlightened. And none of it is about your 2012. You already exist in that place where you know absolutely who you are. This is simply about the journey. The journey that has no ending.</p>
<p>Some of you think, &#8220;Oh, when I am a fourth or fifth density wondrous being, it is all done!&#8221; No, it is not ever all done because you are the Perfect, Eternal Expression of Creation likened unto the Source and you are expanding into the more and the more and the more. You are perfection unfolding unto infinity.</p>
<p>Is that not a good game? How clever you all are and you are never really going to know all of it. How boring if you did! You desire the excitement and the adventure of the unlimited wondrous possibilities and probabilities.</p>
<p>The only difference is you will have more scope to experience, by the thought, anything that you desire, instantly without time.</p>
<p>What will occur is simply that you, in your absolute love and knowing of your power, may transform your reality in the instant by the thought. You can do it now, really, but you do not know that you can. That is why you have the time lapse.</p>
<p>You are powerful radiant ones, indeed. Go forth and play your wondrous games. I love you.</p>
<p>Namaste.</p>
<p>P&#8217;taah</p></blockquote>
<p>Original text can be found here: <a href="http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs054/1101574147178/archive/1104103599570.html#LETTER.BLOCK12" target="_blank">January 2011 Message from P&#8217;taah</a>.</p>
<p>I would appreciate it if you let me know if and how it resonated with you.</p>


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		<title>What is True Freedom?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 07:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Brinksma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately, I have been a prisoner of my own mind. I have been standing eye to eye with my own shadows, but instead of embracing them to give me strength, I have fought them drowning in the emotion of fear. This has been overwhelming to the point of feeling powerless, one of the most negative [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lately, I have been a prisoner of my own mind. I have been standing eye to eye with my own shadows, but instead of embracing them to give me strength, I have fought them drowning in the emotion of fear. This has been overwhelming to the point of feeling powerless, one of the most negative emotions there is. Or at least that I have experienced. This feeling of captivity triggered me to think about freedom. What is true freedom?</p>
<p><span id="more-535"></span>I live in The Netherlands, <em>famous</em> for it&#8217;s freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of political preference, freedom of choice. I have never experienced war, physical captivity or suppression of any kind (other then the attempt of control of my parents). But still, I have experienced being a prisoner. Prisoner of my own mind. And all the wealth and material stuff surrounding me did not set me free. They did not have any significant meaning to me, other then the physical comfort they had to offer.</p>
<p>True freedom is a state of being, a state of mind. And as your thoughts are the only thing you can control, true freedom is a choice. This is a very powerful statement. It gives you the power to experience true freedom in any condition, as long as you make a deliberate choice to do so.</p>
<p>True freedom is a choice, and you have the freedom to choose. Choose freedom.</p>


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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 21:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Brinksma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1992 I started as a student at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam. During the following 5 years I studied molecular microbiology with a primary focus on cell membranes. I found the wonders of life in the micro world, on the level of DNA, RNA and proteins. The perfect balance of these building blocks of life was [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In 1992 I started as a student at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam. During the following 5 years I studied molecular microbiology with a primary focus on cell membranes. I found the wonders of life in the micro world, on the level of DNA, RNA and proteins. The perfect balance of these building blocks of life was and is still amazing.</p>
<p>At that time I was more a scientific person. First proof it, and then I&#8217;ll believe it. But this was not satisfying for me, and I was left behind with questions of how all of this comes together to what we know as life. The last couple of years I found many answers that resonate with me, and I enjoy life more and more. <span id="more-527"></span></p>
<p>Today a dear friend send me a link to the Biology of Perception by Bruce Lipton, and all the pieces really came together. This is a real significant moment for me, as I did already knew this, but it&#8217;s so great to see a great man talk so passionate about it. It comes down to the conclusion that our biology is controlled by our perception. Genes, proteins, behavior are controlled by our perception. And perception, and more important, how we feel as a result of our perception, is the only thing we can control. How about that.</p>
<p>Enjoy (I recommend to watch all 7 parts):</p>
<p><a href="http://www.patrickbrinksma.nl/2010/12/perception-controls-so-control-your-perception/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p>
<p>Links to part 2 to 7: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLZ7GqWpEqM" target="_blank">Part 2</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0iU_QcU4o4" target="_blank">Part 3</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy3arcY0KlQ" target="_blank">Part 4</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-jh9UCy1Fk" target="_blank">Part 5</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFO741MrkIU" target="_blank">Part 6</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53ApMxcTw40" target="_blank">Part 7</a></p>


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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 22:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Brinksma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I was listening to an interesting part of one of the Abraham-Hicks recordings. A man took place on the hot seat and expressed a rather cynical view of our struggle in our lives. In short he said that Source Energy / Consciousness / Spirit, or whatever name you label it with, expands as a [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Recently I was listening to an interesting part of one of the <a href="http://www.abraham-hicks.com/" target="_blank">Abraham-Hicks</a> recordings. A man took place on the <em>hot seat </em>and expressed a rather cynical view of our struggle in our lives. In short he said that Source Energy / Consciousness / Spirit, or whatever name you label it with, expands as a result of our increased contrast and therefor struggle we face in our lives. Therefor it would benefit from an increase in struggling creating bigger contrast.  An interesting view, and at the time I listened to the recording I kind of resonated with the words of this cynical man. But somehow I could not give it a rest and shortly after I clarified it enough for me to share it with you.<span id="more-510"></span></p>
<p>For people unfamiliar with the work of Abraham-Hicks I want to lay out a basis for you to understand (some if it explained <a href="http://www.patrickbrinksma.nl/2010/03/from-me-to-you-the-basics/" target="_blank">here</a>). You are an extension of Source Energy (or Consciousness) physically focused in this time-space reality. During your life you will encounter contrast, things you want and things you do not want, both on each end of a stick. It&#8217;s your job to focus on the wanted end of the stick and allow it to manifest in your life. But before anything manifests the larger part of you, which is still Source Energy, already becomes that expanded You by your focus on it. In this context, the greater the wanting or desire, the greater the expansion of Source Energy. In order for you to experience the manifestation you will have to shift your state of being to what the larger part of you already became.</p>
<p>In the context of the basis explained (I realize it is a real small basis, but you will feel if it resonates with you or not), the cynical man shared his perspective. The greater the contrast (and thus struggle) the greater the expansion of Source Energy. And therefor Source Energy benefits from our struggle in this physically focused time-space reality. Although this reasoning follows some logic, it is a little out-of-whack. It is true (at least in my experience) that the larger the contrast the greater the expansion. How do I know? Well, if you <em>overcome</em> a great deal of struggle in your life, you feel so much more expanded then with little things. But in this also lies the flaw of the cynical man&#8217;s reasoning. If you do <em>NOT</em> overcome this struggle, if you do not manage to manifest what you really want, expansion stops. There is only so much struggle a person can handle.</p>
<p>Expansion will only continue when we find a new place from which we have new desires. And the better we get in manifesting our desires and create the life we want to live, the greater the speed of this expansion will be. Contrast will not be seen as struggle anymore, but as an opportunity to grow, fine-tune and become what our larger part already became instantly when the new desire was born within us.</p>
<p>I wish you all the contrast you need to expand beyond your wildest dreams.</p>


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