Bonhoeffer on Freedom: Meditation #1
Niemand erfährt das Geheimnis der Freiheit, es sei denn durch Zucht. No one experiences the secret of freedom, except through discipline. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer looks like what he is: a German pastor from a comfortable background. Blonde and bespectacled, well-padded, a prosperous and gentle intellectual. He was indeed all those
In which I stop trying to solve my problem
Like some odd and very painful boomerang, my crisis of meaning kept returning.
Gelbe Autozimmer
A few weeks ago, I was away for work for a couple of days. I came back late at night and the next morning, sitting at breakfast with Rahi, I said, Rahi, I really missed you. Me too, he said. And this morning, I said, I would like to play
Love in the daily grind
On 7th May, Rahi had his third birthday. My mum, Anni, and I prepared things, and when he came out in the morning there were candles and balloons, chocolate cake with strawberries on top, the table strewn with cards and presents. He was so excited! He smiled at the table,
Fatherhood
I was digging through my notebooks for something, and came across some diary entries from April - May 2022 that are about Rahi and being his father. Frankly, I found them beautiful (and in one place somewhat disgusting), and I regretted not writing more about this as it happened. It&
Know Thyself
What if to examine life means not to examine your own life, your own subjectivity, but rather literally to examine life?
What do you need?
Why are you suffering?
Brand Identity
I awoke last night from a deep dream of peace, and saw, within the moonlight in my room, making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, an angel writing in a book of gold. Bit odd, I thought, but that’s Germany for you. Hello, Angel, I said. Wotcha
On Bob Dylan
“What music do you like?” “Bob Dylan,” I said. “That’s not a type of music,” she said gently. “That’s a musician.” I first encountered Dylan in the early winter of 1997. I had just gone to England to study. It was half-term and I was staying with my
On Change
Du musst dein Leben ändern, writes Rilke. You must change your life. Well, yes, Rainer. Of course. But how?
On Creativity
The mountain spring has dried up.
Peak Experience
What do we expect peak experience to feel like?