zur Nedden / Alz The Golden View

As you have never looked at your life before
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-938656-46-4
Verlag: Amadeus Verlag
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 356 Seiten

Your eyes will be opened... An unsuspecting Mr Allman goes to visit Dr Seer and is introduced to a secret method that sets his life on a completely new course: THE GOLDEN VIEW. By sharing his emotive story, Mr Allman lets us in on this secret and recounts how he learns to view his daily existence and life as a whole in an entirely new way. What starts out as a quest for answers turns into a journey of personal transformation. You too will experience first-hand the unconventional power these dialogues have to pull you in and make a deep and lasting impact on your life. In this way, everything that Mr Allman learns and discovers with the help of his mentor is directly transferred to you, the reader. THE GOLDEN VIEW reveals to us previously unseen perspectives on our existence, the people we encounter and the events that happen to us every day - and will elevate your life to a whole new level, too.

Autoren/Hrsg.

zur Nedden, Sabine

Alz, Simone

Leseproben

First encounter with Dr Seer

The door opened instantly. Had I already rung the bell? I couldn’t remember. Was I so nervous that I was getting things muddled in my mind?

Please come in, I’ve been expecting you.

‘Oh no, am I late?’ I wondered, my mind racing. Before the next thought had a chance to form I heard his melodic voice speak again.

Don’t worry so much. Please come in. You’ve come to the right place.

I found myself in a wide corridor. It was extremely bright, and I struggled not to squint. Was it the lighting? Or maybe it was sunlight… at 8pm in the evening, though? The walls were covered with all kinds of different mirrors; big ones, small ones, round ones and square ones, and the effect was such that I didn’t really know where to look.

Seeing can be difficult, at first. But don’t worry. You’ll learn.

Dr Seer smiled and shook hands with me.

Good evening!

He was a tall, slim man in his late fifties, perhaps, with a well-proportioned face that carried a friendly expression. His smile was very pleasant, and in spite of the strange environment I already felt at ease. He looked at me with eyes that were remarkably green. I felt myself calming down, and managed to compose myself, a little.

“My name is Allman, good evening. Thank you for finding the time to see me so soon.” I nearly added: ‘although, to tell you the truth, there wasn’t really any particular need.’ Or was it simply that I had not been aware of the need?

Trust me, you’ve come to me at the right moment.

“Oh… right, yes. By the way, I completely forgot to ask on the phone how much your consultations cost…?”

It will cost you a lot of willingness, and courage. You will be able to pay back the value of what you receive here when the time comes. How do you feel?

“Oh, I… I don’t really know. I think, right now, I actually feel quite good.”

You don’t know? What exactly don’t you know?

“In all honesty, I don’t know where to start…”

Alright. Just take your time. We have all the time in the world.

Dr Seer breathed in and out, loudly enough for me to hear.

Have a look at this. What is it?

He pointed at one of the many mirrors on the wall, one with a simple silver frame. Slightly unsure of myself, I tried to find an appropriate answer. “That… that would be a mirror…”

Correct. And what do you see IN the mirror?

“Hm. Well, there’s a flower reflected in the mirror.” There was a dark wooden table set back a few metres from the wall, and on it stood a porcelain vase containing a single white flower.

And what does this flower look like?

I suddenly had the feeling that this was really about something else, something bigger and more significant – so I answered as accurately as I could.

“The flower has a dark green stem, about 15 cm long, with four leaves attached to it. The blossom is white and consists of many small, hard petals.”

How can you tell that the petals are ‘hard’?

For some reason I was finding Dr Seer’s questions really challenging. And yet, at the same time, this curious game intrigued me.

“Well, I… I think that the blossom would feel hard. Those kinds of blossoms tend to be pretty firm to the touch. And they’re usually not scented.”

Ah, I see: So you look at the reflection of the flower and imagine that the blossom feels a certain way because that’s usually how it is. I understand.

I felt caught out. Had I said something wrong? He looked at me intently.

Now please approach the flower and get as close to it as possible. Disengage your mind from its reflection. Position your face above the blossom and look at it. What do you see now?

“I see a white blossom, and deep inside it, an orange spot.”

My head was so close to the blossom that I was nearly touching it with my nose. To my surprise, I could smell a sweet scent.

“And – wow! The scent is so intense that it’s almost making me dizzy.”

Dr Seer smiled.

Aha, so that’s the absence of perfume then, is it? Have you ever seen a blossom such as this before?

“No, I haven’t actually. When I examine it from this close up, I have to say that no, I’ve never seen anything like it.”

He seemed satisfied.

Look at it again, even more closely. Look deep into the blossom. Do you see anything else?

I rubbed my eyes briefly and looked again. The blossom now seemed to resemble some sort of living kaleidoscope. My heart started beating faster. What was happening to me?

“Yes, I see sparkling drops of water inside the petals. They look like dew drops on a meadow in the morning.”

So these drops remind you of something? And you like them?

“They remind me of how, as a child, I used to try and collect dew drops with a leaf in the mornings on my way to school…”

He seemed to understand me. What’s more, he gave me the feeling that he was there for me, that he was interested in me and that he was happy to guide me through this process.

How do the petals feel? Please get very close to the flower.

Now I was so close to the white blossom that I was touching it with my face. I felt as if I was being drawn into a cloud of white.

“Oh, they’re wonderfully soft!”

Now you see! How easy it is to be mistaken! If you hadn’t moved in that closely, and if you hadn’t looked at it from above and from such close proximity, the true characteristics and the incredible beauty of this rare blossom would have remained hidden from you. And the same goes for the memories that the blossom reawakened in you!

Suddenly I began to sense what Dr Seer had in store for me. He stepped closer and put his hand gently on my shoulder.

As you have just experienced, the way you think and feel about something is very much dependent on how you perceive it. The perspective that you choose determines what it is that you observe. And these observations lead you to particular feelings, experiences and insights.

He smiled again.

The flower was just the beginning, by the way. It goes without saying that this is about how you see yourself, other people and your life every day, every hour and every minute – it’s about how you see every incident and how you view every situation.

You can change everything in your life if you look at it in a new way.

Let me show you THE GOLDEN VIEW!

I took a step back and involuntarily glanced in one of the mirrors. All of a sudden and quite unexpectedly I felt a few slight reservations. Was I doing the right thing here?

“What exactly is THE GOLDEN VIEW, Doctor? A new therapeutic method, something like that? Some kind of life philosophy?

All this and much more, my dear Mr Allman.

“Hm. It would make a good book title, you know.”

Indeed, that too. Allow yourself to be surprised.

“And why is it called THE GOLDEN VIEW? Why golden?”

Dr Seer looked at me.

What do you think? What do you associate with the word?

“Hm. Gold is very valuable. People refer to ‘golden rules’ and the ‘golden mean’… you can ‘strike gold’ and so on… ‘Golden’, I suppose, always refers to something being ideal, or the very best…”

He nodded at me appreciatively, and paused.

Have you ever heard of the ‘golden ratio’?

“I think so. Doesn’t it have something to do with art?”

Yes, among other things. The golden ratio is based on sacred geometry, an ancient mathematical formula that manifests itself in art, architecture, nature and – yes, even in the human body. It describes a ratio that is perceived as absolutely harmonious by the human eye. For example, a portrait painted according to the golden ratio produces a face with features that the viewer perceives as beautiful and perfect.

“That’s fascinating. And sounds like something with a lot of history behind it. How long has the golden ratio been around?”

The application of this principle goes back thousands of years. Whole cities and temples were built according to the golden ratio. Even the Greek philosophers and scholars of antiquity used this formula, and regarded it as a gift from the gods.

“Oh wow! But, to be honest, these aren’t really things I know very much about.”

There’s no need to, really. Detach yourself from what you know or don’t know and give your imagination free reign. So, what could ‘THE GOLDEN VIEW’ possibly stand for?

He was challenging me again. I’d never heard of any of these things before in my life. A few minutes ago I’d been hovering with my face above a simple white blossom as part of some self-awareness process or something, and now here he was, talking about sacred geometry and Greek philosophers. I tried to concentrate.

“OK. Let’s see… According to what you explained a moment ago, THE GOLDEN VIEW is all about looking at things in a certain way. By looking at the flower in different ways I was able to discover new things about it.”

Well done! You’ve been paying attention! So what, then, could be the connection to the golden ratio?

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