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...
Why bees can't fly -- and yet they do
Personal development begins by letting go of your past. That sounds simple, but old conflicts often defeat the will to change. The trick is to get rid of your past, and Amedeo Maffei has figured out how to do it electronically. With the help of sound waves, this Italian psychologist and philosopher 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...
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...
Party enlightenment
Tijn Touber | April 2004 issue Jacques Lusseyran was one of the greatest heroes of the French Resistance. He survived the concentration camp at Buchenwald because one day he decided to get up off his stretcher. The man who lay dying next to him looked at Lusseyran and called out, ‘You don’t Read More...
Love politics
The Alliance of the New Humanity: A remarkable peace initiative. Jurriaan Kamp| March 2004 issue Inside the gigantic hotel and conference centre of a Puerto Rican resort, you only catch a glimpse of the gateway to peace after you’ve passed several stands promoting pills and powders.The gateway to Read More...