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Enlightenment or demonic state?

12/30/2020

 
​A few days after I had led a retreat on the feminine side of the absolute, the article : Rueckkehr aus der Tranzendenz by Dr Thomas Wachter came my way.
A wave of compassion arose for these women and for all those who go through similar experiences in their process of self realization and I feel compelled to write a few words.
 
My own big bang awakening happened around 1998, I shared satsang for some years and then crashed. Outer circumstances plummeted me into a huge deep dark hole. Depression, fear and suicide thoughts became my companions for some years, in which I prayed day and night for help. I had no way to understand what had happened to me.
Was awakening not irreversible? Had it not been real then? The anguish I was facing was often unbearable.

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Being fully and wholly human  Jan 2009

12/29/2020

 
My spiritual journey started in 1976 at the red sea in Israel. I felt lost in this world, there was so much pain in and around me, and I had hoped that a trip around the world (on bicycle) would bring a change. Of course the traveling only accentuated that the pain and the restlessness were inside of me.
One day, I saw a big jellyfish lying on the beach and I was looking for the center, for the core of the animal and I could not find it.
Out of nowhere I realized that I also did not have a center, and that it was very important to find that.
At that time I also often mindlessly drew the Möbius sign in the sand (the sign of infinity, or an eight lying on its back).
Without knowing the sign, it evoked a feeling in me that everything was somehow eternally connected.
My energy and attention turned towards the inside.
Of course I had no idea that this was the irrevocable beginning of a life long journey of self discovery.

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    Rani Willems

    In this Blog  I like to share some inspirational articles, thoughts, paintings, poetry and other things.

    Most of the articles are written by me, the paintings are mine, and there are also lots of poems and quotes from others that I love, as well as video clips and short guides for meditation.
    I hope you enjoy.

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