Mindfulness

This Is Happiness

When during one of our regular walks she spoke to me about a novel by Niall Williams she had just read, entitled ‘This Is Happiness’, my friend Janet did not know that I had started a blog about enlightenment and liberation. I have not yet read the book myself, but this coincidence seemed synchronistically meaningful to me as I felt a lovely resonance between us. This apparently very well-written novel seems to be about what I am addressing here in non-fiction form. […]

By |2022-12-19T21:25:29+00:00December 19th, 2022|Mindfulness|

The Vision Of Improvement

Sometimes our meditation practice ‘does not go well’, whatever that may mean in the meditator’s mind, and we get frustrated and end up giving up. The interpretation of it ‘not going well’ is fraught with confusion and misunderstanding about what meditation is. […]

By |2022-11-08T21:24:24+00:00November 8th, 2022|Mindfulness|

Charisma In Meditation

With the Mindsight Intensive fast approaching, I hope these reflections will facilitate the way students and teachers are going to embark on this most unusual journey. […]

By |2022-10-16T20:08:46+00:00September 23rd, 2022|Mindfulness|

The Art Of Non-Meditation

These days in Basel streetcars you can see an ad that says something like: “Get closer to your enlightenment this coming weekend! Participate in our Yoga and meditation sessions, and come to enjoy peace, tranquility, and happiness.” What does everybody want when the idea of meditation comes up in one’s mind? Peace, tranquility, and happiness! […]

By |2022-09-27T03:15:14+00:00September 8th, 2022|Mindfulness|

The Seamless Mind – From Golgi To God

The hidden power of awareness. Why Golgi? The Golgi body is an organelle, a subcellular structure that is part of each cell like organs are part of each body. It was named in 1898 after its discoverer, the Italian scientist Camillo Golgi. Its function is to package proteins inside the cell so that they are transportable outside the cell as they are sent to their destination. […]

By |2022-11-27T21:39:15+00:00June 20th, 2022|Mindfulness|

The Enlightening Power Of Darkness

A meditative journey through the power of darkness Creativity has its roots in the power of darkness. Orpheus may have been an extremely talented artist of very ancient times, but he also became a powerful archetype in the ancient Greek and Roman imagination. He was venerated as the greatest of all poets and musicians. As a hero, he visited the underworld and returned to the world of the living. […]

By |2022-04-24T13:53:06+00:00December 12th, 2021|Mindfulness|

Mindsight Intensive Curriculum 2022

As opposed to person-to-person psychotherapy, mindfulness meditation is primarily a solo exploration. Because in both cases we deal with the same mind, brain, and body, healing principles of psychotherapy have to be adapted to the solo journey of meditation. This course provides an advanced, practical, and experiential mindfulness meditation training conceived to hold participants as close to direct experience as possible. […]

By |2021-11-22T23:22:15+00:00November 22nd, 2021|Mindfulness|

Magic, Miracles, Mind And Mindfulness

Around 1991 I took a trip to Bombay, Bangalore, and Uti in India. My mission was to have a closer look at Sai Baba, an Indian guru considered a holy man, said to be capable of performing miracles. Apart from his alleged ability to cause paralyzed people to walk again, his signature routine miracle was the materialization of ash called ‘vibuti’. […]

By |2021-10-04T22:35:16+00:00October 1st, 2021|Mindfulness|
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