Author Archives: Michaela

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.

Want the change

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Michaela

Want the change. Be inspired by the flame where everything shines as it disappears. The artist, when sketching, loves nothing so much as the curve of the body as it turns away. What locks itself in sameness has congealed. It … Continue reading →

Two kinds of Intelligence

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Michaela

There are two kinds of intelligence: one acquired, as a child in school memorizes facts and concepts from books and from what the teacher says, collecting information from the traditional sciences as well as from the new sciences. With such … Continue reading →

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Money, Sex and Power

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Michaela

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the once popular chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), was taken off a plane and arrested for the attack and attempted rape of a chambermaid in a hotel in New York. This incidence left the political and … Continue reading →

Posted in The world we live in Now | Tagged Business and Economy, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Economic, European Union, Greece, International Monetary Fund, Monetary System | 4 Comments

You ask that I forget you ?

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Michaela

I love to watch artists at work. This is a working session of the Bulgarian mezzo-soprano Vesselina Kasarova & Nikolaus Harnoncourt animating the aria “Ch’io mi scordi di te?” from Mozart’s ” La clemeza di Tito”. (The conversation is in … Continue reading →

Posted in Classical Music | Tagged Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Vesselina Kasarova, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 4 Comments

Healthy Business

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Michaela

I just read an article that health insurers (in the US) are making record profits. The reason for this is due to hefty premiums, but also that many people seem to postpone care, because they cannot afford the co-payments for … Continue reading →

Posted in The world we live in Now | Tagged Chronic (medicine), Health, Health care, Insurance, Medicare, Medicine | Leave a comment

The mystery of God in a broken world

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Michaela

By Randall C Archibold As a poet, novelist and essayist, Javier Sicilia tapped a deep strain of Catholicism to obsess over “the mystery of God in a broken world,” as he put it two years ago when he was awarded … Continue reading →

Posted in The world we live in Now | Tagged death, Drug Traficking, Juan Francisco, Poetry, Purpose of Life | Leave a comment

Thee name is Truth

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Michaela

The Mul Mantra ੴ ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ Ik oaŉkār saṯ nām karṯā purakẖ nirbẖa o nirvair akāl mūraṯ ajūnī saibẖaŉ gur parsāḏ. One Universal Creator God. The Name Is Truth. … Continue reading →

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