tuning in

hey strangers! I am still here, seemingly walking forward, losing goals with every step, yet possibly reaching what needs to be reached with every breath. sometimes I am looking backwards and find what I see resembles the present and probably also the future. without those "ideas" of past, present and future, I feel over-challenged in my day-to-day life, and with those "ideas" I sometimes tend to feel stuck in a net of worrying and wondering. but what's wrong with that? I am getting more and more in touch with what it feels like to have a human existence on this planet, in this time (this time around?).

I want to be honest. sometimes I am thinking about committing suicide (and come on - who doesn't?). it happens sometimes, when I see no point in what I am doing, for example. especially when I am confronted with something I call "society's expectations" and the impossibility of living up to them. ok. so what is that, "society"? is it not just a constructed something lingering in our heads like a (sometimes) unwanted ghost or demon that calls for an acute exorcist intervention? well, or something like that. I am not the best with analogies or metaphors, you see. anyways.

so. what does make me feel better, what has a therapeutic effect on me? well. mostly. it's writing. or creating in some way or form. I have stopped drawing and painting pretty much completely as soon as I entered high school age. I do like translating ancient texts which were written in Latin or Ancient Greek, it's fun. but others have translated all those texts before me, and very likely in a more sophisticated, correct and eloquent way. (well, as I am thinking about it, the books don't need to be ancient; I spotted a copy of the first volume of the Harry Potter series in Berlin in February and it was in Latin, I was so happy. ich hab mich gefreut wie ein apfelstrudel! anyways.)

so. the reason why I actually started writing this blog post: when I move further away from my center, my fictitious place of completely accomplished balance, I get to realize what I actually want that moment. I begin to reflect on a deeper level. pain can be a powerful motor. it can make you do things you wouldn't otherwise consider doing. I can choose to tune in more. tune in. go deeper. tune in. forget forgetting. remember the forgotten. or something like that.

what I am  longing for? more simplicity. minimalism. even purity.
I am craving beauty. I always do. there is beauty in less. there is beauty in awareness.
there is beauty in nature. as in: mountains, rivers, trees, bird sounds, wind,...
In a more "practical" sense this might mean: I'd enjoy daily walks/runs by the Danube, I'd love to relax lying in the sun, I'd love to drink more water again, I'd prefer less. less food, but especially less complex foods, fewer meals a day. and less stress. less stuff. more quality time with my self. and also with my alter ego [♥].
I have never ever found such deep contentedness in everyday tasks like tidying up my room, doing the dishes or preparing a meal. ever.
I realize that I feel a wish to be more consciously connected to my breath. to breathe deeper. to learn the Yogic breath.
I realize that I am a fucking lucky girl, dammit!

when I am grateful... it feels like I am tuning into the frequency I like the most!

namaste and happy easter everyone!

Zufrieden jauchzet groß und klein: Hier bin ich Mensch, hier darf ichs sein!

free to be me

... and I thought I was the only one doing this!

I am dancing my way to freedom and self-love!

when I feel the rhythm deep inside

when I let the music surge through my body

when I can't hold it back no longer

when I get this urge to jump to the beat

when I break those chains that held me back for no reason

when I move like I've never moved before

when I get rid of my self-built prison layer after layer

when I don't care what it looks like and just do it

when I am so lost in my state of inner happiness - in my being - that I forget everything around me

then I become more and more ME

then I get more and more FREE

♥

nothing is more fertile than emptiness

you always have to have a background to see a figure

we always know what we mean by contrasts
they must come into being together

you don't have first something and then nothing
or first nothing and then something

this unity is called "dao"

that which is void is precisely form
that which is form is precisely void

in the real world there aren't any things
nor are there any events
it means it is a marvelous system of wiggles

you cannot have the ups without the downs
the same thing is true of all life together
we shouldn't really contrast existence with non-existence

the unconscious is the part of experience which is doing consciousness
just as the space manifests the solid
the background manifests the figure

so it is all inter-connected
and I am part of all this

and for no reason

And
For no reason
I start skipping like a child.

And
For no reason

I turn into a leaf

That is carried so high

I kiss the Sun's mouth

And dissolve.

And
For no reason
A thousand birds
Choose my head for a conference table,
Start passing their
Cups of wine
And their wild songbooks all around.

And

For every reason in existence

I begin to eternally,

To eternally laugh and love!

When I turn into a leaf
And start dancing,
I run to kiss our beautiful Friend

And I dissolve in the Truth

That I Am.

~ Hafiz

you are still the process

you are still the big bäng!

feeling good: some quotes

Several years ago I got myself a copy of Dr. David D. Burns book Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy - and I still haven't finished reading it. I usually don't finish books like this. Or other kind of books. Anyways, this post isn't going to be about my apparent inability to finish things, it is going to be about certain strategies to battle lows in our mood. I just opened the book and the first lines that came to my eyes (probably because I marked them) are the following:

Why is their pushy approach doomed to failure? It's a basic law of physics that for every action there's an equal and opposite reaction. Any time you feel shoved, whether by someone's hand actually on your chest or by someone trying to boss you around, you will naturally tighten up and resist so as to maintain your equilibrium and balance. You will attempt to exert your self-control and preserve your dignity by refusing to do the thing that you are being pushed to do. The paradox is that you often end up hurting yourself.
It can be very confusing when someone obnoxiously insists you do something that actually would be to your advantage. This puts you in a  "can't win" situation because if you refuse to do what the person tells you, you end up defeating yourself just in order to spite him or her. In contrast, if you do what the person tells you to do, you feel had. Because you gave in to those pushy demands, you get the feeling the individual controlled you, and this robs you of self-respect. No one likes to be coerced.  
[...]
It is an unfortunate fact of human nature that it can be extremely difficult to do something when you sense you are being forced into it.

[Note: This is basic psychology of human beings. Right? And now take a look at the way modern-day society is built. Take a look at the educational system. The working world. It's just a farce. How could it ever possibly function while making us shiny happy people? Others might call me an incurable rebel, but it's basic psychology, folks, it's the law of physics!]

Always make sure to remind yourself that you are doing whatever you are doing not because someone else told you to, but because it was your own decision to agree to do it. It is in your hands to evaluate to what extent the suggested action is helpful or useful to you. 

Then he goes on with his Should Removal Techniques. Oh, yes. Remove the shoulds. You won't regret it. Getting rid of them can be tough though.


Here are some methods  for reducing all those irrational "should" statements you've been hitting yourself with. The first is to ask yourself, "Who says I should? Where is it written that I should?" The point  of this is to make you aware that you are being critical of yourself unnecessarily. Since you are ultimately making your own rules [Note: Hell, yeah!], once you decide that a rule is not useful you can revise it or get rid of it. Suppose you are telling yourself that you should be able to make your spouse happy all the time. If your experience teaches you that this is neither realistic nor helpful, you can rewrite the rule to make it more valid. You might say, "I can make my spouse  happy some of the time, but I certainly can't at all times. Ultimately, happiness is up to him or her. And I'm not perfect any more than he or she is. Therefore, I will not anticipate that what I do will always be appreciated."
In deciding about the usefulness of a particular rule, it can be helpful to ask yourself: "What are the advantages and disadvantages of having that rule for myself?" "How will it help me believe I should always be able to make my spouse happy, and what will the price be for believing this?" [...]
Another simple but effective way to rid yourself of should statements involves substituting other words for "should" [...] The terms "It would be nice if" or "I wish I could" work well, and often sound more realistic and less upsetting. [...]
Another anti-should method involves showing yourself that a should statement doesn't fit reality. For example, when you say, "I shouldn't have done X", you assume (1) it is a fact that you shouldn't have, and (2) it is going to help you to say this. The "reality method" reveals - to your surprise - that the truth is usually just the opposite: (a) In point of fact, you should have done what you did; and (b) it is going to hurt you to say you shouldn't have.
Incredulous? Let me demonstrate. Assume you've been trying to diet and you ate some ice cream. So you have the thought, "I shouldn't have eaten this ice cream". In our dialogue I want you to argue that it's really true that you shouldn't have eaten the ice cream, and I will try to put the lie to your arguments. The following is modeled after an actual conversation, which I hope you find as delightful and helpful as I did:

DAVID: I understand you're on a diet, and you ate some ice cream. I believe you should have eaten the ice cream.

YOU: Oh, no. That's impossible. I shouldn't have eaten it because I'm on a diet. You see, I'm trying to lose weight.

DAVID: Well, I believe you should have eaten the ice cream.

YOU: Burns, are you dense? I shouldn't have because I'm trying to lose weight. That's what I'm trying to tell you. How can I lose weight if I'm eating ice cream?


DAVID: But in point of fact you did eat it.


YOU: Yeah. That's the problem. I shouldn't have done that. Now do you see the light?


DAVID: And apparently you're claiming that  "things should have been different" than they were. But things were the way they were. And things usually are the way they are for a good reason. Why do you think you did what you did? What's the reason you ate the ice cream?


YOU: Well, I was upset and I was nervous and I'm basically a pig.


DAVID: Okay, you were upset and you were nervous. Have you had a pattern in your life of eating when you've been upset and nervous?


YOU: Yeah. Right. I've never had any self-control.


DAVID: So, wouldn't it be natural to expect then that last week when you were nervous you would do what you have habitually done?


YOU: Yeah.


DAVID: So, wouldn't it be sensible therefore to conclude that you should have done that because you had a very long-standing habit of doing it?


YOU: I feel like you're telling me that  I should just keep eating ice cream and end up like a fat pig or something.


DAVID: Most of my clients aren't as difficult as you! At any rate, I'm not telling you to act like a pig, and I'm not recommending you continue this bad habit of eating when you're upset. What I'm saying is that you're giving yourself two problems for the price of one. One is that you did in fact break your diet. If you're going to lose weight, this will slow you down. And the second problem is that you're being hard on yourself about having done that. The second headache you don't need. [Note: And if you decide to never ever go on a diet anymore, you also "don't need the first one". Just saying.]


YOU: So you're saying that because I have a habit of eating when I'm nervous it's predictable that until I learn some methods for changing that habit, I'll continue to do it.


DAVID: I wish I'd said it that well myself!


YOU: Therefore, I should have eaten the ice cream because I haven't changed the habit yet. As long as the habit continues, I will and should keep overeating when I'm nervous. I see what you mean. I feel a whole lot better, Doctor, except for one thing. How can I learn to stop doing this? How can I develop some strategies tor modifying my behavior in a more productive way?


DAVID: You can motivate yourself with a whip or a carrot. When you tell yourself "I should do this" or "I shouldn't do that" all day long, you get bogged down with a shouldy approach to life. And you already know what you end up with - emotional constipation. If you'd rather get things moving instead, I suggest you try to motivate yourself through rewards rather than punishment. You might find that these work more effectively.  

[Well, I don't believe in self-motivation and I also doubt that rewards, like punishments, are the solution. I'd probably advice this client to read "Intuitive Eating", it totally opened my eyes regarding healthy eating habits. And. I also don't like the way pigs are talked about in this conversation! I've, personally, never seen any pigs on a diet who overeat on ice cream because they have a habit of eating too much when they are nervous. Let's be real, man... hmmkay?]

immer vorwärts - kein zurück

Immer vorwärts, Schritt um Schritt,
Es gibt keinen Weg zurück
Und was jetzt ist, wird nie mehr ungeschehn.
Die Zeit läuft uns davon,
was getan ist, ist getan.
Und was jetzt ist, wird nie mehr so geschehn.
Es gibt keinen Weg zurück.

Dein Leben dreht sich nur im Kreis,
so voll von weggeworfner Zeit,
Und deine Träume schiebst du endlos vor dir her.
Du willst noch leben, irgendwann,
Doch wenn nicht heute, wann denn dann?
Denn irgendwann ist auch ein Traum zu lange her.

Ach und könnt' ich doch nur ein einz'ges Mal
die Uhren rückwärts drehen,
Denn wie viel von dem,
was ich heute weiß,
hätt' ich lieber nie gesehn.

Es gibt keinen Weg zurück.

big TOE

Former NASA physicist Tom Campbell talks about his theory of everything - and I rather like it.

Listening to Tom, I am taking some notes:

If you understand the game you are in, you can become a better player. You can act more productively. Consciousness is "the source". There are many different ideas of what that is, or different forms of consciousness. Consciousness is information, it's data, it is the fundamental reality - all stems from there. It is a self-aware, evolving, growing, changing data field. We are part of that strategy of evolution. What part do we play in making that happen? We have a self-aware potential, but we are kind of at the beginning of our journey. We have a system that is aware that it can exist in different states. There are many forms of those two states.

The information system evolves by lowering its entropy. There is no information in randomness, if you want information, you have to reduce the randomness. Patterns give information. In order to evolve more efficiently, "the one whole" can't just interact with itself - that is very limiting. More complexity means more order, more information, higher adaptable. More and more information, more and more complexity leads to lower and lower entropy. "The one whole" breaks into individual pieces, and the pieces get more complex and evolve by themselves, so the whole evolves with them.

What is high entropy? It is a high level of disorder. Low entropy is ordered. Society is constantly torn down by the conflicting power centers into a state of disorder. The natural state of a low entropy consciousness system is love. What we are supposed to be doing really is growing up and becoming love. Lower entropy and love are the same thing. We are exchanging data with each other on our path. We have a physical, virtual, created reality where all this takes place. Here everything is just digital information (ones and zeros) coming from neurons - everything is data, everything is information.

We are consciousness which is processing information, data. We learn how to interpret the data from birth on. Before we learn the act of interpretation as babies, we have no idea how to interpret the data. We are consciousness and we are getting a data stream and we learn how to interpret it. We create this reality the way we want it. We each get our own, individual data stream - but it's a multi-player game and there are interactions between players. Communication is a difficult thing because we interpret data coming from other players according to our own experiences...

sacred chao

Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves.

reading/listening material:

diydharma

principia discordia

zenarchy

alchemical archives

the illuminatus! trilogy

im nebel

Im Nebel

Seltsam, im Nebel zu wandern!
Einsam ist jeder Busch und Stein,
Kein Baum sieht den anderen,
Jeder ist allein.


Voll von Freunden war mir die Welt,
Als noch mein Leben licht war;

Nun, da der Nebel fällt,

Ist keiner mehr sichtbar.

Wahrlich, keiner ist weise,

Der nicht das Dunkel kennt,

Das unentrinnbar und leise
Von allem ihn trennt.


Seltsam, im Nebel zu wandern!

Leben ist Einsamsein.

Kein Mensch kennt den andern,

Jeder ist allein.

~ Hermann Hesse

reblogged: challenging sexism

Ways Gender-Privileged Men Can Challenge Sexism

meeca:

(This list will be forever in-progress. Please add on as you see fit).

• Challenge sexist jokes, such as dumb blonde jokes or jokes about rape.
• Avoid using words such as “bitch”, “ho”, “slut.”
• Recognize when you “zone out” when women are speaking, when you value a man’s opinion more than a woman’s, or when you ask a man for information or advice rather than a woman.
• Recognize times when you “zone out” when a woman is speaking because you are sexualizing her.
• In group efforts, take on tasks such as photocopying, note taking, making phone calls, or providing childcare, which are usually given to women; encourage women to take on male-dominated tasks such as leading meetings, or acting as a spokesperson.
• Use gender-neutral language (ex. Firefighter, chairperson).
• Do not tell a woman how she should understand, express, or conceptualize experiences of discrimination and sexism.
• If a woman is offended by your actions or words, do not use tone arguments. If she does not accept your apology, recognize that she does not owe you anything.
• Check in regularly with your intimate partner(s) to make sure they feel comfortable, fulfilled and empowered by your intimacy.
• Do not make sexist jokes about how your partner (or any woman) drags you to go see chick flicks, forces you to go shopping, has you whipped, or is irritable because she is menstruating. Challenge others when they make these jokes. Avoid playing the role of the long-suffering man who has to hold a woman’s shopping bags and put up with her frivolities and vanity. 
• Be polite, thoughtful, and considerate to women because they are individuals who deserve respect, not because you’re a “gentleman” or because of chauvinistic ideals.
• When a woman is completing a task, refrain from stepping in and telling her or showing her “the best way to do that.” Of course, if she asks for your advice or requires help, feel free to do so. But recognize that women are just as competent and capable as you.
• Apologize if you realize you may have offended someone, whether they mention it or not. Do not say: “If that offended you then I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to.” Instead, frankly tell them: “I’m sorry I did that and I recognize it wasn’t okay. I’ll try harder next time.”
• Do not use expressions such as “grow a pair”, “be a man”, “man up”, or “stop being a bitch.”
• Reject forms of media and entertainment that promote sexism. Don’t excuse sexism and discrimination just because “it’s a really good movie.”
• Recognize that just because you are a feminist or work to challenge sexism does not mean you lose gender privilege.
• Do not be offended if you offer to help a woman and she rejects your help. Although you may genuinely have meant to be a good citizen by offering to help lift heavy objects or holding open a door, accept that the woman does not need your help, and that this does not make her a “bitch.”
• Recognize that while some women do hate men and do discriminate against men, that this sort of discrimination occurs in isolation, while sexism against women is backed by centuries of literature, scientific discourse, power/knowledge, philosophy, media representations, “common sense” discourse, etc.
• Realize that representations of women that you might find positive or fair might not be empowering to women. Notice that the vast majority of “positive” female characters or depictions in the media are highly sexualized to appeal to a male audience.
• Understand that much of what you’ve been taught to take for granted (that you are allowed to have an opinion and to voice it; that you can take up all the space you need; that you can become whoever you want; that you can pursue any career or dream you like) is often painfully untrue for women.
• When anyone tells you to stop, or says “no”, or does not actively give consent during any sort of physical contact or intimacy, immediately stop what you are doing. Do not sulk. Do not interrogate if the person is unwilling to explain. Do not complain or make them feel as though their choice to decide what sort of intimacy they want is not an empowered, safe choice.
• Do not make explanations such as “I didn’t mean anything by it”, “It was a joke, you’re just sensitive”, or “I’m not sexist, I have a lot of female friends.” If you have offended someone, listen carefully and learn from the experience. 
• Do not police women’s bodies by deciding that “women shouldn’t plaster their faces with makeup”, or that “women should stop dressing like sluts to please men.” 

(Thank you to everyone who has been reblogging and adding to this discussion. I recognize that this list is certainly simplistic in that it arguably supports a gender binary, and that it glosses over issues of race, class, sexual orientation, age, and so on. I felt this list wasn’t a sufficient place to properly address those issues, but as many of you have mentioned many of these actions can also be taken by allies looking to challenge racism, homophobia, etc.)

(via -burythepast)

everything is connected to everything

es stürmt und drängt

flucht - sucht - ankunft

Immer wieder neu ankommen wollen. Es ist eine Suche oder Sucht nach Flucht, oder vielmehr: eine Suche oder Sucht nach Ankunft. Denn nicht ums Fliehen an sich geht es mir, sondern um das Neu-Ankommen, immer wieder woanders neu ankommen. Mich von der Faszination der Andersartigkeit und Neuartigkeit einfangen lassen. Das ist es. Immer wieder woanders, bei jemand anders, ankommen. Aber niemals wirklich bei mir selbst? Oder jedes mal auf Neue bei mir selbst. Durch das Wegrennen und Hineinrennen ins Unbekannte erlebe ich mich selbst als etwas Lebendiges, Lebhaft-Strebendes, Leidend-Liebendes.

Und bin ich dann wo angekommen, bin ich auch schon wieder weg. Denn mich hält nichts, nirgends. Ungebundenheit. Unheilvolle Ungebundenheit? Unerträgliche Ungebundenheit? Unveränderliche Ungebundenheit? Nein, unveränderlich ist sie bestimmt nicht. Nichts ist unveränderlich. Alles ändert sich, immer. Deswegen auch die ständige Änderung meines Kurses. Einmal hierhin, einmal dorthin - und vor allem immer wieder - wieder weg. Zu dir hin. Doch du drehst dich um und kehrst mir den Rücken zu. Wenn ich nicht zu dir kann, wieso soll ich dann auch wo bleiben. Die Zerrissenheit treibt mich umher, lässt  mich nachts nicht ruhig schlafen, zumindest nicht zu lange am selben Ort - denn dann muss ich weg. Alleine sein. Um einsam zu sein. Um zu fühlen, wie es ist. Ich suche den Kontrast. Der Kontrast haucht mir ein Gespür von Leben ein.

Stabilität macht mir Angst. Ich sehne mich nach Routine, doch will ich nicht in ihr gefangen ewig stagnieren. Stagnation ist Tod. Doch auch der Tod hat seine Reize: Wenn es passiert - also das Sterben - dann weiß ich endlich, wie das ist - das Sterben - oder ich weiß es eben nicht, weil ich dann vermutlich nicht mehr bin, und somit kann ich auch nichts mehr wissen. Wissen ist als Lebendige_r schon schwierig genug, vielleicht sogar zur Gänze unmöglich? Wer weiß, ich kann auch nicht zulange darüber nachdenken, denn ich muss auch schon wieder weg.

Naja. "Müssen". Was muss ich denn schon? Muss ich ich sein? Und was ist das, dieses ich? Kann ich es mir selbst aussuchen? Oder zumindest Teile davon? Lebe ich oder werde ich gelebt? Gelebt wovon? Kann ich mir das zumindest selbst erwählen - das, wovon ich gelebt werde? Was ist, wenn ich mich dazu entschließe, von Liebe und Vertrauen gelebt zu werden? Wie würde mein Leben anders aussehen? Es ist auch egal, ob ich muss und was ich muss und wie ich muss. Es ist alles Gefühl. Alles Fluss. Alles immer woanders, und an derselben Stelle, alles sich ständig wandelnd und in sich selber ruhend, immer neu geboren und sich selbst fressend sterbend wiederauferstehend. Vielleicht fresse ich mich selbst, indem ich andauernd weglaufe, damit ich woanders sterben und bei dir wieder aufwachen kann. Immer wieder neu.

fliegen lernen

wenn die musik 

vom außen ins innen dringt

vom innen ins außen dringt

und dich dabei dazu bringt
dich gar dazu zwingt

dich zu vergessen

dich treiben zu lassen

fließen zu lassen

um gar nichts zu fassen

weil du im alles untergehst

untertauchst in eine anderswelt

dann begreifst du: du fällst

fällst tief, tiefer und tiefer

doch dir ist es egal

fällst frei, freier und freier
alles egal

du fühlst nichts mehr und doch alles

die musik ist in dir und schafft es

dich zum leben zu bringen
deine fesseln zu sprengen

dich wild und heftig wachzuküssen

dir mut einzuhauchen
und dir lieblich einzuflüstern

dass du du bist

dass du alles bist

und doch auch wieder nichts

verschwommene gesichter

viel zu grelle lichter

mach deine augen wieder zu

und sieh dir selbst blind zu

wie du dich loslöst

du frei fällst

du fliegen lernst

♥

genieße die stille

Words like violence

Break the silence

Come crashing in
Into my little world
Painful to me
Pierce right through me
Can't you understand
Oh my little girl


All I ever wanted
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms

Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm

Vows are spoken
To be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial
Pleasures remain
So does the pain

Words are meaningless
And forgettable

♥

von individualismus oder eingebildeter einsamkeit

"Sie haben eine Krankheit, die leider Mode ist und der man jeden Tag bei intelligenteren Menschen begegnet. Die Ärzte wissen natürlich nichts davon. Es ist mit moral insanity verwandt und könnte auch Individualismus oder eingebildete Einsamkeit genannt werden. Die modernen Bücher sind voll davon. Es hat sich bei Ihnen die Einbildung eingeschlichen, Sie seien vereinsamt, kein Mensch gehe Sie etwas an und kein Mensch verstehe Sie. Ist es nicht so?"
"Ungefähr, ja", gab ich verwundert zurück.
"Sehen Sie. Für den, der die Krankheit einmal hat, genügen ein paar Enttäuschungen, um ihn glauben zu machen, es gebe zwischen ihm und anderen Menschen überhaupt keine Beziehungen, höchstens Mißverständnisse, und es wandle eigentlich jeder Mensch in absoluter Einsamkeit, könne sich den anderen nie recht verständlich machen und nichts mit ihnen teilen und gemeinsam haben. Es kommt auch vor, daß solche Kranke hochmütig werden und alle anderen Gesunden, die einander noch verstehen und lieben können, für Herdenvieh halten. Wenn diese Krankheit allgemein würde, müßte die Menschheit aussterben. Aber sie ist nur in Mitteleuropa und nur in den höheren Ständen zu treffen. Bei jungen Leuten ist sie heilbar, sie gehört sogar schon zu den unumgänglichen Entwicklungskrankheiten der Jugend."

- Hermann Hesse, Gertrud

 

 

Einsamkeit ist Unabhängigkeit, ich hatte sie mir gewünscht und mir erworben in langen Jahren. Sie war kalt, o ja, sie war aber auch still, wunderbar still und groß wie der kalte stille Raum, in dem die Sterne sich drehen.

 

Er erreichte sein Ziel, er wurde immer unabhängiger, niemand hatte ihm zu befehlen, nach niemandem hatte er sich zu richten, frei und allein bestimmte er über sein Tun und Lassen. Denn jeder starke Mensch erreicht unfehlbar das, was ein wirklicher Trieb ihn suchen heißt. Aber mitten in der erreichten Freiheit nahm Harry plötzlich wahr, daß seine Freiheit ein Tod war, daß er allein stand, daß die Welt ihn auf eine unheimliche Weise in Ruhe ließ, daß die Menschen ihn nichts mehr angingen, ja er selbst nicht, daß er in einer dünner und dünner werdenden Luft von Beziehungslosigkeit und Vereinsamung langsam erstickte.

 

- Hermann Hesse, Der Steppenwolf

Es war um nichts schade, was vorüber war. Schade war es um das Jetzt und Heute, um all diese ungezählten Stunden und Tage, die ich verlor, die ich nur erlitt, die weder Geschenke noch Erschütterungen brachten. Aber Gott sei gelobt, es gab auch Ausnahmen, es gab zuweilen, selten, auch andre Stunden, die brachten Erschütterung, brachten Geschenke, rissen Wände ein und brachten mich Verirrten wieder zurück ans lebendige Herz der Welt.

wild[e] thought for today

 

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LOVE OSCAR WILDE ♥ 

die illusion der verblendung

alles ist so schnell vorbei... wir machen's uns auch einfach nicht leicht!

be beautiful

☮ ❤ ☼

To be beautiful means to be yourself.

You don’t need to be accepted by others.

You need to accept yourself.

✿~ Thich Nhat Hanh
(¯`♥´¯).✫*
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the planet is fine - the people are fucked

♥ “Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.”
― George Carlin ♥

wien - berlin - praha

not all those who wander are lost

All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken.

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,

The crownless again shall be king.

~ a poem written by J. R. R. Tolkien

go get some ♥

däncing with tears in my eyes ♥

Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes von EMI_Music

what counts in the end

Nurse Reveals Top 5 Regrets of the Dying

From Arise India Forum:

“For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives

People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality. I learnt never to underestimate someone’s capacity for growth. Some changes were phenomenal. Each experienced a variety of emotions, as expected, denial, fear, anger, remorse, more denial and eventually acceptance. Every single patient found their peace before they departed though, every one of them.

When questioned about any regrets they had or anything they would do differently, common themes surfaced again and again. Here are the most common five:

1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.

This was the most common regret of all. When people realise that their life is almost over and look back clearly on it, it is easy to see how many dreams have gone unfulfilled. Most people had not honoured even a half of their dreams and had to die knowing that it was due to choices they had made, or not made.

It is very important to try and honour at least some of your dreams along the way. From the moment that you lose your health, it is too late. Health brings a freedom very few realise, until they no longer have it.


2. I wish I didn’t work so hard.

This came from every male patient that I nursed. They missed their children’s youth and their partner’s companionship. Women also spoke of this regret. But as most were from an older generation, many of the female patients had not been breadwinners. All of the men I nursed deeply regretted spending so much of their lives on the treadmill of a work existence.

By simplifying your lifestyle and making conscious choices along the way, it is possible to not need the income that you think you do. And by creating more space in your life, you become happier and more open to new opportunities, ones more suited to your new lifestyle.


3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.

Many people suppressed their feelings in order to keep peace with others. As a result, they settled for a mediocre existence and never became who they were truly capable of becoming. Many developed illnesses relating to the bitterness and resentment they carried as a result.

We cannot control the reactions of others. However, although people may initially react when you change the way you are by speaking honestly, in the end it raises the relationship to a whole new and healthier level. Either that or it releases the unhealthy relationship from your life. Either way, you win.


4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.

Often they would not truly realise the full benefits of old friends until their dying weeks and it was not always possible to track them down. Many had become so caught up in their own lives that they had let golden friendships slip by over the years. There were many deep regrets about not giving friendships the time and effort that they deserved. Everyone misses their friends when they are dying.

It is common for anyone in a busy lifestyle to let friendships slip. But when you are faced with your approaching death, the physical details of life fall away. People do want to get their financial affairs in order if possible. But it is not money or status that holds the true importance for them. They want to get things in order more for the benefit of those they love. Usually though, they are too ill and weary to ever manage this task. It is all comes down to love and relationships in the end. That is all that remains in the final weeks, love and relationships.


5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.

This is a surprisingly common one. Many did not realise until the end that happiness is a choice. They had stayed stuck in old patterns and habits. The so-called ‘comfort’ of familiarity overflowed into their emotions, as well as their physical lives. Fear of change had them pretending to others, and to their selves, that they were content. When deep within, they longed to laugh properly and have silliness in their life again.

When you are on your deathbed, what others think of you is a long way from your mind. How wonderful to be able to let go and smile again, long before you are dying.
(Source: t.co)

sweet memories ♥

wenn du dich im moment einfach frei fallen lässt

und du aufgefangen wirst

von einem flauschig-wohlig-warmen zuckerwattemeer

wenn du einfach hinausschreien willst in die welt

und du sanft im innersten

das echo in deinem herzen leise vibrieren fühlst

wenn du lieben menschen tief in die augen schaust

und du fast zerschmilzt

weil du sie so magst, dich selbst in ihnen siehst

dann verschwindet das gestern im heute von morgen

und was bleibt bist du

im freien fall, im leisen schrei, im tiefen blick

ins innen, ins selbst
du

 ♥

why worry

Oh soul,

you worry too much.

You have seen your own strength.

You have seen your own beauty.

You have seen your golden wings.

Of anything less,

why do you worry?

You are in truth

the soul, of the soul, of the soul.

~ Rumi

zwei pfade//two paths - an inspiration//eine inspiration

i love sui solitaire! especially this post:

you know what everyone's greatest fear is?

an excerpt:

Living, truly living my passion, today on May 18th, 2011, is scary.


In fact, it …


I can see it now.


My life. Two paths. Or a million and one. And that one is the one I need to take, and that other million might just be one.


The one is the safe path. The one where I get a paycheck; where I don’t have to worry or challenge myself or face my fears. The safe path. The easy way. The path I live to be happy. Just happy, content. Almost… obedient. Submissive. Submitted. Surrendered. (And probably in not the best states of health.)


The other is the true path for me. Exciting, exhilarating. Doing what I love, living my passion and not caring if I fail. Not caring if I fall flat on my face. Loving life, loving what I do, being excited and feeling blessed and grateful every, single, moment. Enjoying everything. Challenging myself. Growing. Giving myself ridiculous challenges and strengthening myself with each new victory, with each conquer. Sharpening my sword with life.


And the first path is tempting. Because I want a simple life; I don’t need much. I have tons of abundance regardless of the number in a computer at the bank.


But the second path is unknown. Requires my own hustling. Requires rapid, insane, radical growth. Requires changes and challenges.


And that’s why I know in my heart that the second path is what I’m meant to take if I want to have a life worth living. That if I settled for anything less, it would be the end of me.


I will remember what it’s like to be a kid again, to be playful with this. I will be excited just because I’m trying something new and I don’t know how it’ll turn out. Oh, childlike wonder..!


I will take it step by step. I will go as much as I can, building up my strength and courage until I can blaze a new trail and travel on that trail.

and:

I want euphoria, I want to chase dreams, I want to feel so much of life that I cry and laugh without restraint all in the same moment.

Life is meant to be delicious and full of passion.

Life is meant to feel alive.

Read more here: http://s.rvxn.org/flying-or-falling/

mitfreude + bhagavad gita

>> sich mit anderen mitzufreuen, ohne neid, ohne missgunst, ist eine gabe, die man nur selbst in sich entwickeln kann und soll und es kann anfangs sehr schwer fallen. dennoch, man muss seinen willen und  seine aufmerksamkeit schulen, denn glück zu empfinden, ist das, wonach wir im grunde streben und wer fähig ist, an anderer glück ehrlich teilzuhaben, erlebt viel mehr glück als jene_r, der_die leid empfindet. so heißt es in der bhagavad gita: "wenn ein mensch auf die freuden eines anderen in der art reagiert, als wären es seine eigenen, hat er die höchste ebene der geistigen vereinigung erreicht. <<

guten morgen, welt ♥

usual life thoughts + new blogs

just found these beautiful blogs:

zoe, with gratitude

zoe & the beatles

and my soul sister is going to this awesome sounding eco-village gathering in nicaragua.

and i'm sitting in my room, studying german linguistics :)

i love the idea of blogging about things i am grateful for, so i might start doing that over at my other creation (bliss being ~ being bliss) - i wasn't sure about what to do with it anyway :)

i feel drawn to the idea of living in a community in nature more again... it comes in waves... on one side i feel the need to pursue an academic career (see below: cognition science as a goal and stuff), but on the other side, i just wanna have a peaceful piece of land and live a love-filled life with people who are dear to me. together. close to "nature". my parents are searching for a farm house with some land. 

i know i could make this dream come true, i am just a tiny wee bit scared. going back to uni is giving me the illusion of having security in this society, at least a little bit. and i do love learning about all kinds of things. i like studying. i have fun studying languages. it's just that whenever i am doing yoga, dancing or something permaculture related... i feel more whole and more home in love. if that makes any sense. [well, it doesn't have to.]

this blog was created because i felt the need to share my crazy outbursts of self-realization with the universe - openly and with authenticity. so, here are my doubts and my dreams about a very simple life... shared with like-minded people. (hearing a beatle song playing in the living room this moment, hehe, nice, i like synchronicities - see blog above).

because... happiness, on one side, is felt inside.

and i can be happy anywhere. on my own.

but on the other side...

... is happiness only real when it's shared?

CogSci links

Catalog of Neurocognitive Courses in Austria

Cognitive Science Society's Journal Archive

Texts about Cognitive Science

Mind Papers

Gesellschaft für Kognitionswissenschaft

Cognitive Science Society

The European Society for Cognitive Psychology

Department of Cognitive Biology (University of Vienna)

Brain, Performance and Nutrition Research Centre

plus: dieser master [MSc in Medicinal Plants and Functional Foods] hört sich auch nicht schlecht an... 

goal: master in cognition science

The Middle European interdisciplinary master programme in Cognitive Science (MEi:CogSci) is a joint master's programme, which is offered jointly by the following institutions:

• University of Vienna (coordinating partner) (& Medical University of Vienna)
• Comenius University in Bratislava
• Budapest University of Technology and Economics
• Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
• University of Ljubljana
• University of Zagreb

As this curriculum is conceptualised as a joint master's programme, ultimately a joint academic degree will be awarded by the participating institutions. The concept of a joint degree includes a 30 ECTS of student mobility.

Cognitive Science

Cognitive science is an interdisciplinary project involving different scientific fields in science, technology, and the humanities, dealing with the phenomena of cognition - perception, reasoning, thinking, and behaviour - from an interdisciplinary perspective. Cognitive science grew out of the cybernetics movement in the 1950s and has seen a number of paradigm changes since. Anthropology, Artificial intelligence, Biology, Linguistics, Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Psychology have emerged as core disciplines.

The question of human cognition is older than science. One could see the question who we are as one of the very traits that make us human. Cognitive science takes a fresh approach in looking at the phenomena involved from different angles, taking up a question which is deeply philosophical and looking at it in an interdisciplinary manner through the eyes of different disciplinces and scientific methods, frequently testing models by computer simulation or by building robots, conducting experiments, and neuroimaging. This kind of approach gains fundamental importance as it deals with the fundamental substrate of our knowledge-based society.

Interdisciplinarity

Interdisciplinary study programmes are challenging: Coming from one field, each student will have to gain insight into other major disciplines involved. Students will have to acquire the basics, gain insight into different experimental methods, and at the same time learn to engage in an interdisciplinary discourse and gain practical experience in interdisciplinary work, partly in an intercultural environment. The goal is to educate researchers. Thus, "knowing a little bit of everything" will not suffice; students will have to gain profound conceptual knowledge as well as solid methodological research skills. Two years are a relatively short time to reach such sophisticated educational goals. Thus, a curricular architecture has been developed to help students meet these goals; this will mainly occur through the integrative kernel of the curriculum.

Qualification Profile and Job Possibilities

The programme provides graduates with the necessary theoretical / intellectual and empirical tools to pursue an academic career (Ph.D. programme) in cognitive science or in one of the disciplines related to it. Apart from basic research graduates in cognitive science increasingly find work in applied research. Depending on the direction of specialisation, prospective career fields include the IT-sector (interaction design, usability, Computer Supported Cooperative Work, knowledge management, etc.), education, and biomedical and clinical research, as well as economy. The generic skills (such as teamwork, ability to communicate, reflection and evaluation skills, ability to quickly learn and adapt) acquired by graduates are of use in a variety of careers in the private sector. Graduates of cognitive science are especially suited to work in highly interdisciplinary area, bringing experience in mediating between disciplines. These include the fields of IT and education (see above), as well as the areas of consulting, human resources, and science writing.

Cognitive science and related study programmes have been implemented in many European countries over the past ten years; the DFG (“Deutsche Forschungs-gemeinschaft“/German Research Foundation) has determined cognitive science to be one of twelve most relevant areas of research. However, graduates of cognitive science do not necessarily pursue an academic career. A recent survey in the Netherlands with graduates from cognitive science and AI programmes shows that the students found jobs within three months after graduating, many even before. 63% have tenure, 27% temporary contracts, 10% start their own company. 22% work at universities, 10% government, 10% research, 41% ICT, 7% financials, 7% consultancy. 78% of the students are very satisfied with their jobs.

fromm: über bedingungsloses grundeinkommen

zitate von erich fromm gefunden auf: grundeinkommen.ch

“Das garantierte Einkommen würde nicht nur aus dem Schlagwort “Freiheit” eine Realität machen, es würde auch ein tief in der religiösen und humanistischen Tradition des Westens verwurzeltes Prinzip bestätigen, daß der Mensch unter allen Umständen das Recht hat zu leben. Dieses Recht auf Leben, Nahrung und Unterkunft, auf medizinische Versorgung, Bildung usw. ist ein dem Menschen angeborenes Recht, das unter keinen Umständen eingeschränkt werden darf, nicht einmal im Hinblick darauf, ob der Betreffende für die Gesellschaft “von Nutzen ist”.”

“Wenn die Idee den Menschen innerlich berührt, wird sie zu einer der mächtigsten Waffen, weil sie Begeisterung und Hingabe weckt und die menschliche Energie stärkt und in bestimmte Bahnen lenkt. … Die große Chance für alle, die eine neue Richtung einschlagen wollen, liegt darin, dass sie Ideen haben, während ihre Gegner nur über abgenützte Ideologien verfügen.”

"law is an opinion with a gun"

essen für ein gesundes gehirn

love your mitochondria and your mitochondria will love you!

hunter gatherer nutrition & neuroscience // brain health. love it.

mindful eating

als ich mit dem lesen am ende dieses artikels von thich nhat hanh angekommen war, spürte ich tränen in meinen augen. so voller weisheit. so einfach und so schön. achtsames essen = something very powerful. genauso wie achtsames, bewusstes atmen - achtsames, bewusstes leben als ganzes.

Mindful eating is very pleasant. We sit beautifully. We are aware of the people that are sitting around us. We are aware of the food on our plates. This is a deep practice. Each morsel of food is an ambassador from the cosmos. When we pick up a piece of a vegetable, we look at it for half a second. We look mindfully to really recognize the piece of food, the piece of carrot or string bean. We should know that this is a piece of carrot or a string bean. We identify it with our mindfulness: "I know this is a piece of carrot. This is a piece of string bean." It only takes a fraction of a second.

When we are mindful, we recognize what we are picking up. When we put it into our mouth, we know what we are putting into our mouth. When we chew it, we know what we are chewing. It's very simple.

Some of us, while looking at a piece of carrot, can see the whole cosmos in it, can see the sunshine in it, can see the earth in it. It has come from the whole cosmos for our nourishment.

You may like to smile to it before you put it in your mouth. When you chew it, you are aware that you are chewing a piece of carrot. Don't put anything else into your mouth, like your projects, your worries, your fear, just put the carrot in.

And when you chew, chew only the carrot, not your projects or your ideas. You are capable of living in the present moment, in the here and the now. It is simple, but you need some training to just enjoy the piece of carrot. This is a miracle.

I often teach "orange meditation" to my students. We spend time sitting together, each enjoying an orange. Placing the orange on the palm of our hand, we look at it while breathing in and out, so that the orange becomes a reality. If we are not here, totally present, the orange isn't here either.

There are some people who eat an orange but don't really eat it. They eat their sorrow, fear, anger, past, and future. They are not really present, with body and mind united.

When you practice mindful breathing, you become truly present. If you are here, life is also here. The orange is the ambassador of life. When you look at the orange, you discover that it is nothing less than fruit growing, turning yellow, becoming orange, the acid becoming sugar. The orange tree took time to create this masterpiece.

When you are truly here, contemplating the orange, breathing and smiling, the orange becomes a miracle. It is enough to bring you a lot of happiness. You peel the orange, smell it, take a section, and put it in your mouth mindfully, fully aware of the juice on your tongue. This is eating an orange in mindfulness. It makes the miracle of life possible. It makes joy possible.

The other miracle is the Sangha, the community in which everyone is practicing in the same way. The woman sitting next to me is also practicing mindfulness while eating her breakfast. How wonderful! She is touching the food with mindfulness. She is enjoying every morsel of her breakfast, like me. We are brother and sister on the path of practice. From time to time we look at each other and smile. It is the smile of awareness. It proves that we are happy, that we are alive. It is not a diplomatic smile. It is a smile born from the ground of enlightenment, of happiness.

That smile has the power to heal. It can heal you and your friend. When you smile like that, the woman next to you will smile back. Before that, maybe her smile was not completely ripe. It was ninety percent ripe. If you offer her your mindful smile, you will give her the energy to smile one hundred percent.

When she is smiling, healing begins to take place in her. You are very important for her transformation and healing. That is why the presence of brothers and sisters in the practice is so important. This is also why we don't talk during breakfast. If we talk about the weather or the political situation in the Middle East, we can never say enough.

We need the silence to enjoy our own presence and the presence of our Dharma brothers and sisters. This kind of silence is very alive, powerful, nourishing, and transforming. It is not oppressive or sad. Together we can create this kind of noble silence.

Sometimes it is described as "thundering silence" because it is so powerful.

by Thich Nhat Hanh

einfach zen

ein zen-meister lebte das einfachste leben, in einer kleinen hütte am fuße eines berges. eines nachts schlüpfte ein dieb in die hütte, als der meister nicht zugegen war, doch er erkannte schnell, dasss es dort gar nichts zu stehlen gab, so bescheiden lebte der meister. diesr kam plötzlich zurück und überraschte den dieb. er hielt den flüchtenden auf und sagte zu ihm: "du bist den weiten weg zu mir gekommen und sollst nicht mit leeren händen wieder gehen. alles, was ich dir geben kann, sind meine kleider, bitte nimm sie an dich." mit diesen worten streifte er sein letztes hemd ab und der dieb ging damit beschämt seines weges.

der meister setzte sich nackt vor seine hütte und betrachtete den mond. "armer kerl", sagte er, "ich wünschte, ich hätte ihm diesen herrlichen mond schenken können!"

[eine zen-weisheit aus: fernöstliche weisheiten für jeden tag des jahres. hrsg. von cordula blahut. wien: tosa, 2003.]

alltag + carpe diem

in der früh aufstehen, das fenster öffnen, die augen durch einen weiten blick aufs weiß verschneite land sanft wecken. die luft tief einatmen. ausatmen. es hat minusgrade. wie erfrischend.

ins bad, gesicht waschen, zähne putzen - das übliche. gehört dazu. meinem spiegelbild zulächeln und ab in die küche. ein tässchen oolong tee aufbrühen. daran riechen, es duftet nach maiblumen - schönheit in einer tasse.

yoga. surya namaskara. some asanas to gently make my muscles ready for the day. bowing to the sun, the new day, surrendering my being to love, expanding from within, tasting my limits. sweet.

feeling alive. schau aus dem fenster, es ist so schön, ein paar schneeflocken fallen sanft vom himmel. zieh mir meine lila laufschuhe an. und raus geht's. etwas eisig und daher rutschig, aber lustig. jogge durch den wald und übers feld. gefühl der freiheit und leichtigkeit...

Stop waiting. Feel everything. Love achingly. Give impeccably. 

Let go.

 - David Deida, The Way of the Superior Man

peace. compassion. love.

☮❤ ☼
“In oneself lies the whole world
and if you know how to look and learn,
the door is there and the key is in your hand.
Nobody on earth can give you either the key
or the door to open, except yourself.”

✿ ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

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schönheit

“The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It's the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows & the beauty of a woman only grows with passing years.”

― Audrey Hepburn

»-(¯`♥´¯)-» ♥
In understanding what beauty is, we shall know love,
for the understanding of beauty is the peace of the heart.

✿ ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
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interessiert an von und über

• Friedrich Nietzsche
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• Rudolf Steiner
• John Henry Mackay
• Max Stirner 
• Benjamin Tucker
• Oscar Wilde
• Henry David Thoreau
• Epikur
• Diogenes von Sinope
• Thich Nhat Hanh
• Gerald Hüther
• Francisco Varela
• Humberto Maturana
• Antonio Damasio
• Ernst von Glaserfeld
• Heinz von Förster
• Michel Foucault
• Paul Watzlawick
• Joseph Campbell
• Ken Wilber
• David Deida 
• Osho 
• Baba Ram Dass
• Alan Watts
• u.v.m. 

lachen = medizin

i think  george carlin  was a genius. his stuff really makes me laugh - and think. i love it. this is really, really good medicine. u gotta have humor - and lots of it - in this world. at this time.

Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

Not only do I not know what's going on, I wouldn't know what to do about it if I did.

Smug, greedy, well-fed white people have invented a language to conceal their sins. It's as simple as that. The CIA doesn't kill anybody anymore, they neutralize people, or they depopulate the area. The government doesn't lie, it engages in disinformation. The Pentagon actually measures nuclear radiation in something they call sunshine units. Contra killers are called freedom fighters. Well, if crime fighters fight crime, and firefighters fight fires, what do freedom fighters fight?

So I say live and let live. That's my motto. Live and let live. Anyone who can't go along with that, take him outside and shoot the motherfucker. It's a simple philosophy, but it's always worked in our family.

[requiescat in pace]

»Stell dir vor, es ist Staat und keiner macht mit.«

das wär doch mal was.

ich hab da ein paar interessante links zum schmökern entdeckt:

politisches:

freiwillig frei

voluntarist

free domain radio 

- ok, ok, letztere website kenn ich schon länger, aber muss wieder öfter reinschaun. hab stef's bücher immer noch nicht gelesen. es gibt da auch noch das ludwig von mises institute - aber ich hab noch nicht wirklich reingesehen und mit der "österreichischen schule" identifiziere ich mich auch nicht wirklich. (das tu ich mit kommunismus ehrlich gesagt auch nicht und ich lese trotzdem straßen aus zucker). bin eben ein freigeist, der anarchie anhimmelt und sich verschiedene ideen einverleibt - ich muss ja nicht alles schlucken - das, was mir nicht passt, spuck ich gerne wieder aus. ;)

psychedelisches:

neurosoup

- besonders interessant ist für mich das interview mit ken wilber über ayahuasca, das ich mir demnächst ansehen will.

lichter

we need tribes

shit new age girls say

this is soooo funny. und es ist soooo wahr, haha. ja, ich erkenne teilweise mich selbst, aber auch freund_innen darin wieder - und das macht es nur noch lustiger.

über sich selbst lachen können ist sowieso am schönsten.

nur eine anmerkung: ich mag weder eckhart tolle noch deepak chopra. dafür andere "new age-ige" autor_innen umso mehr. ;)

happy 2012 :)