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Two mental talismans protect my life. These are two questions that keep me from making the wrong choices. They are two questions that offer a way out of existential dilemma’s and spiritual…

The concept of ‘original sin’ in many ways isn’t a much discussed topic anymore – at least in the part of the Christian world where I come from. It has become a…

Om is a basic symbol of Hinduism. Often it is also called ‘Aum’. But the precise transcription does not matter for the important part is the sound: a long stretched vowel that…

One weekend I shared a couple of silence and fasting days with some friends when a funny little Zen story kept popping up in my mind: There once were four monks that…

One day I found myself in Gaziantep, a city that got wrapped in many layers of history. Hittites, Romas, Selçuks, Ottomans, French and Turks imprinted their marks on this place in the…

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits.” (Mt. 7, 15-16)   I can often be pretty…

Sooner or later every spiritual seeker encounters some theory which explains the different levels of consciousness. The spiritual evolution of man, so these theories uphold, builds up in different phases towards a…

The concept of Yin & Yang is as beautiful as it is straightforward. The symbol is known all across the globe and the depth of its meaning has inspired many truth-seekers. Yet…

Often I hear people say they hold the opinion that eventually everybody does everything out of egoism. Even when you help someone else, you only do it because it makes you happy…