My grandfather, Laurens Schippers born in 1902, already said it : ‘Politics, my child, politics are nothing but dirty lies. Never get lured into the illusion they are doing the best they can for you’. For his days my grandfather was remarkably advanced. Many of his generation still looked up at politicians. People saw them …
I’m a bit at a loss today as to what to say in my weekly blog. I had negotiated with myself to be a bit more lighthearted. To put some more humor into, making personal development a bit lighter, making it more of an agreeable point of interest. Yet so much is going on in …
On youtube I saw an intriguing piece of storytelling recently about a teacher who one morning in high school gave all her pupils an unexpected test to make. She placed the exam forms face down in front of the students on their tables, just as she would always do, and once everybody had received their …
‘Is that all there is” ; the famous Peggy Lee 1969 song asks. It continues by suggesting to bring out the booz and have a ball. One may wonder if that is the best answer to life’s quest. The song however deals with a question many of us ask themselves. We all, at some points …
3.03 , 3 minutes 3 seconds abridged version of ‘Traveling the Mind by Traveling the World I am huge fan of the author Michael Crichton. Most of you will know him as the author of the Jurassic Park but he has written way more than that on a very diverse range of subjects. One …
It often puzzles me when people tell me they only accept to be real what is scientifically proven. Sometimes I wish I could step into their brains and look through their eyes to see how they do that. Funny as it may sound, I am at times even somewhat jealous of people who can view …
To listen to the audio version of this blog click the link below. Here’s one especially for the ladies, or that is to say; it’s actually a great exercise for everyone over 21, but since it’s the girls in our western society who are particularly worried about wrinkles appearing in the face, I dedicate …
Ever since I started up as an entrepreneur in spiritual land in the mid nineties, I have been noticing how spirituality can be big business. Having been fortunate enough to have mostly found teachers with integrity on my path, which is not always a given, I’m a lucky camper on the spiritual market. Some might …
It might take while, but when I look at the accelerated speed with which we have evolved over the past 2 centuries, I hope and pray that the insight over who we really are meant to be, will coming sooner than we think; and that our children’s children will no longer be living in a …
Some of the 78 cards in the traditional way of Tarot reading have a pretty bad reputation. One of them is card number 13, which in fact as one of the only cards does not carry a title, but with the image of a skeleton leaves very little to our imagination.In our western world’s matter-oriented ways …
