What do we do in the spirit world after we die? It’s like the Scots say, “Ye’re a long time dead.” I have some theories …. My favourite theory is that we get to see everything — we can go back in time, stay in the present, or go forward. We can go to every...

Affairs of the workplace The key to good work? Focus and an enquiring mind. Another thing, young people: You’ve got to check your own work and correct your errors, before your work leaves you. Don’t assume you haven’t made any errors. When replying to an email, re-read the incoming email before you hit the Send...

Affairs of the heart The heart chemical When you’re in love, you produce a specific chemical in the region of the heart. This, I have found, is always mutual — the other person who’s in love with you produces the same chemical. I don’t know if it’s an organic chemical in your physical heart, or...

What am I? You’re a human soul in a physical incarnation. The meaning of life? The meaning of life is to enable the soul to progress. We progress only here in the physical world, not in the spiritual world. Rudolf Steiner says it better: “Once I came into this world … to acquire qualities unattainable...

The event Time:  During the dayDate:  Early 2020Place:  Room 236 in the Hotel Zentral, Hauptplatz 27, Wiener Neustadt I heard a voice telling me to do it I was 63 years old. I was in my long-term hotel room. I suddenly heard a voice telling me to do a wrong thing, to commit a crime. The...

The event Time:  During the dayDate:  2012Place:  At work in the Dosimetry Lab at the IAEA Laboratories, Seibersdorf I was around 55 years old. I was in my small office in the lab. I was indulging in a negative thought, which in turn generated a negative emotion, which I was enjoying. In the next moment I...

The event Time:  During the dayDate:  2012Place:  My flat at Lange Gasse 24/1, Wiener Neustadt I was 55 years old. For nearly 10 years I had kept a stone on my desk as an ornament. It looked like a toad. It was ugly. I liked it. Once a month I would pick it up to dust...

The event Time:  During the dayDate:  Early 1990sPlace:  My flat on the Hernalser Gürtel 16/20, Vienna I was in my mid-30s. I was at home. I became aware of a negative energy or entity coming down to settle in a part of my mind. It descended like a bird and came to rest on a place...

The event Time:  Early morningDate:  Early 1990sPlace:  My flat at Hernalser Gürtel 16/20, Vienna(My flat was actually No. 21, but “No. 20” had been put on the door by mistake) I was in my mid-30s. I was sleeping lightly. My black cat, Buka, was also asleep. Suddenly I heard a loud, male laugh. It was human-like...

The event Time:  During the dayDate:   1986Place:  At work, 24th floor of the A-Tower in the VIC, IAEA, Vienna Although this was a positive moment, I put this text under “Negative experiences”. I was 30 years old. I was walking along the corridor. Suddenly, something left me. I knew what it was. It was the...