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

How I Guide

My guidance is not a course, not a fixed programme, and not the teaching of a body of knowledge.

The 10 Fetters provide the framework for the investigation. What the guidance actually looks like develops through the personal dialogue.

You tell me what you are actually experiencing, noticing, or finding in an investigation. I respond directly to that, ask a question, or give you a specific investigation. You then look again in your own experience and tell me what can actually be found there.

What we look at next develops from what you find.

There is therefore no fixed process that everyone follows in the same way.

Why I Mainly Guide in Writing

Most of my guidance takes place in writing.

You do not have to answer a question immediately. You can take it with you, actually look, and only then describe what you found.

Writing helps to slow the process down and make it more precise. Thoughts, explanations and assumptions can be distinguished more easily from what is actually being experienced in the moment.

It also allows me to pay close attention to your words and observations and to place the next question exactly where your investigation currently is.

Over time, this creates a very personal one-to-one dialogue.

The Groups Are Personal Too

There is no teaching or prepared material in the group meetings either.

People bring their current questions and investigations. When we look together, I work with each person individually and with what is actually showing up in their experience.

The others listen and often find something useful for their own investigation as well.

The space is shared. The investigation remains individual.

What Ways of Working Together Are There?

Not everyone needs the same kind of support.

Some people want to investigate the 10 Fetters over a longer period with personal guidance. Others are looking for support for a limited period, want to clarify where they currently stand, or need help with one particular point.

There are therefore different possibilities:

• longer-term personal guidance with written dialogue, small groups and community
• time-limited guidance
• individual one-to-one formats for a specific investigation or for orientation
• free open groups for people who are mainly investigating independently

Which format makes sense depends on where you are and how much support you actually need.

If you are not yet sure what would suit you, you do not need to decide beforehand.

A one-to-one conversation or one of the open groups are good ways to get to know me and the way I work first.

The Offene Gruppe is held in German and the Open Fetter Group in English. Both work in the same way.

Guidance by a Community Member

If you would first like to focus only on the self-illusion, I may also be able to connect you with a community member who has already gone through this investigation.

This can be a good way to gain some first-hand experience of the investigation.

Exploring on Your Own

If you would first like to work with the self-illusion on your own, I recommend:

How to See Through the Self-Illusion by Christiane Michelberger

You can also find further books and workbooks in the Books & Workbooks section of Stromeintritt.

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Requirements for Longer-Term and Time-Limited Guidance

The following requirements apply to longer-term community guidance and more intensive guidance over a limited period.

This work is not a spiritual hobby. It is radical and requires genuine willingness.

You should:

• be emotionally and mentally stable
• be at least 25 years old and grounded in life
• make the investigation of the self-illusion a real priority
• be willing to write regularly and take part in the group meetings
• put concepts, teachings and spiritual content aside for the duration of the investigation
• be 100% honest with yourself
• take responsibility for your motivation, your process and your emotional stability

I am not a therapist.

This work is not therapy and does not replace psychological or medical treatment. If 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.

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Interested?

If you are not yet sure which kind of support would suit you, feel free to write to me and briefly tell me where you are and what you have investigated so far.

🔹Get in touch

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Important Information

My guidance and the community membership have a clear framework.

You can find the details in the Terms of Participation.

They include information about contributions, pauses, confidentiality in our meetings, and the fact that my guidance is not therapy and does not come with any guarantee of a particular outcome.

Please read them carefully before joining.

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