If you like what we are doing
-
Just out
- Following currents
- Athena the Weaver
- Worldwide
- Every story is ours
- Of Sacrifice and Snowdrops
- A thrilling journey
- Silent Night, Holy Night
- Appeal to eternity
- W.A. Mozart: Regina Coeli in C major, K. 276
- A wondrous comet appeared…
- The Oratorio of Joy
- Christmas Concerto
- For the first Sunday in Advent…
- Be joyful…
- Energy medicine : The Whole Story
What is new

Listening to Orpheus

Make New from Old

Featured

What is hot

What is cool

What is apropos

Come on in…
What we are talking about
Archives
When & what
December 2025 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 To the backroom
-
Join 227 other subscribers
Tag Archives: awakening
Leap of Faith
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
Fear
Siegfried is an innocent young man who grew up in isolation and has never felt fear. When he comes across the sleeping Brünnhilde and discovers his feelings for a woman he experiences a panic attack. To love a woman is … Continue reading
Posted in Classical Music, Toaster & Fridge
Tagged awakening, emotions, fear, Siegfried, Wagner
Leave a comment
Converging the Feminine and Masculine – 2
–by Paul These two principles create something like a dance between them. This dance takes place on many, many levels. To get a sense of this, look at the water on an ocean or large body of water, like a … Continue reading
Posted in Seeing myself in you, The Armchair
Tagged awakening, feminine principle, masculine principle, Relationships
2 Comments
The aviary
On my morning walks I sometimes pass an aviary – a large enclosure that gives the birds a larger living space that allows them to fly and is made to resemble the natural habitat. I often watch those birds – cockatoos … Continue reading
Posted in The Window Seat
Tagged Aviary, awakening, enquiry, freedom, know thyself, letting go, process of spiritual awakening, surrender
2 Comments
On Soulmates
I finally have an answer why the divorce rates are skyrocketing: it is because everyone wants to marry their soul mates. I never really gave much thought to the idea of soul mates, until one day I found myself being … Continue reading
Posted in The Crystal Mirror
Tagged awakening, Interpersonal relationship, John Welwood, love, Soulmate
5 Comments
Looking at oneself…
.. through the intelligence of the body by Paul In Brandon Bay’s book, “The Journey: A Road Map to the Soul,” she describes a process that she was given by an unidentified spiritual teacher. A student asked what to do … Continue reading
The Restless Mind
by Gale Early this morning, my old dog paced from one room to another, settling down for a few seconds only to get back up and put her nose to the door to be let out. Moments later she would … Continue reading
Posted in The Armchair
Tagged animal teacher, awakening, jack kornfield, mind, self-discovery
3 Comments
Conscious Teaching
By Paul I have been a music teacher (band and elementary “general” music as it is called in the United States) for 37 years. As careers go, for me, it has had the usual assortment of satisfying and frustrating moments … Continue reading
Posted in The Armchair
Tagged awakening, conscious teaching, Consciousness, Eckhart Tolle, education
4 Comments
A Hero’s Journey
An interview with Joseph Campbell on the meaning of mythology with regards to awakening. Many legends, stories and myths describe a certain evolution that is applicable to finding one’s path leading to transcendence and transformation. Heros are archetypes represented in … Continue reading






