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The existence of self-healing powers is certainly undisputed. We seem – at least in principle – to be able to heal all possible of our mental concerns and physical illnesses – If it is so intended on our way. (I add this restriction with regard to a round of talks I attended some time ago,…

There was a time when I found many things I had to do pointless. „My goodness, what a waste of time. There’s no point at all! What better things could I do with my time! “ At some point I realized that meaning cannot be found in the things you do, or that it is…

According to a scientific sociological study, it is good for people to spend time in the great outdoors – in green spaces. Blood pressure and stress levels drop, people become calmer, happier and more content – and more self-confident. Conclusion of the study: „More green spaces in the work and office districts!“ The idea that…

A woman once visited an acquaintance who had moved to Freiburg, on the edge of the Black Forest, where she held small nature seminars and the like. The visitor: „How great this is! So close to the forest! In this wonderful landscape! And the work! With the spirits of nature! How beautiful! I want to…

„What are your plans for the garden land? Do you want to lease some next year?“ Eva asks. I remain silent for a while in response to her question and, collecting my thoughts, let my gaze wander, blinking, over the fields glowing black in the deep November sun. They have already been plowed, then harrowed,…

Just now, a man with a delivery truck was standing in front of our door. He handed me a package with the words. „You could have had this yesterday. But the truck couldn’t get here. I’ve already had trouble, too. „It resonated criticism that our impossible choice of residence caused such problems and additional expenses.…

Does the path always have to be difficult? No matter where you read, it always says: Heaven doesn’t like the easy way. Or something like that. At least in the original texts. (Not in current literature. That is subject to economic considerations. Such unattractive statements would lead to loss of sales). It may not be…

The idea that the knowledge of the world could be exhausted by the perceptions of the five senses known to us alone is not plausible on somewhat closer examination. The image of a person who enters a house that is strange to him, stops in the hallway and now asserts the following (with full fervor…

We actually kneel rather rarely. Maybe when we want to find out where the oil stain on our driveway comes from. Then we kneel down next to our car. Or when a euro has rolled under our kitchen cupboard. Then we also kneel down once and investigate the coin. The reference is usually rather worldly…

When we walk barefoot through the woods, we reach the sacred places. Because when we walk barefoot, our mind is busy looking at the ground, not letting us step into a branch or thorn or cone. The right path then finds itself. Without a plan or a goal or a suggestion or a guess or…