Category Archives: The Window Seat

A place for reflection

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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New Year’s resolutions

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Michaela

Did you make some serious New Year’s resolutions? I used to like the few days leading up to New Years Eve. The old year was coming to an end, and the New Year felt so close, with all it’s promises … Continue reading →

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Dancing with the soul

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Michaela

On this journey there are many teacher – formal, informal, people, animals, objects, situations and there is really no limit as of what Life is using to guide us safely one step after the other. Every day I notice that … Continue reading →

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Be still and listen

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Michaela

  “If you fall in love with Me, I will mess you up, cultivate little, or I will ruin you.” This is a line from Rumi’s poem “I will mess you up”. Look at it, it is extremely beautiful and … Continue reading →

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Like a gnat against the wind

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Michaela

  “One who runs away is a gnat against the wind. One who runs away is a thief fleeing from moonlight. When god makes someone stubborn and ignorant, that person gives up Heaven’s lofty abode and flees to Hell Anyone … Continue reading →

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The core teaching

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Michaela

“The work of love is to create a window of the heart..” This is a stanza from the Rumi teaching “Open the Window” and I almost want to write it on a little post-it note to stuck it in all … Continue reading →

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In the spirit of Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Michaela

Christmas is about giving. But it is not the egoic “giving” that we encounter during the Christmas season in the Western society.  The abundance and extravagance, the gluttony and self-indulgence, the over-saturation and surfeit. There is another kind of giving: … Continue reading →

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The desire to merge

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Michaela

The desire to merge is based on an instinct. It is a deep knowing in all of us that ultimately all is the One. There is no division, no separation, no other. When we come to this earth, the experience … Continue reading →

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Water

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Michaela

Have you ever contemplated the meaning of water ? Water is one of the five elements, one of the building blocks of the universe. According to the myth of creation, water was born out of fire, and water is the … Continue reading →

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What Christmas is about

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Michaela

When I think of the time of Christmas in my childhood, I remember a sense of awe, mystery and sacredness. It was just there, for the six weeks weeks leading up to Christmas. The days were short, the nights were … Continue reading →

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