Archives for January 2012

I Am In Burma Right Now

I am in the city of Mandalay and I am teaching English to children in a monastery. I will be here for a week. Iris is doing surgery in a village at a monastery. I am in the city of Mandalay and I am teaching English to children in a monastery. I will be here [...]

Hillside Village

Market Colours

Village in the Forest

Existing in Order to Live

In a discussion with a friend who was struggling with his return to Germany after over ten years of volunteer work in Africa and Asia he said  to me that according to Buddhism it doesn’t matter where a person chooses to live, that what is important is that one observe. I am not an expert [...]

Blue into Blue

Baltic Beach

Something Missing or Not

I have realised that in becoming awake to the present moment there is a sense that there is something missing. In awareness I can see that this is an aspect of  developing consciousness. There is as well an instinctive response is to react in a way that involves action aimed at alleviating this sense. This [...]