Sometimes you have those days when everything is blah. When you don't feel like doing anything or don't want to interact with anyone. But you still have to leave the house to do some grocery shopping. On the way, you walk reluctantly towards the store, with your eyes fixed on the ground. You happen to look up briefly because someone is walking towards you and you want to be absolutely sure you don't bump into each other. The moment you make eye contact, the person says hello in a friendly manner. Somewhat surprised and taken aback, you say hello back at the last moment. You notice that your eyes are now slightly less fixed on the ground and you are looking around a bit more. Arriving at the store, you grab a cart outside. Just as you are about to enter the store, someone else arrives at the entrance at the same time. This person smiles kindly and says, "Please go ahead." You smile back and say, "Thank you." Feeling a bit more cheerful, you walk through the store and pick up the items you need. Arriving at the checkout, there is a long line. But you are already feeling more okay, you shrug your shoulders, and you even let someone go ahead of you who only has a few items. Arriving at the cashier, you smile kindly, whereupon she spontaneously strikes up a short conversation with you about someone who was ahead of you and who tried to teach her a few words of a foreign language. Once outside, you are cheerful and aware of your surroundings. You want to return your shopping cart but see someone walking up and offer it to this person. They are grateful and walk towards the store with a smile. This is a beautiful example of the wonderful effect the ripple effect can have, not only for yourself but also for other people. Often, we are the ones who have a positive effect on others. But sometimes, when you are having a bad day yourself, there are others who provide you with some positive energy. My personal motto is ‘lead by example,’ but of course, everyone has a bad day now and then, which is okay too. I find it very beautiful to see that the universe lets you experience that you get back what you give. And all those expressions like, ‘You reap what you sow,’ and ‘what goes around comes around,’ and of course, the meaning of karma. It almost seems like a universal law...

Over the years, I have meditated quite a bit. Through this, I have learned so many different things that could be another topic on its own. But one of the things I learned is to connect with the different layers of energy and to cleanse and heal them. I also discovered that I could use my energy to connect with others and let my energy shine far beyond myself. Over the years, I have learned to (re)connect with my core star and I have visualized this energy far beyond myself, bigger and further, connecting with other core stars and like-minded people all over the world. To the people who are close and dear to me, but also to the people who have hurt me in the past and whom I don't like that much. I could continue doing this for the rest of my life by myself. But for the past few weeks, the idea has been coming up more and more how great and powerful it could be to do this with a group of people. Shining this light, this positive energy together at the same moment will make it so much stronger and we could reach so many more people. And it won’t change the world overnight of course but when we do this on a regular basis I’m convinced something is going to change. Doing this in a group allows you not only to shine your own light and energy into the world, but because you are also very open and attuned to each other in that moment, you will receive that lovely energy even more yourself as well. So it is actually a win-win situation! It will be the strongest if you could do this from your core star, because this is the place where your deepest self resides, your foundation, your source, your soul, your unconditional love at the deepest level. This is the level that radiates through and encompasses all the other layers. I will make some guidance videos in the future on how to connect with the different energy levels and how to heal them. But if you are not yet able to do this, that is perfectly fine and is absolutely not a requirement. You can still let your light and positive energy shine and connect with others. You can do this in different ways depending on which level(s) you can connect with. From the physical body, your heart; from your chakras, your 7th crown chakra and 9th universal chakra, though I think the last one is unknown to most.