MARINA OPPENHEIMER BOOKS AND BLOG

Mis abuelos vivían a una media hora de mi casa y, cuando niña, solía ir a visitarlos los sábados. A mi abuelo le encantaba jugar a la canasta pero detestaba perder, así que, a pesar de mis pocos años, yo había aprendido a tolerar su frustración cada vez que le ganaba una mano. Ese sábado yo había llegado un poco más tarde que de costumbre y él me estaba esperando con la puerta abierta. En esa época no abundaban los atracos y la gente vivía mucho más confiada que hoy en día. El almuerzo ya estaba listo y mi abuela iba y venía de la cocina con los habituales spaghetti al pomodoro y el bol de queso rallado. Debo decir aquí que mi abuela odiaba la cocina pero, por suerte, mi abuelo no. Nunca en mis largos años de vida comí spaghetti como los de mi abuelo. A pesar de que, en esa época, yo no sabía mucho de cocina me sabía la receta de memoria: un huevo por persona, media taza de harina por persona, sal, y una cucharita de aceite de oliva. Hacer un círculo de harina para encajonar los huevos...

 I have collected these thoughts through years of reading spiritual books. I hope you too will take advantage of their transcendent depth.   We are in this life to learn and to teach, to  observe and find meaning. I am not my story; I am my choices. Our story was created by our parents. We recreate a story line until we have resolved it. If I resent someone, he/she becomes my main relationship. Too long in a negative resolution equals the distortion of reality. Moments are planned by the unconscious long before we step into them. A crisis will destroy us if we don’t let go what is already lost. Being in a crisis is being in a state of transformation. A crisis is the way we evolve when we lack courage. Everything cannot be forgiven. Betraying makes you unable to save your marriage. Adversity teaches us how to enjoy non-adversity. Let’s count our blessings. Attachment arises from the need to forge an identity through association. What the ego...

  For some mysterious coincidence, books by authors with my same vision of the Universe very often fall into my lap. Such is the case of Ignace Lepp, originally from Estonia, whose above statement reflects exactly my vision of eternity. In a few words this author describes how the generalities created by different religions leave aside the most important aspect of existence: i.e. that each one of us has the freedom to shape the life that will take place, or not, when we leave this planet. Because although all of us human beings belong to the same race, we are all spiritually different. As a result, not only our path through this life will be profoundly dissimilar from one another, but also our next journey will be like no other. What then is the existential difference between human beings? Even though we all face similar life challenges for survival, the energy with which we face these obstacles cannot be taught nor explained. Each one of us must discover its own path without help....