I experienced something for the heart yesterday when I was shopping in a large bakery. A woman in front of me, who spoke English, had a large quantity of pre-packed Christmas cookies piled up at the checkout. I had also placed my small packet of coconut macaroons on the counter. When the woman saw this, … [Read more…]
Recently, a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach came to my mind, in which there is an aria: “Abide ye angels, abide with me…” I think Bach perceived something deep in his soul here that has long since become a reality today: the withdrawal of spiritual beings from our noisy, hectic world, our focus on material … [Read more…]
I was out all day today and had no time for breakfast, lunch etc., only had 1 coffee, water and 1 muesli bar..When I was waiting at the streetcar stop in the early evening, it turned out that the streetcar was constantly changing its departure times due to a fire department operation; so I ended … [Read more…]
When I hear that people sometimes talk about Jesus Christ having been murdered, it is worth remembering that at the Jewish Passover it was customary for the people of the Jews to have the power to vote themselves on which of the two men condemned to death on the cross should be pardoned: Jesus, who … [Read more…]
The knowledge is not outside of us, but within us, and we must awaken it, expand it, in order to recognize who we really are: an inseparable, immortal, unmistakable soul aspect of the divine source. This will probably take many incarnations, but we meet each other in the awareness that every human soul carries this … [Read more…]
I have practiced praying and blessing for a long time, even when I hear about a bad accident or a victim of crime. Blessing, like thanking, raises the vibration, which also radiates into the field, while scolding, judging and condemning lowers the vibration. As we are used to perceiving the negative more than the good, … [Read more…]
Today I read or rather thought through the last chapter of the book “The Death Drive in History” by Igor Shafarevich. The book is really a treasure chest and deals with the history of socialism in all its manifestations, from Egypt, antiquity, the Middle Ages, South America, the ancient Orient to modern times, especially Buddhism … [Read more…]
Ultimately, everyone embodies their own understanding of love, depending on the individual’s level of consciousness. This is why it always comes back to the demand that was engraved above the entrance to the Temple of Apollo in Delphi in Greece: Γνῶθι σαυτόν (gnōthi sauton) – Know Yourself – and you will know God and the … [Read more…]
It is of great value to explore the profound dimension of the texts of the Bible and the way of Jesus for our own way of life. Reading letters is useless, it is the spirit that gives life, as the Bible says.It is often only when you experience great emotional upheavals and crises in your … [Read more…]
In Gebser’s list of structures of consciousness, I forgot the magical structure of consciousness. They are all present in the newly emerging integral structure of consciousness, but the structure that is now emerging is the integral one. There are still countries or people today who adhere to the mythical or magical structure of consciousness (see … [Read more…]