Puregg – Day 5 (2006-09-30)
In Puregg we had a certain routine for meals. The person closest to the large cooking pot would put a portion of food into the bowls with a dipper and pass them around. We would not speak a single...
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Hiking. Before noon the whole group went hiking through the woods. It was quite interesting to experience this as a form of walking meditation. Whenever my mind went astray, I gently invited it for a...
View ArticleRight Speech
I used to enjoy participating in discussions. Despite the knowledge that there are always many sides to a story, I still believed that my own subjective (and flawed!) viewpoints were somehow “more...
View ArticleLDR, LHC, Birthdays and Integrity
With ten drafts waiting to be finished and published, I would like to compose a news-posting in between. :-) London. My beloved one has moved to London and will henceforth spend most of her time in the...
View ArticleThe Mosquito Effect
Mosquito Drill. In September 2005 I attended a KaraNet party in Klagenfurt, not only along with many other users and dear friends, but also lots of mosquitoes. At one time Thomas decided to simply let...
View ArticleToo Many Mind?
In the movie “The Last Samurai”, Nobutada (Shin Koyamada) exclaims “Too many mind!” to Captain Algren (Tom Cruise). Sometimes I feel just like that. The novelist Ödön von Horváth once said something...
View ArticleFrom Struggle To Juggle
We all struggle at some points in our lives, and some of us may wonder: “How can I turn the tide?” … or perhaps even: “How can I get from being ‘my own greatest enemy’ towards ‘my own best friend’?” I...
View ArticleThe Art of Living
You’ve surely encountered the advice, “Live each day as if it were your last.” Frankly, I’ve always found this instruction difficult to compute. The stress of choice under the looming sword of...
View ArticleChanging Arts, Changing Hearts
Some of you know it already. I am going to write a book about my journey. Last year, in September 2012, I knew that the one book worthwhile writing (assume you can write only one in your lifetime)...
View ArticleHow to (not) fail at Human Rights
Today is Blog Action Day 2013. There are thousands of ways to write about this year’s theme “Human Rights” – and today you will find an abundance of inspiring posts in the blogosphere, from legislation...
View ArticleWho speaks for trees?
At the entrance to the cedar’s grove, the old tree pushed me backwards and knocked me over from the distance. Surrender. I paused in awe. Tears filled my eyes. I slowly surrendered. An eternity...
View ArticleFreedom
“Why didn’t you ask me?”, he vented with a voice full of disappointment. “Why didn’t you come to me? Who am I to you?” “What do you I expect?”, I shouted. “We have no relationship! You weren’t there...
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Day 1: Memories
Sunday, 13th June 2021 After a semi-sleepless night, my pounding heart heralded the rising awareness that my “second real journey” was finally beginning today, on Sunday, 13th June 2021. Given the...
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Day 2: Metamorphosis
Monday, 14th June 2021 Part 1: Finding Stillness Drowsily stretching in bed and checking my phone in the morning, I saw a caterpillar crawling towards the laptop. I looked away and back again: the...
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Day 3: Arrival
Tuesday, 15th June 2021 I started the day with a Pilates abdominal workout on the carpet, ate yummy leftovers from yesterday for breakfast, took in the view from the balcony, and then car & driver...
View ArticleThe “And” of All-one-ness
I once had to protect myself, learned to defend my boundaries.“Yes, but”, I said to prove my point.Or so I thought. The “and” that liberates came slowly and discreetly.This is not about “the...
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Day 4: Feathers
Wednesday, 16th June 2021 Breakfast at sunrise on a lovely balcony, surrounded by birdsong – the day started well. I finished unpacking ALL THE THINGS (including books), composed drafts for travel...
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Day 5: Dreamtime
Thursday, 17th June 2021 I woke up early, grabbed my phone, read a comment from Odd asking if I would also come by Norway on this trip, and read another comment from Y. Sinking back into sleep, the...
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Day 6: Mudbound
Friday, 18th June 2021 It was time to deepen the journey and spice things up by drawing some Tarot cards. This wouldn’t be as much fun as the “Psychedelic Glass Bead Game” I had played twice with...
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Day 7: Springtide
Saturday, 19th June 2021 Magnificent sunrise is magnificent. I woke up to composing a poem in the early morning on the balcony. Being kissed by the muses is always a blessing, especially when they...
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