Author Archives: Michaela

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About Michaela

I am a wanderer and a wonderer, like you are. I love our journey and to walk in the company of friends – to learn, experience, share, laugh, cry and above all I simply love this marvelous, magical, mysterious life. I have no plan (cannot believe I am saying this) and my only intention is to be truthful to myself and others.

The tao is the way

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Michaela

I have come to marvel at occasion when I am able to observe a silent teachings unfolding. It helps me to understand the ” doing not-doing”, which is not passivity, far from it, but it is a state of high … Continue reading →

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Ready to be a doctor

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Michaela

The real reason I got into medicine was  because I liked the way hospitals smelled. It was that sharp, clinical scent of antiseptics I encountered on the few occasions one of us was rushed to the casualty department because of … Continue reading →

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Questions of Life

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Michaela

You always want to be present. Can you not just be ? Questions of Life are a tool for reflection. Let the question be with you and go deep. Make note of the answers

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Dying in beauty

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Michaela

Autumn is the time of transformation Watch the old dying in blazing and radiant beauty So excited to turn into something else.

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Kites

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Michaela

Watching the kites rise, dancing in the sky with a rattling sound

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Truth is always the safe choice

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Michaela

  A conversation between Geli and Michaela M: Good morning Geli, what shall we talk about today ? G:Good morning Michaela! I would like to talk about relationships and how my “being part of them” has changed during the process … Continue reading →

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Truth from the Tao-te-Ching

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Michaela

When I read this verse from the Tao-te-Ching I have to think a recent realisation: Whatever we do, we seem to be working on several levels. There is the gross physical level and this where we carry out action and … Continue reading →

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Symbols of separation

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Michaela

A recent debate on the Madonna-whore complex made me contemplate the appeal of the subject, together with the multiple layers that are revealed. I do believe that any of these “concepts” are valuable pointers, indicating something in us that needs … Continue reading →

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Mother, hear a suppliant child !

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Michaela

For Martina with best wishes: Franz Schubert – Ellens Gesang Nr 3 – Ave Maria

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Cancer World

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Michaela

A brilliant article on cancer from this weeks’s New Yorker: Cancer World The more science tells us about the cancer cell, the more it resembles us. It wants to grow and multiply, as we do, but it doesn’t know how … Continue reading →

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