During our summer holidays my husband and I visited an experimental farm in Austria. Sepp Holzer calls himself a »rebellious farmer« and works miracles at the height of 4200 feet above sea level. He turned a steep pine forest into a land of ponds, fields and fruit tree gardens. How? By building terraces. The rain water descending from pond to pond comes down as spring water full of life energy at the bottom of the terraces. By creating a humid microclimate Holzer is able to grow even apricots and lemons at an amazing altitude. He says: “My farm is not supposed to be a recipe. It is merely an...

Based on comments of the readers of my last blog The Limits of Positive Thinking, I would like to add another limitation. One should not be too specific, when one affirms. Let me explain. If we read books by Louise Hay, there are no affirmations like: “I am married to Tom this and that.” They are always more general: “I am married to a loving man.” The actual Tom this and that is picked by god/the universe/coincidence – whichever you believe in. I would give a similar answer to a lady mentioned in a comment to my previous blog that never wins in a casino. Maybe lottery is not...

I can only come up with one. It’s not clever to endure a difficult situation that could be changed and only repeat to oneself: »It’s fine. It’s fine. It could be worse.« Some situations cannot be changed, that’s true. All one can do in such cases is get used to it. However, there are situations that CAN be changed and those are the times to take action in addition to positive thinking. Let me give you an example. I had some lines from Louise Hay’s book hanging on a wall I was facing while sitting at my desk in my office, where I used to work: »In the infinity of life...