Quest – into yourSelf

Who am I?

Have you ever asked yourself this question? Who am I?

Only those who are ready for the answer ask this question – or get THE true answer to it. A lot of people lie to themselves – or are satisfied with a superficial answer like ‘I am the CEO of …’ or ‘I am Prof. Dr. Thisandthat’ or ‘I am a Healer’ or ‘I am a Shaman’ or even just ‘I am the wife of …’ There are many others of those ‘identities’. But is THAT really your true identity?

What, if you strip yourself off all those roles you identify yourself with; you take off all those hats you wear from time to time and which you exchange just in order to replace it with another one; if you take away all the masks you wear (to hide your true Self)? Even YOU yourself might have forgotten who that beautiful woman is that smiles back in the mirror – or that smart gentleman whom you shave every morning regardless of who he is…

What, if you lived in abundance – you had all the money you need (maybe more than you can ever spend), all the time in the world (because you do not need to work), all the freedom to live wherever and with whomever (because you are not ‘bound’ with a relationship or grand/children to raise or to take care of)?

What would you BEcome… if you had all this freedom…?

What is your deepest desire?

What is it you TRULY long for?

It all comes down to meaning, purpose, love, direction, destiny – identity.

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When you don’t listen to your inner voice, universe puts forks in the road for you. When you continuously ignore those forks, universe creates big rocks blocking your way – with dis-ease first and serious illness if you further ignore it.

You are here to thrive and fly and soar above the clouds – to explore, to experience, to manifest.

How I found my wings:

At the age of 21 my mum kicked me out of the nest. I returned home one evening and she said with an angry voice ‘Elke, I think it is time for you to leave and live your own life.’ I was puzzled because this came out of the blue. Without a word I went into my room, made a phone call, packed a small suitcase, and the following morning I left home.

Well, this was NOT when I found my wings – maybe only little, tiny ones – but definitely not those, strong enough to fly high. But finally, I could get my drivers licence for a motorbike, which I didn’t get ‘permission’ even though I was old enough to decide for myself.

What was meant to be a punishment for something I had done wrong from my mum’s point of view had gone really wrong for HER (because she didn’t expect me to go), but it set me free to find my own destiny.

I got married to the man to whom I made this phone call this evening and we had a wonderful time together! Until – well, yes, what went wrong? I don’t really know. At the age of 35 I woke up to the reality that we were a good team, that we had a lot of fun together – but was that ALL? Should THAT be IT for the next let’s say 70 years? We both worked hard, I did all the household and at the weekend we had fun, we even had enough money to afford two cars, two motorbikes and 6 weeks of holidays. Even though I had a burn-out… And I found out that HE didn’t care. He continued with his 45+ hours a week – and didn’t realize that I was close to commit suicide.

The first time I had been kicked out of the nest. This time I jumped – or shall I say I fell?

Well, I asked the right question: ‘Is that all for a lifetime here on Earth?’ - but I didn’t listen to the answer…! Didn’t find my power within.

To make a long story short: I got the diagnosis of two autoimmune diseases, which were said to be ‘chronicle and requires medication for the rest of my life. I didn’t accept that as an answer and went on with a path of alternative healing: QiGong, which took me on a journey to myself and to the power within to the point of healing – even reverse the distorted DNA and to grow new skin cells from the original Divine design… Nevertheless, my husband divorced me. My life fell apart. I managed to pull myself out of the dark and into the colourful life again with the helping hand of a new partnership. I changed my job; I studied besides the 40-hours job; I worked hard again in a successful carreer…

…and found me in a similar situation at the age of 49… I again had given away my power…

I felt like a Cheeta in a golden cage…

After a conversation with my partner, I left behind with the answer ‘Well, the cage is open. You can leave any time. But if you leave, there is no point-of-return. Go. I don’t mind. GO - NOW.’ Oh Gosh… but I only needed a break… needed to BREATHE… Didn’t want to leave my beloved partner! Yet, I had to – because I had to stand strong to myself. I had to regain my own power from within.

Again, I had been kicked out of the nest… Heartbroken…

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But THIS is how I found my wings to fly…

I had left home to live on my own – for the first time of my life I was – alone…

I worked in the automotive industry – a tough job but well paid (if that would make a difference..?). One day soon, my business manager told me, that I had to raise the prices for my customers. I asked him ‘Really? Is a ROCE of 65% not enough?’ [ROCE = Return On Capital Employed]

I had 0% interest on my bank account! His answer was a simple ‘No’. This was when I realized the realm of greed, and I was no longer willing to contributing to this. I had touched a moral red line. And I was not willing to cross the line!

So, I quit my job the following day, to the surprise of my manager. I left my country with no savings on my bank account (!) but I had a termination period of 6 months, so we agreed that my ‘home office’ is where my laptop is - and rented a summer house in Denmark (in autumn – approaching winter…). I can tell, this was a winter the Vikings call it ‘Ice Winter’. Why? Because it was so cold that the Baltic Sea froze between Denmark and Sweden! That only happens some 30 years or so. First, I felt like ‘free like an eagle’; in the ice-cold weeks of the winter, I only wanted to die…

I had a ‘serious’ conversation with ‘universe’. Well, more a command than a conversation. lol

‘I am here Universe. I am now ready to listen. What is my purpose? What is my mission? What is is worth living at all? Whatever it is, I will follow my heart and fulfil my mission – but YOU must deliver to my footstep what is needed!’

Can you image ME talking in that way with ‘Universe’? lol

I had jumped out of the plane without a parachute or a safety chord or a safety net … and before I touched ground, I found my wings to fly…!

How? The time following this was a time of tranquillity. We entered the year 2020 where everything slowed down. The perfect time to go within – and to wake up – to the real power which is within…

Meditation – breathwork – long walks along the frozen beaches of Denmark – and Quest into my destiny. Time to listen to my inner voice! Time to heal!

Right before my bank account was completely empty, money came in so I could live for another 12 months unemployed. Not enough, my long years partner called me on Christmas and asked if I would come home because ‘I feel like being in the wrong film. There is a woman sitting at my table, but she is not YOU. And by-the-way, your name is carved into every wood block of our home’. WOW… We had built this wooden house which I had designed, and I had woven in part of myself into it. And now as I was away, he sensed it…! We started talking like we never did before. And we met on a much higher level than where we were when we split up. Now we are married and happy together! He is retired and I – well I am Sovereign Soul! I don’t need to work in order to pay any bills.

Now I can follow my mission without the requirement to ‘work’. I have all the freedom to do whatever I need to ‘do’ to fulfil my mission.

I followed my heart, gave up EVERYTHING and I ‘asked’ Universe to deliver whatever is necessary – and I received much more than I could ever imagine…

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Do you know that eagle ‘earns’ a new life at the end of life if she is brave enough to die?

When eagle comes to the end of his/her life, he flies high up into the mountain range to find a place to rest … and if he is brave enough to rip himself off all feathers, new feathers will grow – and a new life begins…

He returns in a new gorgeous gown – within him all the wisdom of the past life…

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Note: I think, YOU don’t need to leave everything behind, like I did. The point is to be ready to step into your full potential; to unleash your full power and to get to know YOUR meaning, purpose, love, direction, destiny – identity – and follow your heart with full faith in universe to conspire on your behalf.

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