A birthday summary Last year I started to write a birthday summary about the things I learned so far from live. So, this is the sequel. Not just for me, but for everyone who can find something for themselves in it. …

If you don’t like where you are and you want to go somewhere else you have to know the pitfalls of your inner resistance. It was still early in the morning, the sun had not yet risen when I trudged around in a clearing and searched frantically for a cell…

Once upon a time a bitter lady in her fifties lived in the heart of the vibrant city of Rome. …

Who are you REALLY — without all the things you THINK you are? It was a warm evening in late summer. I had brought a small blanket from home, on which I was sitting now in a park not far from my apartment. Most of the time I came here…

A birthday summary Freedom does not mean having nothing to do. Freedom does not mean doing only what you love. Freedom means having the ability to freely choose your own reactions to unexpected circumstances in life. No Gucci bag will ever be worth as much as an experience. In addition, valuables usually make my life more complicated than better. The less material things (apart from the things I REALLY need of course), the freer.

Our awareness for security and trust As described in one of the previous articles, the chakra teaching does not necessarily have to be spiritual but helps us to examine our consciousness in order to be able to develop step by step. Development not in the sense of more successful or…

The delicate difference between not wanting and avoiding something. The amount of growth in our life depends on how ready we are to move out of familiar territory. This is nothing new. One thing that I think is under-considered, however, it is not insignificant in which direction we are growing…

A simple explanation for beginners or non-spiritual people For many people who have no contact with East Asian culture, the chakra teaching is still esoteric insanity. Originally the knowledge comes from India and there is a lot explained by symbols and visualizations. Different chakras are assigned to different animals and…

There was a small monastery in a remote village high up in the Himalayas. Wise monks have lived in this monastery for several generations. Among them was a young, very clever apprentice called Lobsang. In Buddhism Lobsang means the educated. The boy rummaged through books from morning to night because…