André Hofer - Heaven and Earth - 1 - Now

The only important thing that matters is: You are there!

The only important fact I know is that you are infinitely precious and a wonderful being, and that both of us are on a pilgrimage together on this planet Earth. My Soul is reaching out to you, inviting you to spend a few hours of your precious time in reading this book. And my Soul will be very grateful to you for your “Yes, I will.“

However, before we start in earnest, I would like to put this request to you: Do not believe anything that is written here, but also do not categorically dismiss any of it from the start. Just let it affect you, feel and sense, whether anything is touching you, and what it means to you and your life, for that is the essential point for you, so that you can confidently forget about the rest. Okay? Then it’s a deal?!

The great Greek philosopher Socrates stated: “I know that I do not know anything!”, and this book has been written bearing his saying in mind. I am quite aware of my insignificance within the vast, infinite space of the Universe, which in turn is only one of many. Thus, this book does not claim to speak THE truth. However, it is my heartfelt wish to convey to you, and share with you, “my” experiences, perceptions, deep feelings and sentiments and in this way to perhaps build bridges and reawaken connections. I am not an analyst by nature, nor am I a thinker, philosopher or rationalist,; rather my Soul has qualities like feelings, intuition and a higher stage of truth.

I am writing just the way I feel, in simple, sometimes almost banale, everyday formulations, which may perhaps prove to be obstacles for you thinkers; alas, it is as it is!

Hence, even though this book is clearly structured, it does not contain a comprehensive analysis of a definitive situation or a possible approach to a solution. There will be numerous impulses for women and men,; still you may perhaps miss certain incitement. It is as it is, just accept it!

Within a few minutes, being in a state of deeply relaxed inner clarity, I got the inspiration to write down 27 sentences and to divide them into 3 by 3 by 3 chapters. At some moments there were thoughts asking me what it was all about and that I should be aware that all of this was not entirely everything there was to it. To all of this I can confidently say: Yes, I am fully aware of it! In the past years of my life I have learned to listen more and more to my inner voice and to trust in what it is saying to me, and so out of all of that emerged this book, which you are now holding in your hands: a small, modest 3 by 3 by 3 of woman and man living together on Earth, in the past, the present and the future, and in their mutual way home. There are 3 parts, each comprising 3 sub-sections having 3 chapters each. 3 x 3 x 3 = 27.

The first three chapters in part I are addressed to the Man, to the masculine, for here, in my opinion, the greater part has to be done, respectively undone. The Woman, the feminine, is dealt with in the next three chapters in part II, placed here, for once, in second place. Part III, again comprising three chapters, is dedicated to the mutual approach between Man and Woman. This section deals collectively with reviewing the past with all its separations, injuries and fights. In the middle section we are treating the new togetherness of Woman and Man and the qualities of a new relationship emerging between the genders. The (mutual) inner gathering of oneself focused on the Power that created all of us is elaborated on towards the end of the second chapter.

In the third part, we are analysing what great powers can be set free through our mutual devotion to the Source of all life, and what it can mean for our earthly life. Images of a New Era and a new, basically good feeling of life, possible for everyone, rounds off this 3 x 3 x 3.

On the one hand, each of the 27 chapters are building on each other, following a recurrent theme (leitmotif), however, on the other hand please feel free to open the book at any page and read what you find there. This chapter may at that particular moment be just relevant for you and your life.

Please, don’t forget that you have not just a mere storybook in your hands, but you will be invited from time to time to put the book aside and to turn to your own Self. After all, it is YOU who is the most important entity, the “Self” in this book, the Woman you are, the Man you are, the Being you are. If you like to play games, you may cut some 27 slips of paper, write the numbers 1 to 27 on them and put them in a hat. Then you can pull out one of them and read the corresponding chapter in the book, e.g. the number 11 would be “It is time to decide - Now.”

And even if some chapters are directed explicitly towards one particular gender, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the other gender should not read this section at all.

“Two-by-two makes four widde-widde-witt,

And three-by-three makes nine.

I make the world widde-widde-witt as I like it!”,

sings Pippi Longstocking in her song.

Having said this, I firmly believe that we can together, and with the help of the Power of the Creator, recreate a world in which only peace will prevail.

Ottobrunn, 30.03.2011

André Hermann Höfer

The fundamental stuff

A) The Soul

Have you ever contemplated the question: What being is mankind? Or, what would your answer be if someone would ask you: Who are you? Probably, you would give a concise synopsis of your life so far, e.g.:

My name is John Miller, I was born in 1964. My parents own a small shop, and I have two younger sisters. I entered school in 1971, started an apprenticeship in 1980 and subsequently worked in my profession. In 1988, I met Petra, my wife, and we married in 1990, built a house and have two children, Sabine and Thomas, who grew up and left our home a while ago …

Our self-conception correlates almost exclusively to our own Biography.

However, putting the same question to psychologists, the answer will most definitely vary, depending on their field of specialities. In the extreme case, the reply may be that mankind is born into this world as an unknown entity, and will, at any given moment in time, be a product of her/his life experiences.

Now and then, we may hear the word “Soul” being mentioned, especially when someone is in a near death situation.

And then, quite often religion “comes into play” and the question is asked: “What really will happen after death? Is there life after death?” Some do believe that there is, others categorically deny it.

And again, there are others who are getting red-faced in a heated debate about whether or not there is something like reincarnation. This may be as it is. Some time ago my father told me that even one of the greatest German football players, Franz Beckenbauer, is convinced that he himself has already been living in an earlier century.

I have come to realise quite clearly, both as a human and as a psychologist, that we, you and I, are “Soul-beings”. As human beings we are not just having a Soul but that we are that Soul . In order to discern that, it is merely a question of ones own conscience and is not very difficult. Much of it has to do with the right hand side of the brain, the pacification of thoughts and an open-minded heart, and one can experience it, and through its perception get to know it, if one wants to. My sentiment tells me that now is the time to convey to you my experienced knowledge, the “know-how”.

You may at first find it somehow strange or far-fetched, when I say to you: You are not just your biographic history, or the child of your parents; You are much more than that! Inside of you there slumber magnificent, unique potentials that you, and only you, have in this form. Your Soul intends to find its way into your life.