As I have mentioned in my previous blog, the saying “Back to nature” well applies to everything Sepp Holzer does on his experimental farm. Let us take snails for example. How does he fight snails on his vegetables? Well, it is a project. He planted lots of the so called »bird cherry trees« (Vogelkirschen). The cherries that grow on this sort of trees are small enough for birds to be able to eat them. Holzer picks some cherries and produces jam, but the rest remains there to be eaten by birds. Those birds like eating snails too. Thus there is no need to poison snails with artificial chemicals. The...

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...

An American psychologist who lives in Slovenia and has recently read my book said to me: »I think society IS mental illness.« I was puzzled for a while, but then I asked: »What are mental patients then? The worst cases?« To my astonishment he replied: »No, they are just people who are more aware of it.« I answered instinctively: »I’ll take this as a compliment.« Later I gave this conversation more thought. Maybe he was right. Think of paranoia. It’s one of the core thinking patterns. We are afraid of getting old, afraid of dying, afraid of being alone. So afraid that whole...