Dracarys

Humanity Is Conditioned to Play It Safe

To not take too many risks.
To stay part of the herd.
To survive.

And for a big part, it works. This ancient, reptilian part of your brain has helped humans survive through the ages.
But survival was never meant to be the end goal. Even back then, people had to venture out, to find food, partners, new territory.

That instinct to stay safe is ancient.
And it’s being hijacked by the one percent of our leaders who prefer to keep the ninety-nine percent nice and quiet.

The Golden Cage

Your safe cave, the one that feels so familiar, is also what keeps you small.

Because it can be reaaallly cozy in there. Lined with a beautiful house (and a killing mortgage or rent plus taxes), nice clothes, good food, holidays, a bit of Netflix, and an “okay” job.

Bread and circuses: it looks like comfort, but it’s still a cave.
A golden cage built on fear, disguised as “having it together.”

It holds you back from your dreams, your truth, and the kind of life that makes you feel fully alive.

The Inconvenient Truth

Remember the curfew during the pandemic?
That, too, felt pretty cozy for many. A glass of good red wine, a thrilling Netflix series, sitting in your onesie by the woodstove.

Surpassing the fact that you were locked up in your own home while being perfectly healthy.
A pretty luxurious, homely prison-facility.

Does that trigger you? Good. It’s meant to. Because it’s the perfect example.

FEAR is the biggest obstacle on the road to becoming who you really are, and the biggest tool in the box to keep us under control.

Our entire society runs on fear. Just turn on the news.
(Or better yet, don’t. Million-dollar tip right there.)

Fear. Division. Polarization. Divide and conquer.
As old as time.

Who Profits From Your Fear?

While the one percent feeds off the energy of our fear and smallness, their pockets grow deeper.
And ours? Empty.

Not just financially. Emotionally too.

Love, joy, freedom, compassion, sovereignty, they are all forms of energy.
And most of us give that energy away daily, voluntarily.

Here’s the tricky part: most of our life choices are made out of fear.

Fear vs Freedom

Make a list of what you truly want in life, what you want to do, who you want to be.
Then ask yourself: why am I not already doing or being that?

The answer is always: fear.

How to step out of fear?
We blow up the whole safe cave.

Not just to peek out.
No. We plant a big stick of energetic dynamite and blow the whole thing up.

Because beyond that edge lies magic and freedom.

I’m not asking you to be reckless.
I’m asking you to MOVE.

Feel the Fear and Move Anyway

I know what it’s like to live in fear. I still do, often.
But I’ve looked it in the eye.

I’ve chosen to speak my truth and do my own thing, even when it made me stand out like a sore thumb.
Even when my voice trembled.
Even when people disliked me. (That one stung, trust me.)

But I’m still here.
And I kept moving.

Sometimes in big quantum leaps, sometimes in baby steps.

I feel the fear and do it anyway.

And every time I do, I step a little further out of the fear-based system.
Like the total badass rebel that lives somewhere deep inside you, too.

Step Out of the Divide

Zoom out for a second. Look at how the game is played.
Who drives the divide? Who profits from our infighting?

Stepping out of that boobytrap: divide et impera, is pure liberation.

And no, it’s not inhumane to stop fighting, as long as you don’t stop caring.

The boldest act of resistance is to stand in your truth, power, and love.
Even when you’re a raging dragon inside.
Especially then.

Dracarys

I love to tell myself “Dracarys”, very often.
Also while writing a story like this.

‘Dracarys’ is the old Valyrian word for dragonfire. (Yeah, Game of Thrones. I watched it because I’m in desperate need of more dragons in my life.)

I have a lot of dragonblood running through my veins.
I thrive on that inner fire, I need it to feel urgency, to get moving, writing, evolving, caring.

This dragonblood is also an ancient reptilian part of our system, and it’s about time we ignite the shit out of it.

But direct your fire wisely.
Alchemize your rage into power, the power to change yourself, and by doing so, to change the world.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions by “nice” and decent people who play by the rules.
The road to heaven, straight back to source?
That one is paved by loving, sovereign souls who dare to search for light and truth and blaze their inner fire.

Rise and Expand

Is it scary and challenging to rise and expand? Hell yes.
Will you still feel fear? Absolutely.
Does it have repercussions from people and systems around you? For sure.

But only from people and systems that thrive on your smallness.

You can decide to step out of this default position of fear.
Not expecting problems, but expecting possibilities.

Take aligned action.
Surround yourself with cheerleaders for your growth.

First step: acknowledge that you have been taking fear-based decisions.
Next step: action.

It will get easier as we grow, rise, and evolve, together with a growing number of people who dare to step into their loving and fierce power.

I’m Not All-Knowing. I’m Walking Beside You.

I’m here on this earth, in this human body, on a very clear mission: to guide you to the next level of freedom.

Not through edgy marketing funnels or manipulative sales strategies. That takes way too much of my precious energy and fire.

Because I know that when I breathe my fire and share my truth, the right people will feel it, light up by it, and start to move.

If that’s you, stop waiting.
If this story lit something inside you: good.

That’s your dragonfire waking up.
When you’re ready to move, you’ll know.

Follow that. Explore, connect, read, reach out: wherever it takes you.
Everything you need is already waiting for you on my website.
Dracarys. Move.

Love, Annemarijn

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