The Mirror of Trust
If you look at the world stage right now, it looks like a giant, high-stakes...
Beyond the superglue and the hijab: A new look at freedom
Let’s travel for a moment to a bustling city in Tehran and step onto a...
The other.
Imagine this: You are standing in the kitchen, quietly making your coffee…when suddenly, something bumps...
The future isn’t coming… It’s already here
If you only look at the news, it’s easy to think the world is falling...
What if you are much more important than you think?
Sometimes life can feel pretty…small, right? You are just one of over 8 billion people...
Friendship.
Such a simple word and yet, when you look a little closer, it opens into...
I Choose Oneness. I Choose Peace.
Have you noticed how exhausting it has become to simply exist in today’s world? It’s...
Facing “evil” in today’s world: A different perspective…
We turn on the news, scroll through our feeds, and it’s hard not to feel...
Easter…….
….that moment when the world seems to slow down a little, tables are set, and...
Stop hiding your Power
We’ve all been there….we tend to think our “weakness” is just who we are. But...
The sixth Commandment we forgot to keep…..
We often talk about “returning to our foundations,” but there is one foundation that seems...
There comes a moment on the path, a quiet, almost unnoticed moment, where even spirituality begins to feel a little tiring.
You’ve read the books. You’ve listened, reflected, practiced, forgiven, observed. You’ve questioned your thoughts, watched...
There are moments when you suddenly see something very old… in a completely new light.
The Ten Commandments. Most of us grew up with them as rules. Strong, almost heavy...
The Invisible Backpack: Why we refuse to truly leave our childhood Home?
Do you recognize this? You’re having coffee with someone in their sixties, and within ten...
Respect
Respect is one of those words we use so easily…almost without thinking. We use it...
God knows everything…
also the tiny idea of separation that seemed to arise in Consciousness. A thought so...
Simple or difficult ?
Many people find practicing the lessons of ACIM difficult and say: “True… but also difficult.”...
One problem.
There is something both comforting and slightly shocking in Lesson 80. It quietly says: you...
What if we remember a different world?
Have you ever been absolutely certain about something, only to discover it was never quite...
The mirror (extended)
If you like, you can try something simple and a little playful… Take two mirrors...
Go inside and ask your mind, very gently:
Can you show me your next thought… And then…wait. Not trying. Not searching. Not forcing...
Seeing the ego.
Image a moment you clearly notice a pattern in yourself, a belief that has quietly...
Blessed are the poor / the poor in spirit
Sometimes a sentence we have heard many times still hides a deeper meaning. What did...
A small discovery…
I remember reading a line by the French writer Marcel Proust in which he suggested...
The Mental Addiction and the Stillness
There is a movement that often happens inside the human mind all day long. It...
Am I Important?
There is a quiet belief that lives in many hearts. It rarely shouts. It rarely...
The Great Unlearning
If someone had told me, years ago, that the first fifty lessons of the Workbook...
Safety. (What actually gives it to us?)
Is it the cameras on every corner….the alarms…the locks..the passwords? Or is it something far...
The world of information.
For years, many “conspiracy theorists” were mocked, dismissed, laughed at. Then scandals emerged. Real ones....
The base of the pyramid.
There is something we rarely dair to look at directly…the base of the pyramid. Not...
What is the opposite of indifference?
At first glance the answer seems obvious. We might say: involvement. Compassion. Emotional intensity. If...
Attachment.
We humans are attached to our form. To our body, our name, our story. We...
Reality and relationship…..Love unveiled and veiled.
Rupert Spira says something very simple and very radical: reality is Love. Not love as...
Singularity.
It sounds mysterious, almost futuristic. A word you might expect to hear in physics, mathematics,...
The world
Somtimes we think: the world today is a complete mess! But let me say something...
Sometimes something new quietly opens a door.
And we are happy to share that door with you. On nullity.nl we have created...
God is my strength. Vision is His gift.
There is something very tender about this lesson. It does not say: my intelligence, my...
Kindness
Kindness is usually seen as something small. A soft gesture. A polite response. A way...
Why love and fear?
In Awareness itself there is no need for choice. There is no preference, no opposition,...
The world is an illusion, but being the screen is reality.
At first glance, that sentence may sound abstract, even philosophical. But look again. It is...
When I pray…who is listening?
Most people answer without hesitation: God. It feels natural. Almost automatic. Prayer goes up, God...
What happens when we die?
Christianity speaks of heaven, hell, and sometimes purgatory. A soul that continues, judged, rewarded, purified....
The wish to see change.
Imagine you have a collegue who is very strong-willed. Opinionated, stubborn, angry perhaps. Someone who...
The Stillness
Stillness is often misunderstood. We tend to associate it with meditation, closed eyes, quiet rooms,...
MATRIX
Someone says the word “Matrix” and everyone nods. They all know what it means (or...
Every day we wake up and the world is already loud.
Before we’ve even had our first sip of coffee, the headlines arrive. Another shooting. Another...
Deep Sleep
In the world of form, sleep has a clear function. During deep sleep, the brain...
The President
The word president sounds powerful. Official. Important. It carries weight. Uniforms, flags, microphones, applause. But...
Attack thoughts
Sometimes people don’t understand why attack is a call for love. It can sound abstract,...
Decide first what you want, before the ego does !
Life has a habit of surprising us. Not always in the “how lovely” kind of...
Are there really ‘negative’ emotions?
We often speak about emotions as if they belong in two boxes. Positive ones we...
This morning I want to start with a story of a woman, that could be you or me…..
<< She was already five minutes late. Not dramatically late, just enough to feel that...
When mistakes become identity.
Notice how the world treats error: A child spills a drink. An adult sighs: “Honestly…...
Training Wheels
About religion, usefulness, and the gentleness of Love I saw on FB an image that...
Lucid World
Years ago I had a dream. I was flying. Effortlessly. First over a small city,...
When a country meets its own fear.
I know many people in the United States who are genuinely worried. Not the kind...
Why did I forget Who I am?
If I am truly the Son of God, whole, unlimited, safe, loved, eternal…then how on...
Pain…
Pain doesn’t knock politely, it kicks the door in. Physical pain, emotional pain, heart pain,...
The fear of being alone.
A Course in Miracles states, in one of its most confronting passages, that the ego...
Where does the past come from?
Most of us walk through life with a silent companion. Not a person, not even...
Holiness
When people hear the word holy, they often think of something elevated, distant and special....
The comfort of being Unhappy !
Most people say they want to be happy. Peaceful. Free. Light. At ease. And they...
Above the Battleground (T.23.IV)
We all know the feeling….. You are in the middle of a situation and it...
It’s snowing.
Everything looks soft, quiet, innocent. And that’s usually when you fall flat on your back....
On Nullity.nl we published a new booklet today.
In this text, we explore a quiet meeting point between science and spirituality. Starting from...
Time is one of the strangest agreements we have ever made.
A daughter turns forty-four, and suddenly two images exist at once. The baby in your...
Attack and Defense
When we look at the world, attack seems to be everywhere. Ukraine and Russia //...
Relationships.
We all have relationships : Romantic ones, family ones, friendships, neighbors, colleagues, ex-this and almost-that....
New Year intentions.
The tradition says that with the new year come good intentions. We promise ourselves to...
Yesterday I posted a sentence from A Course in Miracles that felt important to me:
“My birth in you is your awakening to grandeur. Welcome me not into a manger,...
“My birth in you is your awakening to grandeur.
Welcome me not into a manger, but into the altar to holiness, where holiness abides...
Only four days to go…
4… 3… 2… 1… What does Christmas actually mean? Why do we celebrate it? For...
What does it mean that the Holy Spirit “mediates”?
In the Workbook, A Course in Miracles says: “The Holy Spirit mediates between illusions and...
The Metaphysics of A Course in Miracles
Let’s start with the word itself, because metaphysics often sounds like: “Careful now, this is...
Allow everything to be as It Is
There is a sentence that sounds almost too simple to be true: Allow everything to...
How do we give up attack thoughts?
This is one of those lessons that sounds very simple, and at the same time...
Nostalgia and the Now
The word nostalgia comes from Greek. It is formed from nostos, meaning “return home,” and...
How to live A Course in Miracles without turning it into an identity
One of the quiet traps for students of A Course in Miracles is giving yourself...
Heaven.
The word Heaven sounds familiar to almost everyone. Even people who say they are “not...
When talking about ACIM doesn’t feel safe
There is a moment many students of A Course in Miracles recognize immediately. You say...
The myth of “needing pain”.
We hear it all the time: “You must know fear to appreciate love…..You must suffer...
Where does the idea of SIN come from?
First of all, sorry if this post is a bit long, but it is not...
How one decision can change the whole world.
When we look at the world, it often appears as a giant pyramid of power....
What is a miracle?
A miracle is not a lightning bolt from Heaven, nor a dramatic healing scene reserved...
Family constellations.
Before “family constellations” became a therapeutic method, and before anyone used the word ‘morphogenetic field’...
“I Am the Holy Son of God Himself.”
When we say something so important, most of us will add a: “but”…. …but I...
Introducing the new layout of: nullity.nl
Nullity.nl is a place to explore and hopefully find : clarity, Light, self-inquiry. A gentle...
“The Rewards of God” (C4.VI)
There is a peculiar moment in the Course when you arrive at a heading that...
The cloud of guilt.
Some words carry a certain weight even before we understand them. ‘Guilt’ is one of...
How the Mind leaves the dream of time.
There is a saying in spiritual circles that often causes raised eyebrows: “The past does...
This body is just a radio.
Recently I found myself watching my own hands typing and I heard myself say: “My...
Saying…..“I” thousand times.
Every now and then you meet someone, on TV, at a birthday party, or while...
Fear
A few years ago I went for an evening walk around nine o’clock. Nothing unusual....
Acceptance
There is a simple truth that quietly changes everything: When you stop fighting what is...
Reincarnation, past-life memories & old souls”?
How does this fit within ACIM? This is one of those topics where two worlds...
Dear friends, I have something new to share with you…
Over the past few days, I’d such beautiful conversations about the “I,” about what happens...
I choose the second place…and suddenly I’m first!
There is a line in A Course in Miracles that always makes people raise an...
Seeing the ego : with love, clarity, and a big smile
There is something wonderfully freeing about learning to say clear and with a smile: “Ah,...
Forgiveness.
Did you know that in ACIM the word “forgiveness” is mentioned more than 600 times?...
Why do I feel “Inside” this body?
Why do I feel “Inside” this body? It’s one of those questions anyone ask. And...