“onthoud relevantie
de rest ontbreekt het belang”

Er was eens een ervaren reiziger die een reis naar een verre bestemming ging maken. Deze reiziger werd een levensboot aangeboden waar een ingebouwd gouden kompas in zat. Ook kreeg hij een oude rugzak mee waar een hoop nuttige spullen in zaten waarmee hij indien nodig, kon overleven op zee. De ervaren reiziger hing de rugzak om zijn schouders en was er helemaal klaar voor om te vertrekken en met zijn levensboot de prachtige zeeën te bevaren. Het ingebouwde kompas van de levensboot zou hem de weg wel wijzen.

He took out some useful items from the old backpack and threw it down somewhere in a corner of the lifeboat. He set up a vase of flowers in his cabin, laid down some pillows on his bed, and brought goodies for tea. Full of confidence, as an experienced traveler, he began an important voyage, where there would be a transfer of knowledge with curious travelers who would be sailing the same course.

De levensboot van de ervaren reiziger sneed soepel door de kalme wateren en de zeilen bleven vanwege een zachte bries mooi strak aangespannen. De reiziger besloot om richting het zuiden te gaan en stelde het kompas hierop in. Hier en daar kwam hij wat reizigers tegen die hij kon helpen met hun levensboten.

Deze reizigers waren zo blij om hem tegen te komen, dat zijn komst werd gevierd met beschuit en muisjes. Er waren er veel die zijn aanbod van kennis niet wilden aannemen, dus besloot de ervaren reiziger om het aan de ander over te laten. Als ze zijn hulp nodig hadden, konden ze er gewoon om vragen want hij begreep dat de meesten te druk bezig waren met hun eigen reis en levensboot.

Slowly the coast disappeared out of his sight and all that remained was a blue and peacefull horizon. Everywhere the traveler looked, the environment looked exactly the same while the years passed by. If he had to be honest, he thought that the environment was not as beautiful anymore as it has used to be. In addition, he encountered fewer and fewer travelers who were sailing on the same course. The thoughts and feelings that he would have to sail alone at sea for several years, did not attracted him at all, but he had to go further on.

The fact that there was no one whom he could have an interesting conversation with, made him feel lonely. How stupid of him that he hadn't brought anyone with him, so he could share this experience. Travelling back to pick someone up, was not possible anymore, because the lifeboat had a limited number of travelling hours. The calm waters became waves, the nights became longer and there were more and more rainy and stormy dark days. The traveller did not even notice this slowly changing environment, because he had become accustomed to constantly adapting. But despite everyting, he still had the full confidence in his golden built-in compass of the lifeboat.

Sometimes he filled up his days with repairing small defects and sometimes he filled his days with reading books. With the progress of the journey, the lifeboat showed more and more defects, so the days become mainly filled with repairing all kind of stuff. The traveller hoped that he could soon go ashore somewhere, because the lifeboat should be repaired. In the meantime he would be able to get some supplies, like new fresh food and some warm blankets, because it has become pretty cold at sea. With a bit of luck he might even meet an interesting traveller, wich with he could travel together to the same destination.

But what this destination was, he didn't remember exactly anymore. There was something that told him intuitively, that it had has to do something woth an important journey, but the memories were faded away. The only actions he has not forgotten was to look out for land every day, take a look at the golden compass, maintain the lifeboat and keep following the course. The longer he travelled, the more he travelled away from the vague memories of who he once was.

Suddenly there he realized that he was lost on a large grey sea, that seemed endless, and had no end at all. The grey horizon remained looking empty where he felt threatened by it, the nights were long, cold and lonely. He was hungry because his supplies run out, and he was cold because his clothes and lifeboat has been severely damaged by the salty environment. The strong sea breeze blew through everything, and because he was so cold, he took a few glasses of whiskey in an attempt to warm himself and satisfy his hunger a little.

What the traveller was not aware about, was that the golden compass had been damaged years ago and that he was no longer traveling the right course. He was so busy keeping himself afloat in the falter lifeboat, that the old mission completely forgotten, survival became his new mission. The damaged compass kept the traveller sailing the same circles over and over again, and that was the main reason why he didn't saw any lighthouses that could lead him to land stumps or coastlines.

For a long time he felt that there was a lot going wrong for a while now, with his environment, with his lifeboat and with the journey he was making, but he didn't listen to that feeling at all. It took him more and more difficulties to find solutions for his situation, which made him try even harder and more stubborn. He started fighting the weather, fighting the waves, fighting the long cold nights, fighting his exhaustion and at one point, he kicked so hard against his lifeboat that his foot broke. He was incredibly angry!

Waarom precies wist hij niet, maar na de boosheid overviel hem een diepe schaamte over iets wat was weggevaagd door de tand des tijds. Hij begon opnieuw de boeken te lezen die hem niets meer konden leren, hij voerde elke dag trouw de kleine reparaties uit om zijn levensboot te onderhouden, dan dook hij de kajuit in om te gaan slapen om de volgende dag weer precies hetzelfde te doen. Uiteindelijk raakte hij uitgekeken op de boeken, op zijn omgeving en op zijn levensboot.

De tijdslijnen vervaagden naar niets en alles leek in elkaar over te vloeien, de ervaren reiziger had het bijna opgegeven en van zijn hoop was er nog maar een klein sprankeltje over. Roepen en zwaaien om hulp had geen enkele zin, want er was toch niemand die hem zag of hoorde.

The sails were completely worn out and the lifeboat was no longer going forwards. Depending on the wind, it floated around in circles and the traveller did not come any further anymore. The last spark of hope was completely lost, the traveller was exhausted and choose to go laying down in his cabin to daydream and muse about the things he hadn't done, hadn't seen and hadn't learned in this voyage. Did he missed a board, or taking the wrong route somehow?

The experienced traveler meets the curious traveler: From the distance a lifeboat was arriving that belonged to a curious traveller. She saw an lifeboat floating around with the broken and worn out sails and hoped for an experienced traveller who could use her help, in exchange for his knowledge and experience. She swung the ship's bell, taking the experienced traveller out of his thoughts. With heavy legs he pulled himself out of the cabin and for the first time in years he saw a life boat with a traveller in it. He started waving his arms and calling for help with the last amount of strength.

The curious traveller pulled a rope out of her lifeboat, and tied it to the lifeboat of the experienced traveller. She invited him to come on board, so they could share each other's experiences in a warm comfortable cabin that was filled with soft woolly pillows and aromatic flowers and colors. The curious traveler made a large cup of hot tea, and deep inside herself she felt that the other traveler has had to come from far away, and that he needed her help. She was so curious about his experiences and his old knowledge, that she was looking forward to learn from this traveler, but she had to be a litlebit patience.

What exactly did he come to do here? How long was he on the road? Which way did he go? What was his destination? And he honestly answered her that he sincerely didn't remember it anymore, and he felt ashamed of his sleazy and worn-out clothes. But she saw something special in him, because he looked like an old magician full of earthly secrets. She became intrigued by the story of the experienced traveller and she suggested to travel together for a while, to the same destination.

Ofcourse he accepted this offer and was grateful to travel further with this colorful and interesting traveler. After a couple cups of hot tea with some nice tasting treats in a warm cabin, the experienced traveler recovered visibly. He became curious about her stuffed backpack and asked what was inside that backpack.

She told him that the backpack contained rainbows and crystals, light frequencies, universal vibrations, colorful vibrations, all kind of rays, shining stars, angels and guides, cosmic gifts and talents, love, the sun, the moon, warmth, feminine and masculine unity, connectedness, authenticity, formlessness and true freedom for all. She picked up a shiny silver compass, which had codes engraved in it. Proudly she showed the silver compass to the experienced traveller. With this compass I hope to reach my destination and help many travelers who are on the same course and her eyes started to tear.

But most travelers have been sailing around in the same circles for years now, and it appears that those travelers have not yet arrived on their destination. So a new rescue team traveled with lifeboats that have been given a rope and a backpack full of ancient cosmic knowledge with them, to help these stranded experienced travelers, so they can travel back to home or forwards to theit destination. Their ancient earthly knowledge and experience are very much needed right now, but they need some peace, love and softness also.

I feel helpless and useless, that I almost gave up and wanted to travel back to where I came from. But there is a deep knowlegde inside of me that I have to keep on going. And I'm afraid we cannot help the stranded travelers, if we've got ourselves into all kinds of trouble ourself, right? Sometimes it feels as if I have already experienced everything, all from what I see and feel, but there is something inside of me, I just cannot grab or hold. Wich gives the impression that something important is missing on my lifeboat, so I am very glad that I have met you, because maybe you can help me with it.

After telling her whole story, she finaly had the guts to ask about the old and worn-out backpack that she had seen lying on the lifeboat of the experienced traveler. His lifeboat had become one big chaos! It was dirty and full of empty boxes and bottles and broken things. But between all that garbage and pollution, she had noticed the backpack in a corner of his lifeboat. So out of curiosity she grabbed it, and took it with her. She finally asked what kind of items there were in that backpack.

The experienced traveler carefully opened his old and fragile backpack and took out some antique items. He put down colored stones and shiny crystals at the table, a black and white dragon, old druids and shamans, wizards and alchemists, a rainbow, trees, nature, seeds, healthy food, herbs, children, animals, insects, air, water, fire, earth, shelter, organism, materialized shapes and forms, a male and female human body and finally a beautiful silver compass with codes engraved in it. He picked up the compass and his dull eyes suddenly began to sparkle - oh shit, I had this silver compass too, I totaly forgot, he thought.

He remembered again!! Daaaamn, with this I could have reached my destination and helped a lot of travelers on their way who are taking the same course, he said softly. If I had not thrown that backpack aside, I could have taken the silver compass out of this backpack and used it at the same time as the golden compass built into my life boat. The gold compass had broken, but because I blindly trusted it to be set properly, I didn't even realize I was sailing around. I do know that right now my greatest desire is to tell other travelers about the silver compass in our backpacks.

Dark and light work together and should be in balanced with each other. Life cannot only be lived by using the Light, because our lifeboats have to deal with materialized hardships. And I remember that it is very important that we use both the gold and the silver compass at the same time during our journeys on Earth. And he said to the curious traveler, so maybe you can teach me how to reset this silver compass and learn to use it again.

En opeens herinnerde ze zich dat zij inderdaad een ingebouwd gouden kompas had meegekregen, maar ze had niet zo goed opgelet tijdens de uitleg. Ze was nog niet zo heel erg lang onderweg en haar levensboot was nog prima in orde, waardoor ze uit nieuwsgierigheid bleef zoeken met haar zilveren kompas naar ervaren reizigers die waren gestrand. Hierdoor was ze langer blijven hangen op een steeds ruwer wordende zee.

Maar ze vond het heerlijk om te rond te zwerven met haar zeilen en om iedereen een helpende hand te bieden, maar daarmee kwam ze zelf niet verder, omdat ze met de kringetjes van de gestrande reizigers aan het meedraaien was. Als ik had onthouden dat ik het gouden kompas die in mijn levensboot is gebouwd kon gebruiken, was ik niet zo afgeleid en aan het rondfladderen, zei ze zachtjes tegen de ervaren reiziger. Maar ik weet nu dat het op dit moment mijn grootste wens is om andere reizigers te vertellen van het ingebouwde gouden kompas.

Er is een hele grote groep die gevangen wordt gehouden in het duister waardoor hun licht aan het verkleinen is. De balans is ver zoek en als zij hun gouden kompassen gaan gebruiken, weten ze hoe Duister en Licht samen kunnen komen op Aarde. Dat het leven niet alleen maar uit licht kan bestaan, omdat we ook zware ontberingen krijgen te verdragen in onze levensboten.

Maar het is wel belangrijk dat we zowel het gouden als het zilveren kompas tegelijkertijd gebruiken tijdens onze reizen op Aarde en dat samenwerken van groots belang is, openstaan voor elkaars authenticiteit, elkaars geest, hart en wandelpaden die uniek zijn. En de nieuwsgierige reiziger zei tegen de ervaren reiziger; “misschien kun jij mij leren hoe ik met dit ingebouwde kompas kan leren werken” dus laten we samen verder gaan …

Geschreven door Heidy,
Transformatie 30-11-2020