Germans are considered to be particularly accurate, reliable, determined, and productive. French people are rather known for their 'l'art de vivre', the art of living. Now, if one child is born and raised on one side of the border and another one on the other side and both only live a kilometer apart, what determines one child to have German virtue and the other one to have French virtue?
It is probably not the border between the two countries which even cannot be seen, e.g. out of a plane. Or is it the border after all? The one which resides in our minds? Earth does not know where Germany ends and France begins and earth probably does not care either. How do the two children adopt their traditional virtues then? Probably partly by education or maybe also through the application of the country's rules. Well, eventually through programming.
This is all right as long as we are aware of it. If we are not aware, then it might happen that we Germans wonder why we quite often feel stressed whereas French people seem to be rather calm, apparently by nature. However, is it really by nature or rather the programming in one or the other direction? Probably the latter one.
Well, coming back to the Germans. For us Germans there has to be accuracy and reliability, which leads to more productivity in comparison with other countries. How is this productivity achieved? Partly through having established the necessary programs deep within the people. Since childhood we have learned to put ourselves under pressure, e.g. by expecting from ourselves to meet all deadlines, to be successful at any cost, to subordinate everything to a goal others or we have set.
What are possible side effects of such a programming? It can happen that we miss the flow of live. We are not trained to see coherences but believe in coincidence instead. We are not trained to be flexible or spontaneous. The lack of flexibility is our limitation. Thus, we are programmed to be limited. How do we release such limitations? Well, als already mentioned many times, by being aware of them and therefore being able to let go.
Let us begin to recognize the programs in order to extend our choices. If it is about meeting a deadline, we can do it because it seems reasonable. But if there is absolutely no reason to meet it, other than our programming, we might as well discard it and plan anew.
Let us create degrees of freedom and let us take pressure and stress out of our thinking. It is not real anyway but was rather produced artificially through our programming.
Hence, how do we get back to our natural flow? For example by releasing the old way of thinking as well as the old patterns and start doing those things that are fun. If we follow our joy, we begin to be able to distinguish again whether it is time for rest or time for action and creativity.
Let us remember, we cannot possibly take over all the responsibility for all such things we do not even know about completely. Instead, we have to learn to trust again that life leads us to where we need to be, trust that life delivers all the necessary information, trust that we always meet the right people, and also trust that we always find proper solutions.
How do we regain this confidence? Well, one possibility is to consciously search the connection to our soul. If that connection is stable, then we can let our soul lead us, we can sense how we are carried even through difficult times, or especially then it is useful to remember how to connect with our soul.