The shared foundation of human sensitivity and visionary potential
Every person carries a sensitive nature.
This sensitivity shapes how we respond to the world—how we absorb the countless impressions that reach us each day. Some of us process them more deeply or for longer; others more lightly. If we wish to compare our sensitivity, it is wiser to speak of degrees rather than divisions.
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Read MoreListening, feeling, and daring to live fully
I have always been a sensitive boy—since childhood. That sensitivity has shaped me profoundly. It has made me live intensely: moments of deep happiness and sadness, of discovery and encounter, of the constant urge to cross boundaries and embrace life.
I have always wanted to embrace the whole world — to seek peace, to give peace — only to discover again and again that my heart feels these things differently each time. As an emotional person, I tend to withdraw when life becomes too heavy. But I keep reminding myself: dare to live, fully. Without daring, life’s most vivid moments never come. You do not want the beauty and amazement of living to pass you by, do you?
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Read MoreFreedom, sensitivity, and the power that makes us human
Over the years, I have discovered many things about the role our sensitive nature plays in our lives. I have also come to understand what I call visionary power—the quiet force that helps us shape our life from within. Whoever learns to coach themselves, to listen and act from that inner source, holds in their hands the key to becoming free.
But what is freedom as the goal of self-coaching?
What is the positive meaning of our sensitivity?
What does it add to our success—and how does visionary power set us free in the truest sense of the word?
Freedom is not a denial of our humanity but its expression. It is something natural, something that fits us like a second skin. Freedom and humanism belong together.
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Read MoreDialogue, healing, and the courage to see through another’s eyes
Songs are often dialogues with the emotional side of life.
Cat Stevens’ Father and Son comes to mind—that tender exchange between two generations, where love and misunderstanding live side by side. The son longs for freedom; the father urges caution. Both speak from care, both from fear.
Dialogue is rarely easy—not between father and son, not between lovers or friends, and certainly not between enemies. Yet it is through dialogue that self-coaching becomes something greater: co-coaching—a meeting of inner worlds.
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Read MoreJoie de vivre as a path to inner liberation
One of the goals of self-coaching—to find freedom from our emotional entanglements—brings us to the role of enjoyment in our lives. This is joie de vivre—the simple, radiant joy of being alive.
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Read MoreHomecoming, friendship, and the shared beauty of our emotional world
There is a garden that is, without question, the most beautiful in the world.
And there—my friends live.
They’re a little crazy. Not truly crazy, but wonderfully sensitive—the kind of people with whom you can share the best, most vivid moments. These friends are special. They are the first citizens of that garden: the homeland of all people with a sensitive nature.
And my friends feel at home there—because it is everyone’s home.
We all have our most beautiful garden.
It is the landscape of our emotional world—the place where our inner life blooms in full color.
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Read MoreReciprocity, insight, and the return to peace
There is a beautiful life story, a lesson, from Japanese antiquity.
It tells of a samurai—fierce and proud—who demanded that a Zen master explain the principles of doom and glory.
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Read MoreAt the heart of this work lies one conviction:
that every human being carries a visionary power—the quiet strength that connects sensitivity, freedom, and love.
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