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Soft Encounters | Part Three: Jackie

by Ruben Bach

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In this audio-recording Ruben is responding to Jackie, she shared a beautiful message in the online classroom of the course; Navigating Intense Moments In Life. Jackie's response: Ruben, Thank you for this kind and generous invitation to meet a presence within me that is without chatter, opinion, judgment. Wow - it was a quiet spacious landing into peace and stillness. That was unexpected and welcomed. It was a blessing and such a comfort. My use of metaphor is unleashed - and my brain does that thing of finding words to describe what happened! I arrived in a 'chapel of rest'. Not a place where one rests (in peace) when they are dead! No my 'chapel' was a place of peace, where I was truly alive and meeting stillness and a spacious loving heart. Life, will keep happening and it's a comfort to imagine I have the 'steadiest ship' always available, and guiding me in the stormiest seas of life, towards my loving spacious heart. Thank you for sharing your light, experience and wisdom.

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Transcript

Hello dear Jackie.

Thank you so much for your beautiful message.

It really touched my heart.

Yesterday,

For the first time,

I also added a background music.

I'll do that again today.

So here we go.

Let me read your message so that others,

Again,

Can know what I'm talking about.

You are sharing,

Ruben,

Thank you for this kind and generous invitation to meet a presence within me that is without chatter,

Opinion,

Judgment.

Wow,

It was a quite spacious landing into peace and stillness that was unexpected and welcomed.

It was a blessing and such a comfort.

My use of metaphor is unleashed,

And my brain does that thing of finding words to describe what happened.

I arrived in a chapel of rest,

Not a place where one rests in peace when they are dead.

No,

My chapel was a place of peace where I was truly alive and meeting stillness and a spacious loving heart.

So beautiful,

Jackie.

And you continue writing,

Life will keep happening,

And it's a comfort to imagine I have the steadiest ship always available and guiding me in the stormiest seas of life,

Towards my loving spacious heart.

And you are ending your message with,

Thank you for sharing your light,

Experience and wisdom.

You are so welcome,

Jackie.

What a beautiful message you're sharing.

It's always such a big surprise for me how others will resonate with the messages I'm sharing and what comes up for them.

And this is truly beautiful again.

Your metaphor,

Being in this chapel,

A place of peace where you were truly alive and meeting stillness and a spacious loving heart.

What do we want more?

And also this beautiful metaphor of this steadiest ship,

Guiding us in the stormiest seas of life,

Towards this beautiful loving spacious heart.

More and more,

Jackie,

These days I enjoy these moments where I can respond to others in these online classes.

For me,

And hopefully for others as well,

This is a beautiful opportunity to soften and to practice a little bit,

Again in a very effortless way.

So I would like to invite you as well,

Jackie,

To take a deep breath in right now.

And also,

When you are listening to this message,

You as well are so welcome to join right now.

Let's take a deep breath and notice that something is truly steady in this life.

Also in the midst of turbulence,

Also when we seem to doubt a lot in life.

We can sort of tap into this stillness,

Which indeed has no opinion,

There's no judgment there.

And although for you,

Jackie,

That was unexpected,

I think when we get used to this effortless practice of these short moments,

In which we open up to that which doesn't change in life,

More and more this will become obvious and thereby less unexpected.

But always very welcome.

And as you're sharing,

It was such a blessing and such a comfort.

Let's embrace this right now as well,

Since we've got this beautiful opportunity again.

Life somehow is creating this message,

This timeless moment in which you and I can rest deeply,

Can soften,

Can go beyond thinking.

And what is it that is creating these precious moments?

I would say love or source.

And isn't it just beautiful that somehow life is showing softness right now,

Is guiding us towards softness.

Somehow this word soft is creating this more spacious experience,

A feeling of relief.

Entering,

Jackie,

Your beautiful chapel,

This beautiful place of peace,

Where aliveness is so palpable,

The stillness,

And this spacious loving heart as you described so beautifully.

And there we are,

In awe,

Full of wonder.

And for me,

Right now,

I feel truly at home,

Coming home right now,

And now,

And now.

Gratitude rising for this beautiful moment with you,

Jackie,

And also with others that might listen right now.

May we all feel at home.

May you,

Jackie,

Feel at home.

And may you also notice,

Within all experiences in life,

That it's not necessary to have any opinion or judgement.

And if it does arise,

May you experience this moment in which,

Suddenly,

Things open up in a very soft way.

May clarity arise in those moments.

And may you be able to put things down,

Moment to moment.

And may I also be able to do that.

And you as well,

The one that's listening right now,

Receiving this message.

May we all experience openness and clarity in life.

And may trust arise from this openness,

This clarity.

May we notice that life is to be trusted fully,

In all its expressions.

Let us finish with one more deep breath,

In and slowly out.

Thank you,

Jackie.

Thank you so much for reaching out and sharing your beautiful insight.

Many blessings to you.

Looking forward to hear from you again,

If you feel like it.

Much love.

Bye.

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Ruben BachDieren, Netherlands

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Recent Reviews

Jan

February 27, 2024

What a beautiful exchange and how lovely to be allowed to listen in! I hope everyone feels the caring in the sharing between Ruben and Jackie. So many heart connections between Ruben and his followers! We are part of a magical circle, connected by heart, beings of light and delight. ✨✨💖✨✨

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