Dear human being, beloved soul, I welcome you to my podcast series, Conversations with the Universe. After a near-death experience, my perception of our human existence changed profoundly. I became more sensitive. I became more aware. with all our known senses. I feel more intensely, see people with different eyes, and often take a different perspective on life and our challenges. In my books, I share these altered perspectives and all the knowledge that has flowed through me since my near death and thus record it, for all those who are searching for something more, for the meaning of our existence here on Mother Earth. And it is now a great pleasure for me to share this knowledge with you in this way as a supplement to my books. This season I'm dedicating myself to my very first work, The Basics of Being. I wish you many wonderful insights on your path. Thank you. Love. First, a quick note about my network, SPINE. This is short for the Spiritual Network. The Backpack You're probably familiar with the saying, we all carry our own baggage. I know many people who see the world and their lives in this way, but it doesn't have to be that way, because this sentence means something like, we all have no choice and must accept our fate. Can you imagine that we all carry a bag that is equipped with talents, gifts and tools for life here on earth? If not, then it's high time you took a closer look at it and in doing so shifted and expanded your consciousness a little bit. You will realize that this supposed package is a gift from God and you will learn that it is actually a large backpack full of gifts that are meant only for you and are there to provide the energy within you with the necessary help and support in the school of life. You are surely aware that without writing materials and books, you are lost in this school. But as long as you don't even acknowledge your backpack and try to suppress it, you have once again failed to open your spiritual eyes. Yet it is so easy and requires only a single decision. What could be in such a backpack of life? Well, for example, the gift of good communication and the ability to approach people where others would shy away. Or conversely, the gift of listening. Or a talent for planning or being very creative. Life is so diverse in its forms. I could give hundreds of examples here, but no matter what you find in your backpack, only you can truly develop these gifts. Excuses don't count here, because there is no excuse for not living your life authentically. I know them all, the traps of arrangement, such as, but my parents wanted me to, but my wife, husband has me, but my children need it, I never had the money to, or whoever you like to blame when it comes to you. Stop. This is where it gets dangerous, because if you think like that, you are in the process of giving up responsibility. I like to emphasize this again and again. like a drop that takes many centuries to leave a mark on a stone. You decide. So with all these excuses, you have decided time and time again not to look in your backpack or to leave your tools behind. That's why it's advisable to look in your backpack now and start living an authentic life. Respectful, loving, but above all, honest with yourself. Of course, such decisions should also be respected. In this respect, there is nothing and no one I would like to blame at this point. However, it is particularly important to me that you know how important it is to be aware that you alone are responsible for your actions. You and you alone. But with all these decisions we make in life, there is a little problem that people tend to ignore and forget. The factor of time. Time that you can never get back. Time that leaves its mark on you and on the world. Time that runs out like an hourglass and then you no longer have. To experience your real desires and dreams. Time that is lost. Forever. Another tool of being is time. Deciding not to use your tools or not wanting to learn about them always leaves a bitter aftertaste. Knowing who you are and what your potential is allows you to see situations more clearly and thus make faster and better decisions. But the more time passes without you looking into your backpack or not wanting to look, the more a fog will settle around your consciousness. You will literally become clouded. Every year of unconsciousness is another layer of fog, and unfortunately this makes the decision to change it even more difficult, because it takes strength, a lot of strength, to be without your tools. Skiing without skis is certainly more strenuous than skiing with skis and poles. Grotesquely enough, however, it is precisely this strength that is needed to find your way out of the fog and discover your backpack in the first place. That is why I hope these lines reach you at a stage when you still have enough strength to emerge from your fog. I will help you, but you have to walk alone. Life is too precious to spend it practicing, forgetting and repressing. It has so much more to offer you in terms of experiences, feelings and beautiful new insights. Don't refuse to learn. Don't skip school. Something inside you wanted to use life to grow and develop. If you don't participate by keeping your eyes closed, your life will become a so-called lap of honor, and you will become a repeat student. Yes, this term also applies in the school of life. Because what happens to those who keep their eyes closed? They don't move. They are moved. Their consciousness learns nothing but stagnation and powerlessness, and all this in the school of consciousness of all places. Of course, the cosmos doesn't care when exactly you start or stop, only to start again another time and continue on. But there are pleasant times in school, and there are terrible times. That's why it could happen that this time you grow in a protected, peaceful, and disaster-free period in order to grow and expand your consciousness. And that, in the next round, you end up in a time when the Earth is extremely threatened by natural disasters, or when humans destroy themselves in a masterstroke of unconsciousness. Do you feel that life is numbing or pushing you? Do you feel at the mercy of fate, unable to do anything about the circumstances in which you live? Then you are well on your way to becoming a repeat student. And one thing you can be sure of It will be the moment of transition to other planes, when you will bitterly regret all the wasted opportunities of this passage. Unfortunately, there is no going back. There is only a new beginning. But starting over means reincarnating, i.e. experiencing the powerlessness of childhood again. then perhaps no longer well-protected but hungry or abused? It is not without reason that you are here now, here in this place at this time. Something within you wanted to use the qualities of this time to gain a platform through very specific circumstances that would enable your consciousness to unfold and grow precisely in these circumstances. But if you do not do anything now, you will have to wait until the next life. Something within you wanted to use the qualities of this time to obtain, through very specific circumstances, a platform that would enable your consciousness to unfold and grow in precisely these circumstances. But if you don't participate now, then this whole endeavor will have been in vain. least in terms of becoming aware of your actual talents possibilities and potential even if you may now want to blame other people and circumstances for why everything in your life is the way it is you still have not recognized the real meaning of your existence the connections and the unique opportunities above all you are misjudging the responsibility that you alone bear Sacrificing yourself and thinking it was worth living for all of that or for that person is right if you also lived for yourself and never lost sight of your backpack with your tools and your goal. You are not on earth for others. First and foremost, this is about you. If, on this path to yourself, you eventually reach the point where you want to be there for everyone else, then you have done everything right. Wanting to serve and wanting to help are honorable goals, but they must come from a healthy heart, from an open gate, without ego, without calculation or expectation. But all this can only happen when you have found and experienced the fullness of happiness within yourself. From such a state, being there for others is the most beautiful conscious experience of being. Fill every moment with the miracle of being, which is you. Giving and sharing with and for others is a completely logical and healthy consequence that comes naturally when you have a loving heart. But first you must open your heart, learn to love yourself, become healthy, and only then can you truly love others. Time is merciless, it passes, and what you don't do now, you will never do because you can never escape the wheel of obligations that pile up one after the other. Every moment, every instant in your life is a precious gift from the cosmos to you. Don't let it slip away. Don't let it pass without awareness and emptiness. And I would like to remind you to join our community spine. We are a community that wants to help you live a healthier life, practice your spirituality and expand your consciousness. We help you find and connect with healers around the world. And we help you give your life a new meaning in different ways. We are spine connections that help.