Thoughts about forgiveness
What does it mean to forgive? How is it even possible to forgive, when all we want is to seek cover in the trenches, not to come out until our…
Thoughts after a train ride
According to Suzuki Roshi´s “Zen-mind, Beginners Mind”, in order to find your true self you have to have faith in nothing, just like the statement there are nowhere to stand.…
Loneliness vs. aloneness
In 2014 I visited Varanasi, India. According to Hindu religion, Varanasi is considered the most sacred of the seven sacred cities, and it is one of the most auspicious places…
Self-acceptance and a green T-Shirt
After breakfast, my parents and I ended up talking about how to accept what is. How to accept the place in us, from which every concept about ourselves and the…
Where do I end and the World begin?
This question came up after having spent some time contemplating how to take responsibility for one´s own life, defining one´s own limits. How to separate what is ours from our…
Insights after facing doubt
In the Buddhist tradition, the five hindrances of the mind are identified as mental factors preventing us from progress in our daily lives. These are the ones deluding our judgmental…
Looking at ourselves
We all experience the world through our senses. In Buddhism, mind has been divided into what is called the ordinary mind and the big mind – Sem and Rigpa. The…
The more I let go of, the more is available
Today I traveled from Munich to Amsterdam. When boarding my plane, I noticed Krishna Das at the gate. He was one of many westerners traveling to India in the 70s…
Love is not there, it is here
One day in early spring I spoke with a friend of mine. She had just started on her second year of studying psychosynthesis, and I was curious to hear how…
Thoughts about belief
Here the other day we ended up talking about different beliefs. Why is it that we find it so hard trusting that there might be a solution to the various…
