Follow Your Heart - Life is what we as individuals make of it regardless of the tumultuous and unstable times we presently live in. In order to find peace and serenity we ought to shut out whatever keeps bombarding us unstoppably and relentlessly and instead turn inwardly. This doesn't take all that long but certainly requires plenty of courage and commitment. Ask yourself the one key question: "What is it that really makes me happy?" and tune in with your heart represented by your inner guidance or little voice. Who knows, you may either be utterly taken by surprise, compelled to react with disbelief, shock or denial, perhaps feel delighted or even elated by the answer which could by no means be any clearer or any more concrete. Almost like a child's spirit that tiny, little voice verbalizes the soul's wishes in a commonly tranquil, uncomplicated and yet most spiritually advanced fashion. Yes, the soul's desires is what answers to all our questions resound to. We as egos often times wish for certain possessions, conditions, life- styles, partners, careers, friends, etc. that Mr. Smarty- Pants, Miss Inferior, John Arrogant, Jill Bully, and many more believe to be in dire need of and therefore attract. Frequently, we get stuck in peer- pressure based and imposed patterns and just keep passively moving along. Lots of us even stop questioning the Why or What For but instead just keep drifting until the point of drowning has been reached. Every now and then we encounter folks whose stories are full of impressive miracles as far as cracking the mold, breaking free from their internal prisons and deserting old and trod- out paths frequented and trampled flat by billions of humans. We may even make the personal acquaintance of such brave loners, but being told what to do and doing it yourself are two entirely different pairs of shoes. - I was in my early twenties when I started to cross the path of a few remarkable spiritual leaders through stories, books, arts, music, martial arts training, healing sessions, group gatherings, and other occasions. That was pretty much the first time I pushed the gate open to a life- long journey to my soul. I remember feeling so incredibly whole by just having caught a glimpse of what lay ahead of me. It would consequently take me ten long and painful years of merely shy observation and overly tremendous self- doubt until I mysteriously got pushed into it after all. This left me with the unmistakable feeling of having ultimately passed all the fanciful and glorified imagination plus all the fairytale like admiration due to all the stories that I had lived in prior. My inner voice had gained so much in volume that I was no longer able to tune it out. Believe me, what I heard did at first not please me at all even though it felt most authentic and brutally honest. I eventually began to act upon what my heart suggested, and the more I was adapting to this process, the more my personality was about to conflict with my surrounding's general response. No surprise, I was gradually declared way out of whack and too eccentric to deal with although I hadn't felt that great in a long time. Needless to say, I have not mastered this art as of yet, nor have I converted into a less flawless being. Nothing of this kind, I'm afraid. New obstacles, inhibitions, closed doors, dead- end roads, pot holes, and even gorges have formed and occasionally stop me in my tracks, and honestly that's quite okay the way it is. No doubt, there are many more challenges waiting for me in this as well as in future life times, some of which I'm sure will be easier to tackle than others. There's one thing though that I have learnt. As long as I remain loyal and connected to what my soul, not my ego, wants - no matter how painful it can be at times to part with people that I truly care for, - I'll stay on the right path of honesty and spiritual growth. - Just go about asking yourself the question where you as a soul need to be and anxiously await a clear and truthful response. As I said before, you may not always like the answer since major changes could in fact turn your whole life upside down. However, you need to stop fighting yourself because what your ego wants is often not what your soul needs. Rest assured, nobody knows this better than your own soul and its Creator, and that's why any resistance is futile.
Buy small and local Hi everybody! - Coming from a tiny country like Austria, one might assume that globalisation is just a phenomenon tailored for larger nations, but no, it has also been affecting us all across Europe. Globalisation itself is of complex nature, and even though I'm not planning to write about globalisation per se today, it somehow dictates our overall shopping behavior by bringing in more and more big box chain stores worldwide which sets the general trend for methodically and eventually putting local small family- run as well as individualists' shops out of business. In the 70ies I remember mom and dad taking us along to a wide range of stores from the baker to the butcher, the grocer's, the florist, the hard ware place, the electrician, the tobacco store, etc. What great memories our weekly trips to the market created for us. There we would hand- pick fresh fruit, produce, and other delicacies. Sometimes we would even get a piece of fruit or a carrot fo...
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