One spring night I was sitting in my room and browsing the web. The window was open, allowing the moon and the wind and the darkness to enter. Nights like these had soothed my spirit since I was a little girl. I stumbled upon an obscure piece of writing talking...
The question of whether we have free will or not is usually considered one of the biggies. But anyone who spends some time thinking about this will realize that it’s actually not that mysterious. I’m not sure if there is still debate about this. Most likely...
There is a German word that wonderfully expresses the non-specific discontent that gets us on the right track towards awakening or even a more, dare I say, authentic life where conditioning-riddled decisions, opinions, and actions are no longer the norm — Weltschmerz...
If you’ve been with me for a while, you might have noticed that I talk about two approaches here. On the one hand, I prattle on about the fact that your true nature is that always present undeniable awareness and all you need to “do” is glimpse it and...
Let’s assume you have all the survival needs covered. You have shelter, food, …well, that’s basically it. Now, what do you want? Everything you want from here on out is not because you need it. Through an intricate mechanism of countless...
Life is like one of those 3D dot pictures (aka autostereogram). You can spend all your time looking at the dots, never seeing the image. Most of us spend our whole lives looking only at the dots. But if you stare long enough or know what to look for...