If you could take the next month off, what would you do?
Too much to do! I would: - Meditate all day; - Work in the garden; - Finish translating my first book; - Finish writing my second book; - Pick up studying Indonesian again; - Start... More »
Too much to do! I would: - Meditate all day; - Work in the garden; - Finish translating my first book; - Finish writing my second book; - Pick up studying Indonesian again; - Start... More »
Enlightenment is nothing but the realisation of our true nature: that fact that all that we are and all that exists is pure consciousness. It is out of that realisation that we need to learn... More »
I have written a blog entry last year ( http://vanderhaven.net/blog/20080311.html ) with the title "Freedom of Speech is Overrated" and I think that one still summarises my thoughts about freedom. Freedom is a great good,... More »
It's the Sakura in our backyard that started blossoming in the weekend. It is spring, finally!
When I read the Q&R question yesterday, I was experiencing an intense sadness. Reason is, that I had been playing Bach's St. Matthew's Passion on my car stereo when driving to work and got to... More »
That would probably be the six wors that I use most in my blogs: Love Death Integral Book Life Non-dual
Inside myself and other living beings.
That my mother will survive in reasonable health and make it to see the new year. As you may have read in previous blog entries, my mum is suffering from lung cancer and is currently... More »
Attitude. The wrong one, that is... “Presence” is the most intangible element of this good attitude but can be explained as the combination of a few elements. I base these elements on the work the... More »
Excellent question for me as a coach and psychotherapist... During my education, we did an exercise to find our mission as a therapist. Connected to that we had to find a symbol for ourselves. Mine... More »