Monthly Archives: November 2021

Yesterday Watashi-wa went to have his hair cut – 3mm on top, 2mm on the sides. The Cretan barber did a good job, but very little came off the top, so I encouraged him to go a bit shorter. The result is that I now look like a tonsured monk. And it has been botheringContinue reading “tonsure”

Saying ‘Yes’ to the present moment is the key to inner peace and the doorway to the experience of God, according to Eckhart Tolle. He says that we have to learn to accept the present moment fully, and to see it as our friend. St. Porphyrios says: We should regard Christ as a friend. HeContinue reading “our friends”

Sometimes Watashi-wa feels like a broken record. Some things I keep coming back to, over and over again. One of them is suffering, and its relation to the spiritual life. Today is one of those days. I went to bed early, slept well, and woke up refreshed. I meditated via Zoom with friends in BerlinContinue reading “broken record”