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.

Means of Life (1)

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Michaela

Lately I have become really intrigued with the obsession of our Western society with food. I have written on other occasions about my own (past) passion for cooking and how it has been changing lately, transforming into something else. Moreover, … Continue reading →

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The wisdom of Rumi

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Michaela

Though fire’s heat be hidden in the midst of water, Yet a thousand boiling bubbles prove it present. Though the heat of the fire be working unseen, Yet its bubbles signify its presence plainly. In like manner, the members of … Continue reading →

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The last house of this village

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Michaela

The last house of this village stands as alone as if it were the last house in the world. The road, that the little village cannot hold, moves on slowly out into the night. The little village is but a … Continue reading →

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Cleaning out the attic

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Michaela

Imagine you had a glimpse of reality once and suddenly understood, you are not the plane two-dimensional being you thought you were, but there was another huge, multi-dimensional field in the beyondness of your own humanness, a vast nothingness that … Continue reading →

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Make new from old

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Michaela

All my life I have had a fascination with food and that was actually more than just a past time , it was a passion. I just love food, everything about it. The smell, the taste, the appearance, the texture, … Continue reading →

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Love

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Michaela

Love adorns itself; it seeks to prove inward joy by outward beauty. – R. Tagore

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I am too much alone in this world

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Michaela

I am much too alone in this world, yet not alone enough to truly consecrate the hour. I am much too small in this world, yet not small enough to be to you just object and thing,  dark and smart. I want … Continue reading →

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What I always have wanted to ask…

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Michaela

This is a new category based on an idea from Marta. A question will be posted asking for input and counsel regarding a specific challenge. Please use the comment section for your response. Q3: How do I go about finding … Continue reading →

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Jealousy

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Michaela

A while ago I listened to an interview with the British primatologist Jane Goodall. She talked about her life in Tanzania, observing and researching the behaviour of chimpanzees. Among others, one of her ground-breaking discoveries was the existence of emotions … Continue reading →

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The Battle of Love

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Michaela

This battle of Love is getting hotter. The source of it’s heat is beyond time and space: from the sparks of it’s fire the smoke of seven Hells is rising. But Hell is extinguished by Love’s burning. Hell says to … Continue reading →

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