Category Archives: Kitchen Drawer

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A talk for world peace

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Michaela

The Dalai Lama giving a public teaching in front of the US Capitol in Washington DC, on July 9th 2011.  This is in conjunction with a 10 day Kalachakra Ritual – a major transformative teaching, that thousands of people are … Continue reading →

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Radical acceptance

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Michaela

By BENEDICT CAREY  Are you one of us? The patient wanted to know, and her therapist — Marsha M. Linehan of the University of Washington, creator of a treatment used worldwide for severely suicidal people — had a ready answer. It was … Continue reading →

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Don’t look outside

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Michaela

There is a life-force within your soul, seek that life. There is a gem in the mountain of your body, seek that mine. O traveler, if you are in search of That Don’t look outside, look inside yourself and seek … Continue reading →

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Some kiss we want

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Michaela

There is some kiss we want with our whole lives, the touch of spirit on the body. Seawater begs the pearl to break its shell. And the lily, how passionately it needs some wild darling! At night, I open the … Continue reading →

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Will & Wants

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Michaela

The spiritual path is inherently about letting go of desires and wants of any kind That which I think will make me happy – but even more so of that which prevents me from being fulfilled right now. Adyashanti: The Falling … Continue reading →

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God knows where I am

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Michaela

A griping article about a patient who rejects her diagnosis, refused all psychiatric medication and drifted to the edge of society. God Knows where I am

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Who am I ?

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Michaela

Jiddu Krishnamurti on the central question: Who am I ?

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A Smile and A Gentleness

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Michaela

There is a smile and a gentleness inside. When I learned the name  and address of that, I went to where you sell perfume. I begged you not  to trouble me so with longing. Come out and play! Flirt more … Continue reading →

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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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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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