Our Inner Anchor
The Gentle Power of Our Inner Anchor
Interactive Zoom Meeting led by Michiel Koperdraat
With our society in turmoil and many people feeling uncertainty or even fear, let’s talk about how we can anchor ourselves through an expansion of our inner perception. This is meaningful because dealing with many people has rarely been this challenging.
Distance is growing between many friends and family members, and relationships are becoming strained.
Children have had little opportunity to interact pleasantly over the past two years, resulting in a lack of social development, which affects both children and parents.
We all know people who are currently struggling, with themselves, their surroundings, or their work. Many are somehow “disrupted.” There are numerous examples.
In this Zoom meeting, we will discuss what makes our inner selves more steadfast yet flexible!
We’ll explore how we can perceive reality more freely, allowing us to be more open to others and their positions.
We’ll delve into what happens within ourselves – in our minds and hearts – when we experience resistance, uncertainty, fear, or grief. What gets triggered within us?
Our heart always reacts with its feelings very quickly in situations, but it actually has no words. It essentially only says yes or no. Sometimes we don’t even notice it. Our mind responds with explanations and reasoning, but much more slowly, often in response to feelings that are not consciously perceived (and therefore not understood). We use our minds to keep feeling good, effectively ignoring subtle heart information. What possibilities do we have to confront and purify our perception, which often leads to this way of reacting?
“Our Reason speaks wisely to the heart, and our Heart speaks wisely to reason.”
There is indeed a collaboration between ‘head’ and ‘heart’ in everyone… but unfortunately, it’s usually weak (or even wrong) and goes unnoticed. Our heart alone cannot achieve our transition to inner freedom, as is often claimed in more spiritual circles. Our mind alone cannot do it either because it requires a lot of dedication and passion. Head and heart can support each other in a very good way, in a pure collaboration that strengthens each other when we are willing to purify. This takes us to a very different and more fundamental kind of ‘comfort zone’ than our daily one, which is sustainable and cannot be disturbed: an Inner Anchor, a gentle power or even authority.
Michiel Koperdraat (1956) is a musician and a ‘guide in practical spiritual philosophy.’ He enjoys sharing what he believes is important in the field of inner development with others. In his interactive meetings, he encourages self-reflection and self-observation, which can bring more depth to thinking, feeling, and acting. By learning to observe the inner processes that hinder this, ‘head, heart, and hands’ can be purified, he believes. This leads to inner freedom, allowing individuals to realize themselves in self-expression and flourish.
Michiel delved into practical philosophy for many years and taught study groups at the School for Practical Philosophy and Spirituality in Groningen. His inspiration mainly comes from the teachings of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky and from Vedic philosophy. On his website, he offers a ‘guide to inner liberation,’ full of practical applications for daily life, which most spiritual teachers unfortunately forget to provide.
You can find the principles of this ‘training’ on Universana.nl.
