It is very satisfying to discover a genre or a musician I don’t know well yet and with whom I click instantaneously. Reinhardt Buhr, born in South Africa in 1988, composes for God, in gratitude for his sobriety. That sounds a bit sterile in words, but his music is incredibly rich, juicy, surprising, meditative andContinue reading “New Discovery In Music”
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Make the Good Famous
What a pleasant surprise when you hear a previously almost unknown musician or band on the radio or while walking through a mall. You have known them for a few years, because you love music. Not because you gravitate to “alternative”, but because you gravitate to quality music. Though now mainstream music covers hoes andContinue reading “Make the Good Famous”
The Gold of Love and the Brass of Self-Assertion
The phrase “I love you” is often used for reasons of seduction, self-centredness (“I love myself .. when you are around”), therapeutically (“I am feeling awkward and don’t know what else to say”). Maybe that is fine? It just does not mean what it says: “I love you. I care about YOU.” The person whoContinue reading “The Gold of Love and the Brass of Self-Assertion”
Taking In Beauty as a Spiritual Practice
Many years ago, my sister visited Thailand and mentioned to her travel partner how much I would enjoy the setting there and told me in an offhand way: “I am looking for you too”, implying that her filling herself up with beautiful impressions would somehow, on a telepathic level, reach me, and that her self-loveContinue reading “Taking In Beauty as a Spiritual Practice”
A Teaching Moment
Plants – vegetables, fruit, flowers, bushes, trees – are worth every fatigue they might cause you while you tend to them. Unfortunately, you can’t say the same of people. Hmm. When you garden, you develop the traits and the manner that will improve all your relationships with people. Plants teach patience, respect, appreciation, receiving andContinue reading “A Teaching Moment”
Attachment
Everything in nature is attached to each other. Everything in nature is about attachment. Attachment is a good thing. The problems start when you get attached to the unnatural world, to man-made principles, people who don’t have your best in mind, people who couldn’t care less if they harm you. Attachments to uninspiring activities andContinue reading “Attachment”
Unexpected Kindness, Revisited
About a decade ago, I was coping with a situation that I found hard to free myself from and that was close to tragic. (I don’t use extreme descriptions for situations that are less than tragic, but that one was a downer in the category of “I don’t wish that on my enemies, ever”.) AContinue reading “Unexpected Kindness, Revisited”
Heirloom
May the beauty nature has given you,may the beauty the ancestors have saved for you,may the beauty you have grownmove you forward. NJ 28 June 2019
A New Day for Love
A new day to cherish the life forcethat runs through every living beingand me too.A new day to bless my homeand the feeling of home in it.A new day given by the earth and the sunwho in their tantric danceand their love for lifemake food for the bodyand food for the soul.A new day toContinue reading “A New Day for Love”
Under the Fig Tree
Were you the forbidden treein the Garden of Eden?Did Eve bite into your fruitto find out if Adam really loved her?Or because she wanted toknow what the Goddess knew,the One worshipped before God? My dear fig,you are the tree of trees,so regal and feminine,drenched with the heat of the sun.Your children taste sweetand smile evenContinue reading “Under the Fig Tree”
Why do we adore cats so much?
Let’s face it, we all want to be them. Do exactly what we want to do, disapprove when we feel like it, ignore things that don’t interest us, sleep all day, be hilarious, and look cute forever. No animal in the world can give a better look of disdain than a cat. And yet, weContinue reading “Why do we adore cats so much?”
“I Am Pleased. Let’s Keep Going.”
Those who underdeliver and overpromise tend to forget that they were given enough time to make an impact. This attitude – often coupled with the warning that you will never know anyone like them – can be traced back to advertising tricks: it is always about the future and that future never comes. Someone committedContinue reading ““I Am Pleased. Let’s Keep Going.””
The Dream That Provides the Solution
I love dreams that provide solutions to a burning question. Last night I had a fabulous dream that gave me the emotional energy that I will recognize when I experience it in the real plane. The content of my dream is less interesting to you*, but you can draw from it two things: A –Continue reading “The Dream That Provides the Solution”
We Are Living Spirit
We are not recycling stations of all opinions we were imprinted with. We are living Spirit. We have access to guidance that has nothing to do with our encounters on the human plane. If we were only a mosaic of the people we have met, where does music come from, poetry, activism for a unitedContinue reading “We Are Living Spirit”
When the Familiar Is Not a Good Thing
Most losses teach us how good we had it and how much we took for granted. Some losses, however – curiously, the most significant ones – teach us how bad we had it and that it is fine to open to new experiences that do not remind us of the past. It may take aContinue reading “When the Familiar Is Not a Good Thing”
Breathe In With Appreciation, Breathe Out With Gratitude
Once you notice the feeling you want to feel rising inside you and blooming, hold it like you hold your breath, then release it with gratitude to the All That Is. “Breathing in, I feel my bliss expanding; breathing out, I thank this life with my bliss.” … Pay attention to it. Savour it. TheContinue reading “Breathe In With Appreciation, Breathe Out With Gratitude”
Reader Appreciation
Just before my 100th post on this blog, John Wienke let me know: “I love your new blog! It’s full of positivity, beauty, inspiration, healing, and love. It is a true work of art! A masterpiece! I’m looking forward to reading more of your future blog posts! When I wake up, the first thing IContinue reading “Reader Appreciation”
Imagination and Wealth Are Not Synonyms
If that was the case, the rich would be beautiful; the most beautiful, the most elegant, the most refined people on earth. They are not. Count on it. If you are a creative, draw courage from the fact that your contribution will outlast the hype about a dress a rich person wore for a fewContinue reading “Imagination and Wealth Are Not Synonyms”
Full Self-Acceptance vs. Perpetual Transformation
Constant transformation can be an addiction too. About eight years ago, I had the hunch that self-hate and the resistance to accept themselves is what turned people, and a whole culture (North America and the new age community, for example), into transformation junkies. It is great to change for the better, to upgrade your style,Continue reading “Full Self-Acceptance vs. Perpetual Transformation”
Release Them to Their Journeys
– To the Underappreciated – Those who seek triggers for their growth can not recognize the solid, nurturing people in their life. Those who seek the knife overlook the soothing. Like those who are addicted to chaos can not perceive the enlightened, those who are addicted to strife can not perceive the loving. If theyContinue reading “Release Them to Their Journeys”
Nanda Jurela 