Invitation to work with me

You don’t need a guru, a retreat, or years of searching.
Only the willingness to look closely – until what stands between you and what is actually here begins to fall away.
I guide people through this investigation.

Some people experience awakening like a lightning strike – completely unexpectedly. Others spend years searching in retreats, with teachers and gurus, or in endless meditation.

It can seem almost impossible that it could happen to you.

But more than 2,500 years ago, the Buddha described the obstacles that keep us from seeing clearly: the 10 Fetters. Each fetter is like a veil that distorts our view of what is actually here.

When a fetter is seen through, one of these veils falls away.

Step by Step Towards Clarity

The first fetter is the belief in a separate self – the idea that body, mind and consciousness are a “me” or belong to a “me”.

Perhaps you have already experienced what happens when this belief begins to fall away – for example through a clear shift in perspective or with the support of a guide.

And yet you still react. You still feel separate. You sense that something is still being overlooked.

In a direct dialogue, we look together:

What assumptions are still underneath this?

What ideas about yourself, other people and life still seem obviously true?

What can actually be found in direct experience – and what is only thought?

The following assumptions can be particularly persistent:

1. There is an independent self that thinks, decides, controls and acts.
2. There is a force inside me that attracts situations and wants things to be different.
3. There is a subject at the centre of perception, separate from everything else.
4. Perception reflects a world outside of me.
5. The feeling “I am” or “I exist” is absolutely true and continues to exist.
6. There must be something secure that I can hold on to.
7. Actual experience is too painful or unpleasant and needs to be pushed away.

When these assumptions fall away, the struggle begins to end. The effort of keeping the whole construction in place falls away. Peace can be experienced without a reason.

Is This Guidance for You?

This work is for people who are willing to look at everything that actually appears in their experience – without looking away from what is there.

It may be right for you if you:

• experience yourself as a separate self – or have already clearly seen that no separate self can be found
• are curious and willing to question your own beliefs radically
• are willing to allow feelings that may arise during the investigation
• are an adult, emotionally stable and grounded enough to work with profound questions
• have the time, energy and priority to bring this investigation into your everyday life

Ways to Work With Me

Not everyone needs the same kind of support.

Some people investigate mainly on their own and only need occasional support. Others want continuous guidance through the fetters. And sometimes the first question is simply where someone actually stands in the investigation.

That is why I offer different ways of working together.

Long-Term Guidance

Long-term guidance is my main framework for people who want to go through the 10 Fetters completely.

We work together in written dialogue over a longer period of time. There are also regular small group meetings and access to the community.

This format is for you if you want to make the investigation a real priority and would like continuous personal guidance.

The number of places is limited.

🔹Ask about long-term guidance

Three-Month Guidance

When all long-term places are taken, there is also one place for three-month guidance.

For these three months, you take part in the guidance in the same way as long-term members: written dialogue, group meetings and access to the community.

The guidance ends automatically after three months. New people interested in this place have priority.

This option is for people who don’t want to wait for a long-term place and would like to begin the investigation now.

🔹 Ask about three-month guidance

Fetter Assessment – Where Are You With the 10 Fetters?

Sometimes the most important question is not:

How do I move forward?

But:

What has actually been seen through – and what hasn’t?

The Fetter Assessment is an intensive 30-day written one-to-one process.

We systematically look at the relevant fetters and distinguish between conceptual understanding, temporary experiences and a mechanism that has actually been seen through.

By the end, the aim is to have a clearer picture of where you are and what would be the most useful next step in your investigation.

There is no community, no group meeting and no video call – just you, me and the direct investigation.

🔹Ask about the Fetter Assessment

Live Chat Session

Sometimes you don’t need a longer period of guidance. You just need to look closely at one particular point.

In a Live Chat Session, we write to each other in real time.

No long conversations. No theory.

I ask questions – you look directly into your experience.

We focus on one specific topic, for example the investigation of the self-illusion. When the session ends, the guidance ends too.

🔹Ask about a Live Chat Session

One-to-One Conversation

If you want to clarify something, are stuck at a particular point, or simply want to talk with me first, you can book an individual video conversation.

You bring whatever is currently relevant – a question, a difficulty, an observation, or simply the wish for some orientation.

🔹Ask about a one-to-one conversation

Open Fetter Group

If you are investigating the 10 Fetters mainly on your own, you can join the monthly Open Fetter Group.

We meet in a small group. You can bring questions, describe your investigation and get support when you are stuck somewhere.

You can join regardless of which fetter you are currently investigating.

🔹Open Fetter Group

Open Fetter Group Plus

If you want to investigate independently but would like some occasional support between meetings, there is also the Open Fetter Group Plus.

In addition to the monthly group meeting, you get access to the Element community and can check in with me in writing about your current investigation up to twice a month.

The Plus option is not ongoing individual guidance. It provides a little more support for people who are basically working independently.

🔹More about Open Fetter Group Plus

And what comes after the 10 Fetters?

Seeing through the final fetter marks the end of personal guiding, but it doesn’t have to mean leaving the community.

With the Beyond Membership, you can remain part of the Stromeintritt community, stay connected with others and join Conversations in Flow, Beyond Fetter meetings and our annual community gathering.

🔹Learn more about the Beyond Membership

Would You Like to Guide Others?

If you have already gone through the relevant fetters yourself and would like to learn how to guide other people in this investigation, you can also work with me through mentoring and supervision for guides.

This is not about certificates or theoretical training.

It is about the practical question:

How do you guide someone in a way that helps them look for themselves?

We can look at dialogues together, discuss difficult situations, develop useful questions and explore common dead ends in the investigation.

🔹Ask about Guide Mentoring

Getting to Know the Work

If you don’t yet know which format is right for you, you don’t have to decide in advance.

You can first join an open group or have a one-to-one conversation with me.

Afterwards, we can look together at which kind of support would make sense for you.

Requirements for Intensive Guidance

This work is not a spiritual hobby.

It is radical and requires genuine commitment.

You should:

• be emotionally and mentally stable
• be at least 25 years old and grounded in life
• make seeing through the self-illusion your highest priority
• be willing to investigate regularly
• put concepts, teachings and spiritual content aside during the investigation
• be 100% honest with yourself
• take responsibility for your motivation, your process and your emotional stability

I am not a therapist.

The investigation of the 10 Fetters is not therapy and does not replace psychological or medical treatment. If unresolved traumatic experiences are still so present that they may overwhelm you during the investigation, you should seek professional support first.

What to Expect

The investigation of the 10 Fetters is radically simple – and not always easy to stay with.

You will:

• learn nothing
• receive no explanations
• not discuss philosophical positions
• not adopt a new worldview

I ask questions.

You look into your own experience.

Only that matters.

Interested?

If you seriously want to work with the fetters, write to me.

You can briefly tell me where you are at the moment and what you have investigated so far. Then we can look at which way of starting would make sense for you.

🔹Get in touch

If you are already interested in longer-term guidance, you can fill in the questionnaire directly.

🔹Guidance Questionnaire

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