Dealing with Uncertainty
Some people find it hard to live with any kind of uncertainty. Others, somehow, seem to handle it more easily. There may be personal reasons for that, and cultural ones too. Yet the experience of uncertainty touches all of us, sooner or later — and when it becomes too much, it can lead to real Read the full article…
How Long will We keep Fighting Ourselves?
We live in a world overflowing with enemies. But what if the real conflict isn’t between people or nations — but within ourselves? This blog explores the hidden roots of war, not in politics or ideology, but in the silent cracks of the human psyche. A world of enemies Everywhere, people are pointing fingers. From Read the full article…
Life Lessons: An Introduction
This >category< does not aim to teach you lessons. There are no commandments here, no clever tricks for success, no final answers. If anything, you might say that these ‘lessons’ are not about learning something new but about recognizing something old — already present in you, perhaps long unnoticed. What you will find here is Read the full article…
Self-Congruence in Education
What if education focused less on what we pour into students, and more on what grows from within them? This blog explores how self-congruence – inner alignment between layers of the self – can transform learning from accumulation to deep personal becoming. Especially in universities, this shift may be essential. The facts are important, but Read the full article…
When Nothing Happens
A late afternoon.You’re sitting in a chair, maybe with a cup of something warm. No one’s calling. No task needs your attention. Outside, the sky changes softly — light folding into itself.You look around. Nothing is happening. The discomfort of stillness We are trained, gently but persistently, to fill.Fill the silence. Fill the calendar. Fill Read the full article…
Consolatio
Consolatio is not mere consolation. It is something deeper, older, and more profound — a form of presence that doesn’t aim to remove grief, but to stay with it. It arises not from pity but from Compassion — the kind that offers space rather than solutions. The word itself dates back millennia, part of a Read the full article…
Alone Together
This is obviously not the same as together together. Alone together means being close without touching — physically, maybe emotionally, yet not quite mentally. It’s a proximity of surfaces. Two people may share the same space, perhaps even affection, but something remains sealed. No real overlap. No shared field of meaning. It’s the difference between Read the full article…
La Vie en Rose
This classical song by Edith Piaf is a great starting point for a deep conversation with Lisa. Beneath the French lyrics, this blog continues with my asking Lisa’s opinion. I hope you will enjoy the experience. The English lyrics and a link to Piaf’s recording are available here. La Vie en rose Des yeux qui Read the full article…
90% of Life (Work and Play) is Symbolic
This is about the WHY of work and play. In a world driven by efficiency and control, we risk forgetting what truly matters. This blog explores how the symbolic – often invisible yet profoundly essential – lends life its meaning, and how its erosion leaves us fragmented. With Metropolis as a lens and AURELIS as Read the full article…
The Aurelian Spirit is Inviting and Quietly Bold
‘Inviting and quietly bold’ — these words seem to whisper rather than announce, yet they carry the core energy of AURELIS. It doesn’t push. It doesn’t shout. It doesn’t try to impress. Instead, it dares to go deep — respectfully, gently, and with complete trust in what may grow from within. Like a hand that Read the full article…
All Things Subconceptual
There are many ways to divide the human world — reason and emotion, body and mind, inner and outer. However, one of the most profound and overlooked is the divide between the conceptual and the subconceptual. It is not a division of two types of content, but of two modes of being. One is what Read the full article…
The Lesser Evil for the Greater Good
The situation is familiar. A choice must be made, and none of the options feels clean. One seems harmful. The other, maybe a little less so. Still, some pain is inevitable. What then? For physicians, it happens daily — choosing a treatment with side effects, a surgery with risks. For policymakers, for parents, and for Read the full article…
Believe in the Person You Want to Become
A good and effective way to invite yourself – including your deeper self – toward a goal, is simply to believe in the person you want to become. This belief isn’t about fantasy or hype. It’s a way of being in inner alignment. It’s gentle, yet immensely powerful. It also invites you to reflect: who Read the full article…
How a Politician Can Bring Compassion
Many politicians want to do good. That’s an important starting point. Even those we may strongly disagree with often believe they are working toward something valuable. But in the complex landscape of modern politics – public pressure, media noise, party agendas – it can be difficult to know how to bring true human depth into Read the full article…
Is Compassion a Bridge Too Far?
Compassion is hard to grasp — and that’s part of the challenge. People frequently either get it or they don’t. For many, it seems as remote as Eastern Enlightenment, or as unreachable as genuine human depth in a world focused on surfaces. It’s no surprise that some call it ‘a bridge too far.’ And yet, Read the full article…
The Healing of Respect Wounds
Respect wounds rarely come with loud complaints or visible scars. They move quietly, shaping how people see themselves, how they interact, how they hesitate. These wounds are easy to overlook. But they are deep, and they matter. Healing them begins not with fixing, but with seeing what was never seen before. Someone with a respect Read the full article…
The Importance of Respect
In both tiny gestures and world-shaping decisions, respect can change everything. And yet, in daily life and even geopolitics, it’s too often neglected by those who could offer it — while painfully missed by those who long for it. This imbalance leads to misunderstandings, emotional wounds, and sometimes, social unrest that catches everyone by surprise. Read the full article…