As you dear ones mentioned already, a beautiful cat who is roaming around in our area comes to mind. She visited our place yesterday for the second time, just resting at the mat in front of the bureau I work, seeking shelter and a nice warm place to hide from the snow and could wind outside. She is such a beauty! People who arrived were surprised but very kind, caressed her and carefully passed her to enter the room, while she patiently lay there curled up peacefully all afternoon, giving joy to every visitor. Each time I opened the door to let the next visitor in, I was hoping and then very happy to still see her there, caressed her as well and speaking a few words to her. It was a gift to have her visiting and i hope she will be coming back soon. Also from my side, thank you very much for this question.

I am so grateful for being able to be with a group of very kind people, and all the group and especially our leader during this intense experience which we are allowed to undergo deserve my deep thanks right now. All these kindred souls who are joining this retreat as well as all the many people who provide the many things to make it happen are so very kind and helpful. And then there are the ones who prepared the location; the ones who grew the plants for having the gift of eating vegetarian food and the ones who offer the delicious food for us and the ones who prepare it carefully. The ones who clean the place so that we may feel fully comfortable; and the ones who find joy in offering beauty. It requires so many hands and hearts to make it happen in the wholehearted and loving way it is done. All these and most probably many more kindred hearts who offer so generous of themselves to just make this happen for us deserve my gratitude and big thanks.

What I regret most is the kind of hidden haughtiness I felt towards others. Although it did not hurt openly, it clearly would have hurt others if it would have been visible. Not to let it appear does not make it better. I can only humbly apologize towards the ones concerned. For this to not let it happen again, it requires to understand and to love.. To punish myself is no solution but an expression of something. I just saw a short video of Br. David, where he conveys: Fear not – meaning: do not resist, instead cultivate friendliness. A really peaceful suggestion, offering help, and I will try to do so.

To honor my heart´s whisper, I should give it an expression. Related to my own, I can only say that I am fully and most gratefully committed to what I started in the groups I was allowed to join and in some writing I have done about the same theme, which is about “meditation with substance”, trying to support the magic that life holds for the sake of helping to unfold consciousness, love and freedom as best as I am able to, together with kindred hearts, to hopefully helping to realize it for the sake of all, God willing. For this I pray with all my heart.
A day full of intensity lies ahead. With love, wishing all a sunny day, a blessed day, you all out there.

Witnessing the miracle of our family working all together to realize a necessary change, while before, each of us was living seemingly apart but for the sake of creating something new, all came to bring in their talents and strengths to make it possible. My sister cooked a meal for all, my other sister made the necessary structural arrangements, my nephews and nieces brought their friends to help build the connections for communicating. All senses involved! I could do my part, and even some of the neighbors were willing to join in to clean and to carry what needed to be moved, only to make it possible. Our free commitment arrived in this “joint venture” and made it easy and pleasant to work together as a whole just in a flow and with good moods. So grateful for this inspiring experience right now.