Category Archives: The Coffee Table

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Laudate dominum

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Michaela

The laudate dominum is the opening verse of psalm 11. Laudate Dominum omnes gentes Laudate eum, omnes populi Quoniam confirmata est Super nos misericordia eius, Et veritas Domini manet in aeternum. Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat … Continue reading →

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The dark night

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Michaela

Stanzas of the Soul 1. One dark night, fired with love’s urgent longings – ah, the sheer grace! – I went out unseen, my house being now all stilled. 2. In darkness, and secure, by the secret ladder, disguised, – … Continue reading →

Posted in Books & Poetry | 3 Comments

Democratic movement

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Michaela

An interesting commentary on the revolution in Tunisia, Wikileaks and the involvement of US diplomacy and politics. Democratic movement

Posted in Room to Read, The world we live in Now | Tagged Democracy, Politics and Spirituality, Revolution | Leave a comment

I am a rock….

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Michaela

A winter’s day In a deep and dark December; I am alone, Gazing from my window to the streets below On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow. I am a rock, I am an island. I’ve built walls, A … Continue reading →

Posted in Zeitgeist Music | 3 Comments

Black Swan

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Michaela

Black Swan is a very unusual and very contemporary movie. I cannot remember ever having seen the discovery and gradual opening up to the possibility of living a life without the boundaries of limitations and control,in such an intensely impressive … Continue reading →

Posted in Music & Movies | Tagged surrender. letting go, Transformation | 1 Comment

Go deeply inside…

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Michaela

A reflection on a poem by Rilke In the past few weeks I have been reading Rainer Maria Rilke ( as you may very well have noticed by the choice of poems posted on this blog). Rilke was a serious … Continue reading →

Posted in Rilke's Reality | Tagged meaning, Rainer Maria Rilke, reflection | Leave a comment

Street dancing…

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Michaela

Such relentless beauty…. Thank you Lilli for finding this.

Posted in Music & Movies | 2 Comments

I think I’ll walk….

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Michaela

An excerpt from the new book of the neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis, who argues that brain-wave control of machines will allow the paralyzed to walk and portends a future of mind melds and thought downloads. Fascinating. Mind Out of Body Laboratory of … Continue reading →

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The witness of the moment

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Michaela

Vivian Maier was a street photographer whose work of over 100,000 prints was recently discovered. She was a extremely private person, whose past time was to walk the streets of New York and Chicago and take pictures of daily life … Continue reading →

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