Schreiben gehört natürlich dazu, zu den Möglichkeiten der Kommunikation, des Teilens, des Publizierens. Eine eher kurze, spontane Form, die meinen Bedürfnisse sehr entgegen kommt.
Possibly this is my favorite topic, because in my life, apart from the threshold experiences that belong to us as humans - difficult birth, moving, hospital and children's home, divorce of parents, accident with near-death experience, etc., etc. - I have had...
The closer that day comes the more I am thinking of him, the inventor of the Auschwitz-Bearing-Witness-Retreats. Probably it has been a co-creation with his Polish friend Andrzej Krajewski, his second wife Sandra Jishu Holmes and others. I have to write about him,...
After the spontaneously planned US trip to a Zen sesshin and a subsequent street retreat around my 70th birthday did not work out (too many imponderables, also because of COVID), I was looking for a place with a strong statement. And that's what Palermo gives! I...
TEMPLE-NEWS: DATES FOR THE LAST TIME PUBLIC Dates until 31.12.2021 still here. Such an incredibly rich year is behind me, behind you as well.. Yes, why shouldn't we begin to look back and wonder, already in November? The (almost) daily zazen offerings in the mornings,...
A whole book - read for you, chapter after chapter! Monika Winkelmann is reading the Book “What is Zen - Plain Talk by a Beginner‘s Mind“, written by Norman Fischer and Susan Moon, chapter by chapter, each one in YouTube Format. The project was planned as an...
English version of the short "spiritual bio", to be found on the website of "Waldhaus - Zentrum für Buddhismus und Bewusstes Leben" (Monika has been offering there intuitive, contemplative writing together with formal meditation since more than two decades) and the...
From Jan. 7-14, 2020, three women made a pilgrimage to Southern Italy: More precisely, the destination of their trip was the International Cemetery in Tarsia/Calabria, on which the internet only gave few informations. The politically right-wing orientation of the...
We called and call our actions or the attitude behind them "Being human in our city/region/country". (Having started a zenpeacemaker circle again, in 2015, some beautiful compassionate actions have arisen, and we will soon share about them.) I speak as a Zen...
Our hearts go out to the killed women: May they rest in peace. To the beloved ones of the murdered women. May their wounds be healed. To the witnesses. May their understanding enhance. To their communities and neighborhoods. May they become loving spaces. To the...
I understood what being a teacher means in essence through a lecture given by Norman Fischer. He meant it primarily or exclusively in terms of spiritual teachership, helping us to live in decency and dignity, according to moral principles and in harmony with cosmic...
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