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Overview

  • 4 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German
  • 57, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • Student of nonviolent communication and 'The Work' of Byr...
  • How have I been educated? From a very early age, I've had...
  • From Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To BE happy, peaceful, loving, compassionate and true to myself - in this dream

ABOUT ME

Now, I have to make sure that I sound interesting. Not easy coz I think that I appear humble, can be very shy and sometimes very outgoing. I do not take life personal and have a tendency to laugh a lot about my ridicules 'Self'. After being a successful (thats what others say about me, I don't know what success is) entrepreneur I noticed that I had enough of trying to archive something. I love to connect with people and it helps me to grow.

PHILOSOPHY

Loving kindness appears to be the answer.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By being present, open, non-judgemental, and sometimes I come across opinionated that is coz I question mine and others thinking.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Great, I traveled already several month this way. And I feel very humble about the kindness and generosity that I have received.

Interests

Pondering about life and why humans do what they do, cooking, wine, listening to what is alive in others, buddhism, non-dualism, traveling, reading, psychology, life music, dancing, movies.

  • dogs
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • wine
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • buddhist
  • entrepreneurship
  • psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

The Fountain, Blueberry Nights, My Sisters Sister, anything that brings tears into my eyes and touches my heart.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Uhhh, well, guess I am not that amazing. Once I trained a search and rescue dog. Is that amazing? I fathered 3 kids - they are amazing - and I don't know if I can take any credits for that.
What is amazing anyway? I had moments were looking at a simple green leave would bring me down to my knees, that felt amazing. Life is amazing. Our bodies are amazing, they breath, heal, some function over 100 years. A water tap is amazing, when I open it, clear water comes out. Everything is sooo amazing, when I stop and look, I mean really look.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Sociocracy (no *not* Socialism .... dynamic governance)
Teach, share: nonviolent communication, mediation
Facilitate: self-inquiry 'The Work' of Byron Katie
Learn: from what ever I notice happening

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Italy, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany

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