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Ausgabe 05/26

Peace is Not a State of Being, But a Mission

For thousands of years, people of all religions have wished each other peace, which suggests that peace is not—and has never been—the normal state of affairs; otherwise, there would have been no need to wish for it. However, peace does not merely mean the absence of war; it generally also implies contentment, a life free from fear and violence, and a life lived in community with people who are peace-loving.

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Media Education

Every year before going on vacation, I find myself wondering whether I can manage without my mobile phone during that time. So far, despite my best…
Every year before going on vacation, I find myself wondering whether I can manage without my mobile phone during that time. So far, despite my best intentions, I haven’t been able to do it. We use what used to be just a phone…
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Tease, Torment, Bully

Do you also remember situations from your childhood that you are ashamed of today? For example, in second grade, I stole some adorable lace-crocheted…
Do you also remember situations from your childhood that you are ashamed of today? For example, in second grade, I stole some adorable lace-crocheted doll shoes from my friend Romy. As adults, we feel ashamed when we remember how we cheated or…
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Language of the Soul

When 250 men and women from Waldorf schools sing together, even without rehearsing, they form a powerful choir with confident voices and musicality.…
When 250 men and women from Waldorf schools sing together, even without rehearsing, they form a powerful choir with confident voices and musicality. These 250 people are delegates from Waldorf schools, seminars, and colleges. For me, it is always a…
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Values that Connect

People have apparently always been prone to lying, cheating, abusing power, and violence. That is why, around 3,000 years ago, Moses had to establish…
People have apparently always been prone to lying, cheating, abusing power, and violence. That is why, around 3,000 years ago, Moses had to establish rules that everyone should follow. Buddhism also has ten basic rules, and Islam has five. Despite…
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Growing Older Happens Incidentally

On the one hand, it is conventional wisdom: panta rhei. Everything flows, everything is in motion. On the other hand, we are always amazed when change…
On the one hand, it is conventional wisdom: panta rhei. Everything flows, everything is in motion. On the other hand, we are always amazed when change occurs, when something is no longer as it used to be, when shoes become too small or we do not…
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Struggling for Democracy

As is often the case with abstract concepts, there is no single definition. For me, democracy means, among other things, voting according to the…
As is often the case with abstract concepts, there is no single definition. For me, democracy means, among other things, voting according to the majority principle only after a long process of debate. It also means that although majorities decide,…
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How We Eat

The longer our children have been out of the house, the more we are experiencing a drastic decline in culture at home—at least when it comes to food.…
The longer our children have been out of the house, the more we are experiencing a drastic decline in culture at home—at least when it comes to food. In the past, when the children still lived at home, there were many rules.
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STEM: When the brain tingles ...

Do you know that feeling when your brain tingles? When we perceive something and desperately want to know why? This urge to explore new things and…
Do you know that feeling when your brain tingles? When we perceive something and desperately want to know why? This urge to explore new things and find solutions to problems is epistemic curiosity.
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Hee Haw, Woof Woof, Cock-a-Doodle-doo

Humans are biophilic beings – that is, we are designed in such a way that we want to form bonds with all other living beings, or rather, that we…
Humans are biophilic beings – that is, we are designed in such a way that we want to form bonds with all other living beings, or rather, that we cannot do otherwise. The fact that we give animals names or bury them in graves with tombstones is not an…
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In a World Where you yan be Anything, be Loving

What does love have to do with Waldorf education? When one of my children transferred from a state school to a Waldorf school and her school…
What does love have to do with Waldorf education? When one of my children transferred from a state school to a Waldorf school and her school experience there was completely different from before, I had the impression that teachers at the Waldorf…
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