One of the four main questions of an Enlightenment Intensive is the question "What is life?" Like any other question in an EI or similar seminars there's of course no real answer to it. These questions are basically Koans. I have to say that I'm unable to describe what a Koan is other than that […]

I hope you don't expect any satisfying answer to this question from a blog post. 😉 I will nevertheless share my "understanding" of love with you. I've experienced love on many levels, as a child, as a teenager, as a man and with lots of psychedelics beyond the realm of age, gender or words. Here's […]

I guess if you asked just anybody whether they'd love to be free or more free than they feel right now they'd say yes. But what does "being free" actually mean? In my perception "being free" is almost always a "being free" FROM something. That's also very logica as you can only be free if […]

Trust is a fascinating concept. Let's take a closer look at it. What do you actually mean when you say "I trust you"? When I say that I think that I don't have to be afraid of the other person hurting me easily. It doesn't really prevent me from getting hurt by this person, I've […]

Responsibility simply means the ability to respond in English as well as in German "Ver.antwort.ung" (lit. the outcome is an answer). Somehow we managed to turn this ability into a punishment. From the looks of it I'd say people mostly think that being responsible is a burden, something that's better to avoid than to claim. […]

Guilt is a currency. It allows you to cover up the fact that you are responsible for your experience of the thing that you are feeling guilty about. Note that I say "experience" as you might not always be responsible for the thing that happened there. Sometimes shit just happens. Guilt is a quite complex […]