Bow and arrow
archery offers lessons for daily life Paulo Coelho | June 2004 issue Over the past 15 years I remember experiencing overwhelming passion on only a few occasions. It happened when I abandoned my typewriter, bought a computer and discovered a new freedom. (I am writing this in another city on another Read More...
Enlightment is now
More and more people are starting to search for inspiration and meaning in their lives. They are experiencing firsthand that life is more than work, money and stuff. As they take take courses and workshops, read books and meditate, something creeps in -- nearly unnoticed -- that until recently Read More...
An atlas charts experience
Fantasy and reality meet in The Atlas of Experience, a series of maps that portrays our voyage through life and has become an international success. Tijn Touber | May 2004 issue In a small storefront in the heart of Amsterdam, we spoke with Sebastiaan Rompa and Robert Blauwkuip, cocreators of The Read More...
Getting it, together
If you don't choose life, life won't choose you Tijn Touber | May 2004 issue Life gives us so much. There’s enough to eat, clean water, beautiful forests, rich art and culture. We have seven world wonders and we have put mobile buggies on Mars. Every day we have the opportunity to meet Read More...
Life is...being enlightened
Tijn Touber | May 2004 issue Are you living now? Are you living here? Think less, live more. The world is as you see it. What does your world look like? Are your thoughts based on abundance or scarcity? Are you a master or a victim? You are responsible for your own thoughts and feelings. No one Read More...
Looking for signs
This gift is in the little everyday things Paulo Coelho | May 2004 issue We tend to assume that life will give us another chance tomorrow at whatever came up yesterday and today. But if we really pay attention, we see that no single day is like another. Every morning brings a hidden blessing that Read More...
How Jerome learned to read
Children are more than the deficits and disorders on which we put more and more emphasis. Children have a unique talent and a natural born desire to learn. There are ways to stimulate those. This is how Jerome learned to read. Dawna Markova | April 2004 issue Jerome was a six feet tall, bitterseet Read More...
A fleeting glimpse of wisdom
Paulo Coelho | April 2004 issue The Kabbala – a term that has its origins in the Hebrew word qabbalah, meaning ‘tradition’ – is a metaphysical interpretation of the teachings in the Torah (which comprises the sacred books of Judaism). Originally passed on by word of mouth at a time when it Read More...
From the heart
What does it feel like to make music? Is composition a structured process, or is it always instinctive and irrational? Here the Greek composer Vangelis, most famous for writing the scores for the films Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire (for which he won an Oscar), explains how he does it Vangelis Read More...
'If you don't believe in yourself, you can't believe in God'
He looks like the stereotypical image of a hermit, but Raimon Panikkar is not that easy to pigeonhole. He is both Hindu and Christian, philosopher and mystic, scientist and priest, Indian and Spaniard. Hardly surprising, Panikkar firmly believes in the importance of cultural and religious Read More...