About Me

I'm a webmaster and student of religion and spirituality. See my website on religion and spirituality: www.katinkahesselink.net

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Spiritual Quotes and Wisdom Sayings

This lens has links to websites and books with wise quotes from various spiritual traditions to uplift your life and inspire you to kindness, patience, inner strength and a better life in general.

Spiritual Lenses - Katinka Hesselink Net - Religion and Spirituality resources

A lensography of my best spirituality lenses as well as a summary of my website. I feature information from various religious traditions like Buddhism, Sufism, Fourth Way and Theosophy. I also pay attention to various spiritual teachers, whether the...

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Jiddu Krishnamurti was famous in his lifetime for first being raised as a 'world teacher' and then renouncing the organisation founded in his honor. Paradoxically he spent the rest of his life teaching all over the world: lecturing, talking to people...

The 14th Dalai Lama: Tenzin Gyatso

Nobel Peace Prize Winner, popularizer of Buddhism and head of the Tibetan Government in Exile. The Dalai Lama's life is a unique convergence of religion, politics and an admirable stand on peace in the face of aggression. This lens focuses on his lif...

Red Cheeks - there is a solution!

I mean the cheeks above the belt... Mine are red, and have been as long as I can remember. Worse yet: they've grown more red as I grew older. I've finally found a product that works though: Eucerin Redness Relief. I knew it was working the first wee...

Bodhisattva - living for others in Buddhism

The bodhisattva ideal is embodied in the bodhisattva vow: May I attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. This practically means that one vows not just to attain enlightenment or Nirvana (ambitious enough of itself), but to postpone en...

Katinka Hesselink - my other lenses

I'm a lensmaster, webdesigner an oldest child, an eternal student, a former teacher and single. Most of you know me here on Squidoo as lensmaster 'spirituality' - but I've also got a life outside my interests in spirituality (though perhaps that's n...

Cute modules to spice up your lens

Cute modules that will help your lens stand out. Go beyond the text-module and the link-list module and use some color. These modules are built into squidoo and really make your lens look good. Some are hard to find, so I added descriptions on where...

Rudolf Steiner the founder of Anthroposophy

Founder of Waldorf education, alternative farming methods (bio-dynamic farming), alternative health practices and dietary advice - Rudolf Steiner was way ahead of his time. Rudolf Steiner was quite a learned man. He was an expert on Goethe's scienti...

Aum, the sacred Indian mantra

Who doesn't know the Indian mantra 'aum' - and use it when they want to make fun of new age spirituality? Aum is actually a sacred mantra for all Indian religions that I know of (Sikhism, Hinduism, Buddhism etc.). It is a symbol for the most sacred,...

squidoo css - my favorite code

I've gathered my favorite Squidoo-code for later reference. I'm tired of trying to find that specific lens I used a css effect on and then having to go to edit-mode, copy paste, and then go back to the lens I was working on. This lens will help me be...

Theosophical Society - theosophy

The cool thing about the Theosophical Society is that it is a great place to learn about religion, philosophy, science and metaphysics - without having to commit to any dogmas. Each member can remain in whatever religion they choose - as long as they...

Karma and Reincarnation

Karma and reincarnation are linked. Karma is the idea that what we do and have done influences our circumstances, talents and options. Reincarnation means that what we do and think will not just influence our present life, but also our future ex...

How to resolve a quarrel through e-mail

When you are in an e-mail argument, it is very hard to get out of it again. This lens will tell you a few of the things to watch out for when trying to mend relationships through e-mail. I learned this lesson the hard way in a quarrel with a teacher...

Spiritual Jokes And Stories: The Funniest Spirituality Ever

Without spirituality, life has no meaning, no direction.

The New Introduction Module in Squidoo

Squidoo recently changed the Introduction module. It suddenly has an inbuilt table of content and a 'discovery tool'. This lens is about the ins and outs of these new features. Squidoo gives these options on all lenses, but the features don't show u...

Love quotes

On LOVE in all its manifestations: romantic love, spiritual love, love as a source of creativity etc. Love quotes and links to more quotes on love.

David Bohm

Famous for his 'Implicate and Explicite Order', quantum physicist David Bohm combines a knowledge of current day physics with a spiritual vision of the universe. His parents were immigrant European Jews, but David went to college and worked with one...

Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure

Great book if you want to go to India yourself - especially if you're interested in India as the home of spirituality.

What is an Ashram?

An ashram is a place of spiritual retreat. Usually there are permanent residents as well as visitors who come for retreats.

There IS an afterlife

There IS an afterlife Most religions I know of have an afterlife of sorts - but modern science reduces us all to our most physical parts and denies an afterlife as a matter of course. This lens will tell you about the afterlife in various spiritual...

Spirituality Without Dogmas: The Best Spirituality Ever

Without spirituality, life has no meaning, no direction.

Comfort Food that's actually Healthy

There are two types of food that I know of that are actually healthy and make you happy. One is chocolate, the other is Chick Peas. I've added two herbal teas that will also fight the blues. Let me know below what foods really make you happy while a...

Krishnamurti : Jiddu & U.G.

There are two famous Krishnamurti's in the world of Spirituality. Both were anti-guru's. U.G. Krishnamurti was so against being a guru that he didn't give many lectures. He stopped when his lectures became popular. Jiddu Krishnamurti chose to abandon...

The Secret is True (sort of)

The Secret is True (sort of) If you want to achieve something, you had better work for it, visualize success and everything you will need to get where you want to go. This visualization is called 'The Secret'.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh is an Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk. He is a teacher, author, and peace activist, born in central Vietnam in 1926. He coined the term Engaged Buddhism in his book Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire. His Zen teachings are inspiring and ca...

Gautama Buddha

Buddhism is the one world religion that everyone seems to respect. Many more people would like to call themselves Buddhists than actually are Buddhists by traditional counts. Buddha found the source of sorrow, what sorrow is and the way out of sorro...

Blavatsky : Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

Blavatsky compared the science of her day, studied the world religions and came up with her own synthesis, which she called 'theosophy', or ancient wisdom.

Tao Te Ching

Very inspiring. About leadership, living life and letting things be (that you can't control anyhow).

Anthony De Mello

Influenced the world through his powerful understanding of the human condition. Through the use of parables and teaching stories, de Mello pointed the way to authentic living. The influence of spiritual traditions outside mainstream Christianity is c...

Rupert Sheldrake

Biologist known for his theory of 'morpho-genetic fields'. These fields make learning something easier once it's been learned before by someone else. This would explain strange chemical behavior as well as the increased speed with which difficult cro...

God in the Bible - quotes

People have their own image of God - yet God presents himself in the Bible in a variety of ways. I thought I'd go back to what's in that book to see the way God is portrayed there.

We DO have a soul

We DO have a soul There is no way to describe what I experience without a soul that transcends the personality. There is something in us which is more than my habits, limitations and combined past. According to Christianity and Islam we each have an...

Yoga - history and tradition from India

Information on hatha yoga and the other classic types of yoga. There are various types of yoga, but in the West Hatha Yoga has become most popular and well known. When we say 'yoga' we usually mean 'Hatha Yoga'. Don't forget to vote for your favorit...

Amnesty International

Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights for all. This lens gives information on human rights and recent campaigns Amnesty has.

The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy

It unites science and religion in a unique synthesis. Changed my life and my worldview completely. Contains many of the themes of the modern New Age movement like: karmic evolution, Atlantis, parapsychology, Unity of All Life/everything, unity of all...

Annie Besant

Minister's wife, student of medicine, raised a prophet, reformer, secularist and more. Annie Besant (1847-1933) was many things in her lifetime - and living in the 19th and early 20th century, all of those things were revolutionary for a woman to be...

Spirituele Spreuken, Citaten en Gezegden

Hieronder vind je mijn favoriete spirituele spreuken en links naar nog meer citaten, spreuken en gezegden.