{"id":338,"date":"2019-12-19T13:34:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T12:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spirituelle-lebensfuehrung.de\/?page_id=338"},"modified":"2026-11-08T10:49:33","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T09:49:33","slug":"aktuell-workshop-januar-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spirituelle-lebensfuehrung.de\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome to my website \u2018Spiritual Living.\u2019 My name is J\u00fcrgen Lang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This site is about topics such as the question of one’s own identity (\u2018Who am I?\u2019), the reason for the existence of evil, how to find one’s inner voice, what true love looks like, how to ensure a constant and secure supply on a spiritual basis, and what role meditation and mind control play in life’s success. All in all, it is about finding a way out of suffering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our present time is characterised by globalisation, terrorism, brutalisation, increasing vigilante justice, cybercrime, fascist tendencies and war. These problems are of increasing existential importance. This applies all the more since humans have manoeuvred themselves into a self-destructive relationship with the climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The solutions have been around for a long time, they have always been there. They are laid down in the great wisdom texts, albeit often encrypted. Moreover, ideals such as the Golden Rule or love of enemies seem irrational and implausible anyway. They have therefore largely disappeared from public consciousness. By contrast, since their appearance on the earthly stage, human beings have not deviated one iota from the archaic principle of \u2018an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The poet laureate names the prerequisite for extricating oneself from personal suffering: \u2018From the violence that binds everyone, th<\/u>at <\/span>person who overcomes himself is freed.\u2019 <\/em>This involves overcoming the egocentric instinct for self-preservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The common credo of the great wisdom teachings is to show modern, meaningful approaches within the framework of this website. Their explosive power for the present is immense in view of climate change and war. They show the way out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The text contents are not for the faint-hearted, because they question almost everything that is still considered a solid world view today. Forgiveness, non-resistance to evil, understanding of the structure of evil and love of strangers appear as implausible ideals, whereas the principle of \u2018an eye for an eye\u2019 in the form of revenge and retaliation prevails as a fundamental pattern of action. A discussion of the applicability of love of renunciation of retaliation also meets with scepticism among well-meaning readers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reason for this is that almost all people fundamentally\u2014and almost exclusively\u2014orient their lives toward their own well-being. In doing so, they subject their lives to the basic biological instinct of self-preservation. In principle, this corresponds to the life of lions in a pride: hunting for food, eating, reproducing, resting, fighting rivals, and driving away intruders. The meaning of their existence is their existence itself. They cannot break free from this program. Humans, too, are subject to this animalistic program. For them, the meaning of their existence is likewise their existence itself.
Yet this existence is marked by uncertainty, loss, grief, pain, worry, jealousy, fear, and violence. Whatever form this suffering may take, humans regard it as a given and therefore do not even consider the idea of abolishing it, even though all religions show them exactly that. Instead, they try to fight suffering tooth and nail. And this is despite the fact that the purpose of suffering is very clearly revealed to humans through the teachings of wisdom, as expressed, for example, from a Christian perspective in the Parable of the Prodigal Son. For humans are the only mammals capable of breaking free from the program of egocentrism\u2014the biologically determined, ego-centered self-preservation that includes children, parents, partners, friends, and so on.
For beyond this program, humans possess a second one: the program of the preservation of all; Jesus calls it love for one\u2019s enemies. Animals do not have the ability to evolve beyond self-preservation, but humans certainly do. Although 99% of the time they do not do so, this capacity is present in every human being. This is already stated in the story of creation as the principle of their creation in the image of God, regardless of the fact that it is often buried deep within.
Above all, however, the second program becomes evident in practical role models such as Gandhi or Mandela and the many nameless individuals whose actions expressed selflessness or altruism. Time and again, this highlights the human capacity for the preservation of all; the parable of the Good Samaritan also points to this. A special ideal, of course, is provided by Jesus, among other things through the example of forgiveness\u2014for instance, toward the executioners who nailed him to the cross.
The program of overcoming exclusive self-preservation is the sole theme of the Sermon on the Mount, the Buddhist Noble Eightfold Path, the Quran, the Ten Commandments, the Hindu Bhagavad Gita, the Chinese Tao Te Ching, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The first result of this turnaround in consciousness is the station of individual freedom from suffering, as described in the Book of Job, for example; above all, however, it is the concrete experience of those who are on the spiritual path and who have endured the first and second stages of suffering. This change of direction with the expansion of consciousness to the spiritual level is linked to the sacrifice of traditional attitudes towards all other people.
The past millennia of Homo sapiens show how inconsequential the existential concept of redemption of religions has remained for people, but also how conclusive the life experiences of all those who have taken the spiritual path of Samaritan devotion and care are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every confrontation with the topics of the spiritual path is painful. But nevertheless, nothing less than a radical change in the consciousness of people is required to banish suffering from their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am a retired teacher. For four decades I lived a normal everyday life. Due to a life crisis, in which all the foundations of life that I thought were secure were lost to me, I first set out to find ways out, and later to look for explanations. After many years of studying religions, during which I left all ecclesiastical and esoteric references behind me, I found myself on a spiritual path. This is how I came into direct contact with my intuition and thus also to step-by-step guidance through it. As a result, I have increasingly become a person full of peace of mind who no longer needs to worry about anything and can lead a fulfilled and exhilarating life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After decades of studying the wisdom writings of the great cultures, I held seminars in Hungary and Brazil. Later, I began to publish my own experiences with suffering (beginning with my divorce) and how I overcame it. Spiritual knowledge, such as never seeking retribution, never judging, and never resisting evil, opened up a spiritual path to solutions for me. Practicing this and the associated personal, concrete experience of overcoming suffering through inner guidance showed me how tangible and accessible this path is. The wisdom underlying it is not mine, but only discovered, followed, tried, demonstrated, and written down by me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of the following topics, whether they concern the upper half of love, the question of the meaning of life, the function of evil, the \u201cspark of God\u201d within (Meister Eckhart), the question of truth, securing sustenance, spiritual sex, loving one’s enemies, or understanding pain and suffering, all these contributions are not just further theories to add to the many that already exist. Nor are they vague counterarguments and assertions: they are the results of my concrete painful experiences with their subsequent meaningful and happiness-filled consequences. The tangible experiences in everyday life are the proof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aim of sharing them is to raise spiritual living to a higher level, enabling people to lead a life free of worry and fear. It is no coincidence that the spiritual testimonies of all cultures emphasize that a fundamental<\/em> change in human consciousness is necessary to banish suffering from their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following chapters are intended to increase spiritual knowledge, connect it with \u201cgut feeling\u201d and intuition, and thus reshape one’s own life. This also increases or even develops the individual’s capacity for love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Life’s call to us will never end, …<\/em>
Well then, heart, say goodbye and get well!\u2019<\/em>
(Hermann Hesse: Stages)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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