daily meditation and contemplation with an 11th century mystic
Let those who live with eyes wide open and hear with open ears welcome with love these mystical words, which have come from him who is Life. Hildegard von Bingen
The program runs for 30 days, from the 16th of January to the 14 February, 2026
Though she was a medieval Christian mystic and nun she believed in practical spirituality and daily contemplative practice that is relevant to one’s life. As you will see the daily sharing she offers for us to contemplate is rather ‘relevant’. For example, some days we are asked to contemplate on our choices in life, on other days, we will contemplate on how we view our own sexuality.
She created a daily practice schedule with short daily meditative prayers of her visionary messages that we will do at the start of the day. And then there will be exercises suggested for the end of the day, too.
Each morning around 5am CET a short video will be posted on our YOUTUBE and TIKTOK channels introducing a short meditation and the text for daily contemplation. Then in the evening, around 5pm CET another short video will be posted with the evening contemplations.
The source of the program is Let there be light by Hildegard de Bingen
SUGGESTIONS
The purpose of this program is to open a gate for you to gain spiritual insight and wisdom. We are all connected to the Source/Divine Presence/God (use your own word). It is a kind of video book for a special kind of spiritual journey that offers insight and guidance. Please remember that this program intends to ‘free’ your spirit not to confine it so please go with what feels right. I offer a structure for you but you do not need to follow it if it does not work for you.
Don’t be surprised if you understand nothing. Understanding is not the point! Go with what feels right, simply allow Spirit to guide you through the next 30 days.
daily meditation and contemplation with an 11th century mystic
Let those who live with eyes wide open and hear with open ears welcome with love these mystical words, which have come from him who is Life. Hildegard von Bingen
The program runs for 30 days, from the 16th of January to the 14 February, 2026
Though she was a medieval Christian mystic and nun she believed in practical spirituality and daily contemplative practice that is relevant to one’s life. As you will see the daily sharing she offers for us to contemplate is rather ‘relevant’. For example, some days we are asked to contemplate on our choices in life, on other days, we will contemplate on how we view our own sexuality.
She created a daily practice schedule with short daily meditative prayers of her visionary messages that we will do at the start of the day. And then there will be exercises suggested for the end of the day, too.
Each morning around 5am CET a short video will be posted on our YOUTUBE and TIKTOK channels introducing a short meditation and the text for daily contemplation. Then in the evening, around 5pm CET another short video will be posted with the evening contemplations.
The source of the program is Let there be light by Hildegard de Bingen
SUGGESTIONS
The purpose of this program is to open a gate for you to gain spiritual insight and wisdom. We are all connected to the Source/Divine Presence/God (use your own word). It is a kind of video book for a special kind of spiritual journey that offers insight and guidance. Please remember that this program intends to ‘free’ your spirit not to confine it so please go with what feels right. I offer a structure for you but you do not need to follow it if it does not work for you.
Don’t be surprised if you understand nothing. Understanding is not the point! Go with what feels right, simply allow Spirit to guide you through the next 30 days.
daily meditation and contemplation with an 11th century mystic
Let those who live with eyes wide open and hear with open ears welcome with love these mystical words, which have come from him who is Life. Hildegard von Bingen
The program runs for 30 days, from the 16th of January to the 14 February, 2026
Though she was a medieval Christian mystic and nun she believed in practical spirituality and daily contemplative practice that is relevant to one’s life. As you will see the daily sharing she offers for us to contemplate is rather ‘relevant’. For example, some days we are asked to contemplate on our choices in life, on other days, we will contemplate on how we view our own sexuality.
She created a daily practice schedule with short daily meditative prayers of her visionary messages that we will do at the start of the day. And then there will be exercises suggested for the end of the day, too.
Each morning around5am CET a short video will be posted on our YOUTUBE and TIKTOK channels introducing a short meditation and the text for daily contemplation. Then in the evening, around 5pm CET another short video will be posted with the evening contemplations.
The source of the program is Let there be light by Hildegard de Bingen
SUGGESTIONS
The purpose of this program is to open a gate for you to gain spiritual insight and wisdom. We are all connected to the Source/Divine Presence/God (use your own word). It is a kind of video book for a special kind of spiritual journey that offers insight and guidance. Please remember that this program intends to ‘free’ your spirit not to confine it so please go with what feels right. I offer a structure for you but you do not need to follow it if it does not work for you.
Don’t be surprised if you understand nothing. Understanding is not the point! Go with what feels right, simply allow Spirit to guide you through the next 30 days.
daily meditation and contemplation with an 11th century mystic
Let those who live with eyes wide open and hear with open ears welcome with love these mystical words, which have come from him who is Life. Hildegard von Bingen
The program runs for 30 days, from the 16th of January to the 14 February, 2026
Though she was a medieval Christian mystic and nun she believed in practical spirituality and daily contemplative practice that is relevant to one’s life. As you will see the daily sharing she offers for us to contemplate is rather ‘relevant’. For example, some days we are asked to contemplate on our choices in life, on other days, we will contemplate on how we view our own sexuality.
She created a daily practice schedule with short daily meditative prayers of her visionary messages that we will do at the start of the day. And then there will be exercises suggested for the end of the day, too.
Each morning around 5am CET a short video will be posted on our YOUTUBE and TIKTOK channels introducing a short meditation and the text for daily contemplation. Then in the evening, around 5pm CET another short video will be posted with the evening contemplations.
The source of the program is Let there be light by Hildegard de Bingen
SUGGESTIONS
The purpose of this program is to open a gate for you to gain spiritual insight and wisdom. We are all connected to the Source/Divine Presence/God (use your own word). It is a kind of video book for a special kind of spiritual journey that offers insight and guidance. Please remember that this program intends to ‘free’ your spirit not to confine it so please go with what feels right. I offer a structure for you but you do not need to follow it if it does not work for you.
Don’t be surprised if you understand nothing. Understanding is not the point! Go with what feels right, simply allow Spirit to guide you through the next 30 days.
Hildegard of Bingen lived between 1098-1179. She was a benedictine nun with extraordinary talent and accomplishment that have made her a source of inspiration and admiration. She was a mystic an a visionary, but she was also a prophet, a reformer, a scientist, an encyclopedist, a composer, and a dramatist – a Renaissance personality well before the Renaissance.
She wrote numerous books on various subject such as natural science, animals, natural medicine, holistic health, music, theology and her powerful spiritual visions.
She stands out from mystics as well who mostly wrote out of an intense personal experience of God. Instead Hildegard was a visionary and a prophet. She does not use the ‘divine-spouse’ approach to spirituality. She invites us through her insights to seek to penetrate the mystery of God and to live consciously in Its presence day by day.
Though she was a medieval Christian mystic and nun she believed in practical spirituality and daily contemplative practice that is relevant to one’s life. As you will see the daily sharing she offers for us to contemplate is rather ‘relevant’. Some days we are asked to contemplate on our choices in life, on other days, we will contemplate on how we view our own sexuality.
She created a daily practice schedule with short daily meditative prayers of her visionary messages that we will do at the start of the day. And then there will be exercises suggested for the end of the day, too.
The program runs for 30 days, from the 16th of January to the 14 February, 2026
PRACTICALITIES
Each morning around 5am CET ashort video will be posted on our YOUTUBE, INSTA, and TIKTOK channels introducing a short meditation and the text for daily contemplation. Then in the evening, around 5pm CET another short video will be posted with the evening contemplations.
The source of the program is Let there be light by Hildegard de Bingen
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
Reading, reflecting and Praying is the three-fold activity that we will be doing daily. I will read out a two-part message for you so you can listen to it in a meditative posture. You are asked to contemplate on the message and use the mantra throughout the day and make notes for yourself on your discoveries. In the evening there will be a closing prayer.
Every morning and evening set aside a few quiet moments (about 5-6min) where you can listen to the video without disruption.
If you can write down the mantra of the day and read it out for yourself regularly and just observe what happens.
SUGGESTIONS
The purpose of this program is to open a gate for you to gain spiritual insight and wisdom. We are all connected to the Source/Divine Presence/God (use your own word). It is a video book for a special kind of spiritual journey that offers insight and guidance. Please remember that this program intends to ‘free’ your spirit not to confine it so please go with what feels right. I offer a structure for you but you do not need to follow it if it does not work for you.
Don’t be surprised if you understand nothing. Understanding is not the point! Go with what feels right, simply allow Spirit to guide you through the next 30 days.
Let those who live with eyes wide open and hear with open ears welcome with love these mystical words, which have come from him who is Life. Hildegard von Bingen
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein
That witticism — I’ll call it “Einstein Insanity” — is usually attributed to Albert Einstein. Though the Matthew effect may be operating here.*
I often hear people talk about wanting to have more fulfilling experiences or to attract different types of people and opportunities or to have more income. It is admirable that we consider making changes.
For making lasting change, however, wishing is not enough. As we are habitual creatures and we are often unaware of our repeated thoughts and actions that actually generate our daily life experiences, making changes can be tricky.
Change is personal
When it comes to change, in my experience, we need to understand where we individually need to make specific changes. First of all, it requires a deep look within our own patterns of behaviours and their results. We need to understand how we generate the experiences we are having right now. What do I believe about myself, others, the world and the Divine so I have these specific experiences? Then we need to start making some changes in areas where we wish to have happier and more fulfilling experiences.
The trap of ‘Divine Order’
God (the Divine Presence, the Loving, the Loving energy) does not make changes in our lives. We do by thinking and behaving differently. God walks our journey with us but we are required to walk our individualized journey and take the learning from our experiences. God’s main wish for us is to know us as God (sons/daughters of God) and know that we are Loved (not the human kind of love) and that we are One with All. Divine Order is not Fate. In my experience, Divine Order means acceptance of the highest order. I am not to fight my experiences or make them wrong. They are there to teach me.
The first step to any change is acceptance of what is. Then I am to look at my flaws, the habits that do not work for me any more with Compassionate and Loving eyes. That is Divine Order. I accept God’s Love for me JUST AS I AM.
Then I start releasing the limitations that hinder me from having the experiences I would truly like to have. Finally, I start to BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY. This is the CREATIVE part of change. God does not tell us what we need to do exactly so to have different experiences. We must start experimenting.
This part of the CHANGE JOURNEY is about interchanging between release and course-correct. I keep on releasing old patterns and try different new ways of thinking and being.
God (the Loving energy of the Source) walks with me encouraging me and cheering for me! Eventually, through the inner and outer journey I have walked, I arrive to new experiences. Change has taken place.
Our steps are made firm by the Lord, … though we stumble, we shall not fall headlong, for the Lord holds us by the hand. Psalm 37:23–24
through the Ages; an Interfaith approach to finding Love
“The kingdom of heaven is within you” said Jesus but he was not the only spiritual teacher or guru who did so. It means that the sacred is internal, not external; that divinity, wisdom and truth reside inside of us humans; and that transformation happens within, first.
As we look at the different spiritual traditions we will see that the message of the ‘inner pathway’ is present in them all. The message may be approached and expressed a little bit differently but the core teaching is the same.
What is the teaching?
We are inherently connected with the Divine Presence, a greater reality that encompasses all there is. This presence or energy is of Loving and Light. The reason we don’t feel connected with it is because we are not aware of it. The reason behind our lack of awareness is our attention. Our attention is out-there all the time, in the world of matter and time. We are caught up in the hamster wheel of life.
How to connect to the Loving?
Well there are many ways to that. The different spiritual traditions offer various modes and tools to do that. However, one thig is common in all of them: the inner path.
Why is it important or even essential for us to connect with the Divine Presence or the Energy of Loving and Light?
The world is full of wars and conflicts. Most of them are wars of ideas that never change but punish the innocent. Wars and conflicts are not started by simple housewives because of having run out of butter. Conflicts are generated by a small groups of people who appear to represent the majority.
In truth our issues are never outside of us. All the issues we face regardless how they appear are generated within ourselves. It is quite likely that we can find people with similar issues but it still does not mean that the issue is outside. We, ourselves, place the issue out into the world then look for a suitable scapegoat to relieve our inner discord.
I have seen it too many times to know that when we look within and face our ‘inner enemy’ the outer disappears.
It is admittedly easier to fight an outer demon and appear heroic than following e.g. Jesus’ or Moses’ examples. They both showed great courage when they went into the wilderness to overcome their own demons and connect deeper with the Divine Presence. They did not go to war with another tribe or the phereses to relieve their frustrations. They took responsibility for themselves and set with their inner challenges until they dissipated.
Spiritual Life is made up of a series of actions. It is not a mental concept or a phantasy of glory and chimes. Some the actions are hard to do but God is there with us all the time as long as we are willing to take on the challenge.
Why bother?Well, for a start as we resolve our inner conflicts there will be less in the world. Additionally, we will experience a kind of Love that is indescribable. Love that feels like safety and warms just as much as exuberance and freedom. The rewards are much more valuable than the invested efforts.
If you are interested in having and ACTIVE SPRITUAL LIFE, get in touch!
One of the ‘main’ teachings of any spiritual circle is the idea of LETTING GO. In a way it is the opposite of HOLDING ON or CONTROLING. It makes sense. It is impossible to make any changes in one’s life without letting go. A simple example is when you want to wear a set of new clothes, first you need to throw out (let go of) your old clothes so they would fit your wardrobe. It is the same with ideas of beliefs.
Well, is it really that easy? Does it really work the same way with beliefs as it is with clothes? The answer is NO. Letting go of beliefs is part (the last part) of a longer process.
Just because you do not like something or something makes you feel uncomfortable it does not automatically mean that you can let it go.
Fear is often a life-long companion for most of us in some form or another. Most people are not even aware of the ‘things’ that make them feel afraid. Most of our fears and anxiety stem in a belief that we picked up in our childhood. Simply claiming or affirming a life without fear will not do the job, either.
Our life is a journey of learning and unlearning until we arrive into Wholeness with the Loving that we often call God.
Recently, I became aware of a belief or pattern of behaviour that I had lived with most of my life. As I child I learnt that the way I can assure safety and care is to take on others’ responsibilities. As an adult, I often found myself outraged and angry with people who seemingly had dropped their responsibilities onto my shoulders. Later, I understood that beliefs generate experiences. Because I learnt that ‘responsibility’ is my ‘curtain call’, I attract people who prefer not to take it.
Though I have tried many times, I simply cannot release the belief or override the actions. I pray daily that I move into more freedom with my limitations and I do have affirmations that aim at releasing my sense of responsibility, but until I ACT DIFFERENTLY nothing changes.
God, in Its infinite Loving and Grace, provides us with opportunities. If we don’t take them, It eventually guides us into situations where we have no other choices but to ‘let go’.
Presently, I am in one of those ‘unavoidable’ situations. It is hard to walk it day by day. It is hard to be faced with the fear that is generated by my not taking responsibility for others. I am crazy worried that ‘they’ will screw it up and I will have to fix it so to survive. I remind myself that it is only a belief, it is not reality any more.
I know better. I know that God’s Grace walks with us all whether we are aware of it or not. There was a time when I did not feel God’s Grace. Now, I know it because I know how to tune into it.
At the same time, I know that God wants me to be free from this limitation. It wants me to be a calmer and less anxious person by allowing others to do their lives as they see fit without me interfering and fixing it for them. This is the learning or unlearning process. Until I can move my entire being into a new way of responding to familiar situations, I am actively walking the ‘letting go’ process in my own way.
Nevertheless, I do not ignore people. It is true that I do not try to save them. Just because I assume that they cannot take responsibility for their lives does not mean that I turn away from them. I keep on checking with myself if I am in ‘saving’ mode or ‘supporting’ mode. 🙂 When I feel that I am trying to save them, I consciously move into ‘letting go’ which in my case means asking God to walk with me, guide me, forgive me for not doing what I assume I should do, I cry, I meditate, I talk to a friend … and I keep on doing this until the belief dissolves into the Oneness.
In conclusion, ‘letting go’ is not words but acts. How we walk the process of release is unique to us all. We are the ones who are aware of the beliefs, the patterns, the errors and eventually the way out of it.
God walks the journey with us as long as we ask It to do so.
Let me know if you are interested in PRACTICAL SPIRITUALITY, a journey of awakening to self and God.
