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  • Phenomenological Stance

    The fundamental procedure in family constellation for gaining this special kind of knowing is what I call the phenomenological stance— but forget the word.

  • Embracing the unknown

    There are way too many aspects we as humans cannot understand. Our mind wants everything in perspective. This is A and that is B. I am this way because of that. Not everything is linear and black and white. Acknowledging what is at the moment is sufficient enough. It is like putting all the little…

  • THOUGHTS OF GOD

    By Bert Hellinger,Talk given in DornbirnHelp for the soul in everyday living, 2012 When we expose ourselves to life, to everything that lives and goes on in us, then we can feel, this life comes from elsewhere. It does not come from us. And neither does it come from our parents, it only comes through…

  • The Fruit of Goodness

    By Patricia Lynn Reilly, A Deeper Wisdom, The 12 Steps from a Woman’s Perspective Imagine that it didn’t happen the way you were told in the religious communities of childhood. imagine hearing Eve’s words read from the sacred text one morning at your church, synagogue, mosque, or women’s circle: As the Mother of all Living,…

  • On our need for Incubation

    By Maureen B. Roberts, PhD When a parent bird incubates an egg, s/he devotedly keeps the egg warm and safe; s/he does nothing but instead keeps still, staying fully present in order to give the egg all it needs to nurture the new life suspended within its maternal darkness. Often when we are ill, this…

  • On Soul, Character and Calling:A Conversation with James Hillman

    I like this interview of James Hillman a lot. By Scott London James Hillman studied with the great Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung in the 1950s and later became the first director of studies at the Jung Institute in Zurich. After returning to the United States in 1980, he taught at Yale, Syracuse and the universities…

  • Our Homeland

    By Bert Hellinger The country we come from, our Homeland and our country are part of our destiny. They are closely connected to our mother. Our homeland for us is like a mother. We have received everything essential from our homeland. Therefore, we have an obligation towards our homeland. As in other relationships there must…