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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.

Song of the rain

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Michaela

By Khalil Gibran

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24 hours after Hiroshima

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Michaela

August 6, 1945. Experience the second-by-second events just moments before an atomic bomb is used on people for the first time in human history.The use of atomic weapons brought a quick end to World War II, but at an incredible … Continue reading →

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The last straw

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Michaela

By Stephen S. Roach, The Chinese have long admired America’s economic dynamism. But they have lost confidence in America’s government and its dysfunctional economic stewardship. That message came through loud and clear in my recent travels to Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, and … Continue reading →

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Now

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Michaela

By  Jim Angus I am a Canadian songwriter wishing to share my new song called “NOW” with you and your group. 

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The limitation of science

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Michaela

By Tony Rothman Each February, I begin the introductory electricity and magnetism course at Princeton University by telling my students that the material we will cover during the semester provides the basis for modern civilisation. Who could quibble with such an … Continue reading →

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Battle

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Michaela

A Libyan girl stood near the pockmarked wall of a home on the outskirts of Tripoli.

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Second Great Contraction

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Michaela

By Kenneth Rogoff  Why is everyone still referring to the recent financial crisis as the “Great Recession”? The term, after all, is predicated on a dangerous misdiagnosis of the problems that confront the United States and other countries, leading to bad … Continue reading →

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The promise that is never kept

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Michaela

A talk with Adyashanti about ” the place of not knowing” and addiction. What does it mean to rest in the unknown and how do we pierce through the many addictions that keep in the seemingly infinite loop of incarnation … Continue reading →

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Famine

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Michaela

Millions of famished Somalis have two bleak choices: they can beg for help from a weak, corrupt and divided transitional government, or remain in areas controlled by the Shabab, the ruthless, Al Qaeda-linked group that rules much of southern Somalia … Continue reading →

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Feeling into the being

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Michaela

Another deep enquiry with Adyashanti on the subjects of humility, compassion, letting go of the self, more on open-heartedness and how to find clarity and wisdom beyond fear. The first part is called ” The other 50 percent”  and can … Continue reading →

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