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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.

Fearing – the song

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Michaela

Fearing is Track 3 on The Amygdaloids‘ Theory of My Mind CD on the Knock Out Noise label.

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The capacity to discover

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Michaela

Gangaji on difficult decisions, death and surrender. Life is a teaching story…  “Awakening is endless” – A conversation between Tami Simon and Gangaji

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We don’t need a reason…

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Michaela

The shared experience of absurdity. An inspiration. Watch how in the end he feels compelled to address the common critique to his action ” These people have too much time on their hands”. This does say something about our addiction … Continue reading →

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How do you live your dream ?

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Michaela

Listening to Orpheus (8) This series is really about discovering the creative flow in all of us. How do you approach it, how do you work with it and how do you align the appearance of the outside world with … Continue reading →

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Orpheus entering the Hades

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Michaela

 Listening to Orpheus (11) The second movement of Beethoven’s 4th piano concerto is said to have been  been inspired by Orpheus entering the Hades. L v Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 G Major – II. Andante con moto, D Barenboim

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The trees gather around Orpheus

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Michaela

   THE TREES GATHER AROUND ORPHEUS There was a hill whose summit was an open level plain with fresh green turf, a place which had no shade. But when that poet, born of gods, sat down and struck his lyre … Continue reading →

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The notion of self

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Michaela

Adyashanti on the process and  illusion of “self” From a talk Jan 18,2012 (about 1,5 hrs)

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A god can do it

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Michaela

A god can do it. But will you tell me how a man can enter through the lyre’s strings? Our mind is split. And at the shadowed crossing of heart-roads, there is no temple for Apollo. Song, as you have … Continue reading →

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The linden tree

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Michaela

Listening to Orpheus (10) Today I took a photograph of the 600 years old linden tree standing  in the old courtyard of the Eroica House.  Ludwig van  Beethoven lodged there  over the summer until late autumn of 1803 and  wrote … Continue reading →

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When you see a lofty mountain

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Michaela

When you see a lofty mountain Be reminded of the inner view: The view is the teacher’s mind, Inseperable from the nature of your own. When you see a lovely forest, Be reminded of experiences and realization: Have no hopes … Continue reading →

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