Category Archives: The Window Seat

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Compassion

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Michaela

“You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion.” Meister Eckhart Contemplate this quote. I came upon it today and it struck a chord in me. I sat there for quite … Continue reading →

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Be still and the answers will come

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Michaela

    Be still and the answers will come. This is true every time and has replaced the obsessive thinking and scouring the brain for solutions, just to make the expectations fit – not the situation at hand. The answers … Continue reading →

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All is fair in love and war

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Michaela

The archetypal warrior is often mentioned in relation to the spiritual path. Did you ever ask yourself why that is ? The spiritual path is not for the faint-hearted. The truth about who we really are is about nothing or … Continue reading →

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Drop the baggage and dance

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Michaela

  ‘Just to be in your presence is the point of my life, cooked and drowned, nothinged, nowhere. Someone who has not dissolved still loves places. But you say, Leave. There is no place for you.’ (excerpted from Rumi’s poem … Continue reading →

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Addiction and Presence

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Michaela

We are all addicted. Addiction bears the handwriting of the ego. It takes a desire, a fixation, and it builds a stronghold around it. The energy of addiction is directed outward and it’s purpose is distraction. Distraction from all that … Continue reading →

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Leap of Faith

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Michaela

How do I find out my true purpose in life? I hear this question often and this is what most people in the course of a journey of awakening seem to be most interested in – how do I find … Continue reading →

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Keep me safe

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Michaela

„Do exactly what you would do if you felt most secure“ This quote from the 13th century mystic Meister Eckhart, made me contemplate today. There was a strong  sense of truth in it, that I could not put in words … Continue reading →

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Dolce far niente

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Michaela

The sweetness of doing nothing.   This is the quintessential Italian receipt for being happy. Just do nothing. Sit, look, smell, taste, hear, touch – and breath. This is not being lazy, this is just being totally immersed in what … Continue reading →

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The last fairy tale

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Martina

by Martina The other day I read : “Disney’s latest release Tangled, the modern take on the Rapunzel story, “will be the last fairy tale produced by Disney’s animation group for the foreseeable future,” according to the LA Times.” The end of … Continue reading →

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A stab in the back

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Michaela

On Sunday afternoon my back went out. This was kind of surprising, since I am not prone to back pain and moreover have not done anything that normally would have triggered it. There was suddenly a stabbing pain in my … Continue reading →

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