Der Religionswissenschaftler Hermann Usener machte 1889 in seinem Buch „Das Weih-nachtsfest“, vermutlich als erster wieder darauf aufmerksam, dass der Heilige Geist eigentlich weiblich-mütterlicher Natur sei. So schrieb er: „Es lässt sich auch der Beweis heute noch führen, dass der Taufbericht (Jesus Taufe im Jordan) dieses Evangeliums (Matthäus) von Anfang in semitischer Sprache niedergeschrieben war und in dieser Gestalt längerhin verbreitet wurde. Der darin gebrauchte Ausdruck für den Heiligen Geist war ruha (ruach), und dieses Wort war weiblichen Geschlechts. Deswegen wurde der Heilige Geist als Göttliche Mutter des Erlösers gefasst, und nicht nur in der Stelle von der Taufe; es waren in jenem Evangelium dem Heiland die merkwürdigen Worte in den Mund gelegt: ‚Eben hat mich meine Mutter, der Heilige Geist, an einem meiner Haare gefasst und auf den großen Berg Tabor getragen’.“ Gemeint ist hier das Hebräer-Evangelium, das aus sehr frühen judenchrist-lichen Kreisen stammte. Leider sind nur noch Bruchstücke daraus überliefert. (more…)

1. be prepared for obstacles: negativity from within or without may come in the way if you want to spread sy. For instance, after i decided spontaneously to join the tour through germany i instantly started to feel sick. A headache kept growing, my nose started running; i imagined myself having fever on an 8 hour trip by car. Luckily my intuition was stronger and i went with the musicians. As soon as we entered the motorway my symptoms were gone.
2. plan, but stay flexible: planning is good. Few things happen without planning. By the way Germans love planning. But organizing a sahaj event is a little different from organizing any other event. You must notice the point when you have to stop organizing and let go. At some point during the tour i was desperate, because we were running out of money and i didn´t know how to pay for the petrol and for drinks and snacks during travelling. Few hours after i had discovered that hole in my purse a concert was given in Freiburg. They asked the audience for donations. Without telling anyone about our money problem the yogis from Freiburg and around generously decided to gift the 250€ they collected during the concert for the tour and the welfare of the musicians.By the way at the end of the tour i was sitting together with another yogini sorting out the mess of bills and counting the money. I had a hole in my nabhi fearing we would end up with a big minus. Can you believe that we found out that accounts in the end were exactly balanced? (more…)