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.

Not knowing is true knowledge

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Michaela

A conversation between Justme and Michaela From the tao te ching Verse 71: Not knowing is true knowledge Presuming to know is a disease First realize that you are sick; then you can move towards health The Master is her … Continue reading →

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An act of love

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Michaela

Jacqueline du Pré and Daniel Barenboim Beethoven Sonata No.3 in A – 2nd movement Since the cello was married to the piano the upholder of moral standards may not have watched so closely…

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Teaching passion

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Michaela

Daniel Barenboim is teaching Lang Lang to play the Apassionata. It’s beautiful and intense. Thats what a warm teaching is all about – a connection between teacher and student, each receiving and giving at the same time. Somewhere he is … Continue reading →

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I am, O Anxious One

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Michaela

A poem by Rainer Maria Rilke I am, O Anxious One. Don’t you hear my voice surging forth with all my earthly feelings? They yearn so high, that they have sprouted wings and whitely fly in circles round your face. … Continue reading →

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Capture the light

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Michaela

Paintings by Herbert Brandl YouTube – Herbert Brandl 2 Deichtorhallen 2009 mit Musik 0001

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A wondrous voyage

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Michaela

When we wake up, we are starting a journey into the soul. This is a wondrous voyage, an exciting adventure of discovering our true Self. However, there are so many levels to the soul – or consciousness, and the journey … Continue reading →

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The nightmare of awakening

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Michaela

The nightmare of awakening Awakening means to wake up from the dream of “me” as a separate entity. It means to open the eyes and understand who I really am. This recognition is a blissful moment of grace touching my … Continue reading →

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The Sea

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Michaela

The Sea by Justme I stood before the ridging waves falling down then rising up, rolling forward effortlessly. Feet lowered in sinking sand as tiny tickles spread my toes Foaming white lusciousness, popped and fizzled Tiny objects pushed forward then … Continue reading →

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There is nowhere to go

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Michaela

Leading a spiritual life means to get comfortable living paradoxes. So what is a paradox then ? Basically it is a statement of an apparent contradiction that expresses a non-dual truth. Puzzlement is the new clarity and “There is nowhere to go” … Continue reading →

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River Tunes

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Michaela

Mediating the old and the new at Hamburg’s Elbe Philharmonic Hall by Herzog & de Meuron Elbe Philharmonic Hall

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