Category Archives: The Kitchen

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On being wrong

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Michaela

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Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure — and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in … Continue reading →

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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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The Black Mountain

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Michaela

Grossglockner is Austria’s highest peak and the eastern Alps’ most impressive summit. Rising to a height of almost 3900 meters, the ‘BLACK MOUNTAIN’ towers over an Alpine natural paradise.

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The living cathedral

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Michaela

St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna

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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 →

Posted in Awakening & Medicine, The world we live in Now | Tagged Awakening and Health, Marsha M. Linehan, Mental disorder, Mental Health, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness | 1 Comment

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

Posted in Awakening & Medicine, Room to Read | Tagged Mental Health | 4 Comments