Category Archives: The Coffee Table

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Happy Birthday to Michaela

Posted on October 7, 2010 by dsrtsng

A Birthday Haiku by Paul Fifty years of aliveness. Looking out from a silent place on the hill, All is complete in this moment.

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To Michaela!

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Angelika

Happy Birthday, Michaela! All of the best on this special day of yours! May your next 50 years be a celebration of Life! October, 8th 2010 Yours Geli

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The wisdom of Rumi

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Michaela

Say I am You I am dust particles in sunlight. I am the round sun. To the bits of dust I say, Stay. To the sun, Keep moving. I am morning mist, and the breathing of evening. I … Continue reading →

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My father was not a religious man, but he loved music. This is why we used to go to the Sacred Music Mass, performed each Sunday in Vienna’s St. Augustine Church. It is a beautiful gothic building, founded in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Classical Music, Music & Movies, Musica Sacra | Tagged Catholicism, Franz Schubert, Holy Spirit, Kyrie, Order of Mass | Leave a comment

Jonas in the Now + simplicity

Posted on October 5, 2010 by johngraham123

Jonas is our cat and like all cats he is an excellent example of being in the Now. Last Friday I had a hectic day with work, chores, etc. and I was running around juggling everything. In the afternoon I … Continue reading →

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October Morning

Posted on October 5, 2010 by dsrtsng

by Paul I left my apartment this morning, and the sky was clear and very large. There was a very thin sliver of the moon Faintly emerging from the bluish background. All the sounds around me were part of it, … Continue reading →

Posted in Books & Poetry, Original Poetry, Quotes & Mantras, The Armchair, The Coffee Table | Tagged awareness, Poetry, Presence | 1 Comment

Procrastination

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Michaela

A fun article on “wasting time” from this week’s New Yorker. By definition, procrastination means not doing, what one thinks they should be doing. So I wonder if this is really always such a bad thing and if there is … Continue reading →

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The next incarnation

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Michaela

A beautiful article on the Dalai Lama from this week’s New Yorker “The next incarnation” by Evan Osnos

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Come, sweet death

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Michaela

Franz Schubert left this world when he was only 31 years old. A few months before his death, in the summer of 1828, he composed his final instrumental work, the String Quintett in C Major. At the time … Continue reading →

Posted in Classical Music, Music & Movies | Tagged Cello, death, Franz Schubert, longing, Musical composition, pain | 1 Comment

Ghosts

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Michaela

Beethoven composed the piano trio in D, Op 70 “Ghost” in 1808, when he was nearly completely deaf and clearly in a mystical mood. The trio is dubbed “the Ghost Sonata” because of its strangely scored and undeniably eerie-sounding slow … Continue reading →