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It’s not why the addiction, it’s why the pain

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Hans van der Gugten

“Whatever you do, don’t try and escape from your pain, but be with it.” What is Addiction? [Gabor Maté]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=11&v=T5sOh4gKPIg

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Gumption

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Hans van der Gugten

  Enjoy please:

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Because it takes no time at all: One-Moment Meditation

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Hans van der Gugten
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Mail to Shantimayi and a ballet: a bit of stamping

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Hans van der Gugten

“Every tribe has its own way of stamping” says Jiří Kylián in the documentary The road to stamping. Last Februari and March I have been in Rishikesh. I also attended satsangs with Shantimayi. I have been in her satsang once … Continue reading →

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Oh, my God. (Top dog god turned out to be a hippo). A thank you to Isaac Shapiro

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Hans van der Gugten

Dearest Isaac, For some reason I am going, at this moment, to write you something that is not at all finished in my head. There is not even a vague idea, except that ….. See, already now it stops. Yet, … Continue reading →

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Back home after 100 days in the land of the innocent swastika

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Hans van der Gugten

Part of the culture shock that I went through when I visited India for the first time, now almost 40 years ago, was to find a row of swastikas and Stars of David  as decoration on a cornice of a … Continue reading →

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Asleep in Tiruvannamalai

Posted on February 7, 2015 by Hans van der Gugten

                           

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Down by the mango tree

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Hans van der Gugten

It’s already over two weeks ago that I was sitting at my favourite temple’s mango tree. From Mammalapurum Diederik and I were leaving one day early to stay over one night in Kanchipuram. Last year he had visited there a so … Continue reading →

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Meji gives a Press Conference

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Hans van der Gugten

Beloveds, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, Despite all the measures of precaution, information about Meji’s health has leaked unto the media. Especially through the hardcover version of Facebook. The unleashed amount of warm attention and offerings of chicken soup … Continue reading →

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Therapy Tales – Je suis Charlie

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Hans van der Gugten

http://talesoftherapy.wordpress.com/2015/01/10/therapy-tales-je-suis-charlie/

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