Patrick Brinksma

Making a mistake causes you to focus on what you don’t want. And as they always go hand in hand also on what you do want. It makes you more specific so you can fine tune every little detail. Without mistakes we would miss those valuable experiences which make us true teachers.

With Love,

Patrick

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 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. » Read the rest of this entry «

This weekend I encountered some ‘heavy contrast’. I will not go into the specifics, but I did not enjoy the experience very much. Now that I have had the chance…or wait…now that I chose to put it all in perspective I really appreciate the experience to the fullest. But before I reached to place where I was able to do that, I had to go back to the basics of existence: I am.

‘I am’ is the state of being that just is. It is the basis of your existence from which all experience comes forth. For myself, it is a very powerful state of being as it resembles a state of deep mediation in which the mind is quiet and asks no questions but just holds the answer: I am. » Read the rest of this entry «

A couple of days ago I read the daily quote from Abraham-Hicks and it got stuck in my head for the days that followed. It was the following quote:

As you diminish contrast, you diminish your ability to decide, and as you diminish your ability to decide, you diminish your ability to focus, and as you diminish your ability to focus, you do away with your reason for existing.

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I am having a Step 1 experience about the endless attempts of people trying to monetize the Law of Attraction. I do not have anything against the fact that people want to share the empowerment it brings and inspire others to regain control of their own life. But I feel the contrast when I open the websites which advertize some book, cd, dvd or any combination of these items. They all look the same, use the same structure, the same buildup in text. Introduction, the amazing results one can expect, the incredible one time offer this is, and off course the testimonials.

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Contrast in our lives causes us to ask what we want. If we are sick, we want more wellness. If we are broke, we want more money. If our relationships end, we want a better relationship. And so on, and so on. And when we hit such a contrast in our lives, generally speaking, it feels bad. On the emotional scale we end up in the bottom half and we start to justify the way we feel with arguments related to what we do not want. And in this process we put more attention to what do not want resulting in more dissapointment and we glue ourselves to feeling bad.

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