Category Archives: The Window Seat

A place for reflection

When the mind is still, it is the perfect mirror.

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Michaela

If there are no thoughts or ideas to cloud the image, the reflection is clear and undisturbed. A quiet mind is like the surface of a lake on a calm day. If it is holding thougths or ideas, the reflection … Continue reading →

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The nightmare of awakening

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Michaela

The nightmare of awakening Awakening means to wake up from the dream of “me” as a separate entity. It means to open the eyes and understand who I really am. This recognition is a blissful moment of grace touching my … Continue reading →

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There is nowhere to go

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Michaela

Leading a spiritual life means to get comfortable living paradoxes. So what is a paradox then ? Basically it is a statement of an apparent contradiction that expresses a non-dual truth. Puzzlement is the new clarity and “There is nowhere to go” … Continue reading →

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Freedom means to leave everything as it is

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Michaela

Freedom means to leave everything as it is. Freedom is what awakening is all about. It is the realisation that the unthinkable is entirely possible and at that even within reach. It is right there, here in front of us … Continue reading →

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The key to liberation

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Michaela

Eckhart Tolle says: „ The present moment holds the key to liberation. But you cannot find the present moment as long as you are your mind”. Spiritual teachings are pointers and have to be experienced to be understood. To take … Continue reading →

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Measure for Measure

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Michaela

A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.” Allow me a few thoughts to start off the subject, because it is … Continue reading →

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Giving is receiving

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Michaela

Why is it is more blessed to give than to receive ? There is no answer yet and I don’t blame you because I could not find one either. Actually, I think it is not true. I hope this is … Continue reading →

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On Faith

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Michaela

It occurs to me that “faith” is another lovely paradox. If we take the dualistic pair “belief – doubt” then both rely on a mental fixation, or something I “know”. However, if I look at faith, I do not really … Continue reading →

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Fear points to our greatest strength

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Michaela

Fear is much more complex than just a thought or a pattern. Fear is an emotion, an intrinsic process triggered by a more or less conscious perception and it’s subsequent interpretation. I think there is an instinctual component to fear … Continue reading →

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Fear is the demon. Fear is the protector

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Michaela

Fear is our protector. Fear is the demon of the past. In the Vedic philosophy of creation, fear arose in the moment the „I“ came into being. If there is a sense of I, there is also the instinct to … Continue reading →

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