The bad effects of good conscience
German therapist Bert Hellinger makes the case for knowing your dark side Tijn Touber | July/Aug 2006 issue How can people humiliate, torture or kill each other without feeling guilty? How can members of whole population groups plunder and exterminate one another without remorse? German therapist Read More...
Learning to fight for peace
At the School for Peace Young Israelis and Palestinians talk to, quarrel with and scream at each other. They learn more about the people they label their enemies. Not to mention themselves. Tilman Wörtz | June 2004 issue They meet in a small room with 20-odd chairs placed in a circle and thick Read More...
Playing with your emotions
Taking charge of feelings so they don't rule your lifeTijn Touber | March 2006 issueScreams, curses and lamentations… That was what was coming out of Jill's mouth. For 15 solid minutes she made clear to me that no one understood her and that her life was unbearably difficult. She was furious with Read More...
One last thing...
We should stop debating Macro Visscher | March 2006 WHAT’S WRONG WITH DEBATING?Thomas Benedict: “In a debate, reason is misused in order to defeat the other person. Literally. Just look at the origin of the word. De is ‘to the utmost’; bat is ‘beat.’ You see it in words like battle and Read More...
God speaks to everyone all the time
Author of the international bestseller Conversations with God, Neale Donald Walsch reflects upon God's role in our lives and what we can do to make a better world. Tijn Touber | March 2006 issue One dark night back in 1992, Neale Donald Walsch sat down and wrote a letter full of self-pity to God. Read More...
The freeing power of grief
Surrendering to your sorrow heals even the deepest wounds.Sobonfu Somé | March 2006 Read More...
Healthy thinking: Meditation.
A simple practice in meditation. | June 2003 issue In the following meditation, the emphasis is on breathing, but the underlying aim is to achieve a calm, non-judgemental awareness whereby your thoughts, feelings and sensations come and go without getting caught up in them. Sit in a relaxed Read More...
True dharma confessions
Anne Cushman recounts her adventure seeking romance online through the Buddhist singles Web sites Anne Cushman | September 2006 issue The idea comes up as a joke. I’m a journalist and a newly single Buddhist mom. Why don’t I investigate the new online “dharma dating” sites, and write about Read More...
Learning to fight for peace
At the School for Peace Young Israelis and Palestinians talk to, quarrel with and scream at each other. They learn more about the people they label their enemies. Not to mention themselves. Tilman Wörtz | June 2004 issue They meet in a small room with 20-odd chairs placed in a circle and thick Read More...
A love long
How unconditional can love be? Tijn Touber | June 2004 issue It happened again. I fell in love. And as I felt the butterflies fluttering about in my stomach I asked myself: “Is this true love?” I have to say there was some doubt in my mind because, as wise men always tell us, true love is Read More...