Essays

Exploring our consciousness. Where are we? Where do we want to go? And how do we get there?

Michael Roads spiritual teacher and author

Balance contains disharmony

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Michael Roads, the spiritual teacher, writer and metaphysicist from Australia posts his musings regularly on his facebook page. Today balance is his topic and it…

The Wink In The Eye of The Storm

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Like a pregnant woman sees babies everywhere she goes, so my perception these days is frequently influenced by my blog. Constantly themes and ideas arise…

Knights of the 21st century

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The idea of a “Knight of modern times” including honor code has been on my mind for a while and I told a young client…

The invisible magic of tradition

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A May tree just might be something like a mega flower bouquet I was in Bonn, Germany this year at the end of April/beginning of…

More brain power through balance

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For an optimal balance on all levels both halves of the brain must be active! Many people agree that we as human beings are most…

Halbe Walnuss mit beiden Nusshälften

No wonder, we feel split so often

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In the 19th century early brain researchers found out that the brain consists of two halves with the corpus callosum in the middle and that…

Yin-Yang-Kugel

Yin-Yang and quantum psychology

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The idea of balance only makes sense if one is aware of what is actually to be brought into balance. Let’s imagine a seesaw .…

Searching for a suitable god!

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Of course I´ve been researching whether there actually is a god or a goddess or at least some saint of balance. However balance, even the…

The Snowqueen is hot!

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It is wellknown that Disney films have a longstanding tradition of heroines whose adventure often ends in a wedding dress. But “Frozen” (USA 2013) is…

Hammer Or Cooking Spoon?

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Of course it should actually say hammer AND cooking spoon… However there is still a stereotype notion of what a man is and should be…