One of the oldest, preserved books of humanity, is the Chinese Yi Jing (or I Ching), Book of Changes, which should be more than 4,000 years old. The book is based on 64 symbols, which are assigned to specific life themes and which always lead to a central topic: everything in life is change. Those who have understood this, experience a sense of liberation. Interestingly enough, changes are what fascinates us the most and simultaneously unsettles us. Everyone knows the thought of wanting to change something, yet most of the time, there is a lack of power to take the decisive step. Why not start by changing a small thing.

Why do we people mostly feel that we either have too much or too little and never enough? This attitude keeps our civilisation going and is sometimes even healthy but one cannot help but wonder, why can't it be just right at some point. Life would be a flat line were that to be the case and would probably lose its charm and motivation. The full moon ,however, is a whole different story and is somewhat more in tune with our wishful thinking. It simply turns full and period and never fails to spark a moment of true romanticisicm

The full moon will be on Friday and will be quite special this time, because it is the second within the calendar month. This full moon is called »blue moon«.
 

Who does not know the situation having difficulties to make a decision? Admittedly, neuro scientists have assessed that the brain makes its choice within milliseconds and then sends a kind of recommendation to the consciousness, nevertheless, most of us question everything again and worry to make a mistake. Sometimes you ask yourself how helpful thoughts really are? A few years ago, when we had to decide on one or the other ice cream flavour in an ice-cream parlour, we found our daughter to solve this problem quite elegantly by saying: »I'll have both!« … Children are somewhat more advanced in these things

Why are we actually idolising the Sun? And why does its absence make us feel dejected? The time of the sun cult is essentially history – meaning a form of religion or honouring, like for example the ancient Greeks practised this with their sun god Helios. Nevertheless, a big part still remains today: Sun is life. This is a difficult fact to withdraw from. And even from the Moon, nothing other glares at us, than the reflection of sunlight. Try it yourself: sunbathing in the full moon light!

July 25th, 2012

Holiday season … easy to recognise that the word "holidays" derives from "holy days". It originates from the Old English word hāligdæg and referred to special religious days in old times. Today, in modern use, the work-free days are only rarely marked by religious motifs, albeit they still represent something special. To what extent they are truly special, mostly depends on the inner attitude and how exceptional you create your life.
The Moon does certainly not have holidays – although its light has a divine appearance for us at times.

June 26th, 2012

The full moon of Sunday will be a "supermoon". Bigger, brighter, closer, better. Drop everything and forget time and space, to experience this astronomic sensation…

No, the truth is that the Moon is slightly bigger and a little bit brighter. But that doesn't sound as good as "super". We humans are obviously only susceptible for the magnificent, for the superlatives, for the sensational and the onetime opportunity, which has definitely to be grasped. Maybe because our life is usually the opposite.

April 29th, 2012

A short thought on the subject of "forgetting". Normally, it is looked at as being negative – you suppress, you lose, you miss … At the same time, there has to be something salutary in it, to forget and therefore gain a distance to your own past. However, at the same time, it is important to take responsibility for one's past, which only works if it remains in the consciousness. How can this be reconciled? A different word was suggested to me once: "I unlearn my past." This contains a different quality. Knowing what was, without being shackled to it. Being able to think about past events without agitation nor illusion, only knowledge. This is what inner freedom would feel like.

April 6th, 2012